Structure
What section of the text explains WHY urban heat islands form?
What is the "Why does this happen?" section?
The sentence "these higher temperatures can cause people to become dehydrated or suffer heat exhaustion" is an example of
What is pathos? (appeal to emotions)
What does the author compare transpiration?
What is "nature's air conditioner"?
The author's main argument in this text...
What is that urban areas get hotter than rural areas because of human-built materials?
What is this text mostly about?
What is urban heat islands?
What will the section titled "What do urban building materials have in common?" explain?
What is it will explain how similar building materials cause urban heat islands?
The sentence “That doesn’t seem like much, but experts say that these higher temperatures can cause people to become dehydrated or suffer from heat exhaustion.” (paragraph 12) is an example of...
What is ethos? (appeal to credibility)
"[Transpiration] acts as nature's air conditioner" is an example of what figurative language?
What is a metaphor? (comparison of two unlike things without using like or as)
The way builders can help cool down urban heat islands...
What is builders can use materials that will allow water to flow through?"
In one sentence, what does the author want you to know?
What is urban heat islands experience warmer temperatures that nearby rural areas?
Paragraph 6 uses the text structure...
What is compare and contrast (Contrasting dark objects to white objects)?
The sentence "In fact, a study in Los Angeles, California, calculated that changes like these would be enough to save close to $100 million per year in energy costs!" is an example of...
What is logos? (appeal to logic)
Why does the author compare transpiration to an air conditioner?
What is to help readers understand that plants cool things down, just like an air conditioner does?
What question does the author answer first?
What is "Why does this happen?" (explaining the cause of urban heat islands)?
Why are cities hotter than rural areas according to this text?
What is because of dark buildings and concrete instead of plants?
The section "What do urban building materials have in common?" help readers understand...
What is how building materials affect the urban heat islands?
The author describes people getting "dehydrated or suffer from heat exhaustion" from hot cities. What feeling does this create in readers?
What is concern or worry (appeal to emotions)?
Why are urban heat islands given the figurative description of an “island"?
What is they are different from the surrounding area?
How does the author develop the argument that people can do things to cool down cities?
by describing different steps that have been taken to cool down cities
The text talks about plants, buildings, and solutions. What connects all these ideas?
What is they all explain urban heat islands?
Analyze how the progression from "Why does this happen?" to "What does it mean?" shapes the reader's understanding.
What is it moves from explaining the problem to explaining the possible solutions?
Identify two rhetorical appeals used in this sentence: "Experts say that these higher temperatures can cause people to become dehydrated or suffer from heat exhaustion."
What is ethos (citing experts) and pathos (describing health dangers)?
The author contrasts dark urban areas with green rural areas. What feeling does this comparison create?
What is it makes you feel that nature is better at cooling than concrete and steel?
How does the Los Angeles energy savings example support the author's argument?
What is it provides concrete proof that solutions work and matter (using data/evidence)?
How does everything in this text connect to the main idea?
What is every section explains either why cities are hot or how to cool them down?