Read the following sample magazine article selection carefully and complete the activity. In Arizona, spring is the most beautiful time of year. The temperature usually ranges from sixty-five to ninety degrees Fahrenheit. Statistics show that the sun shines 89 per cent of the time during the spring days.

Birds love Arizona in the spring. Children laugh and play, and families get together for picnics. Thousands of people like to go to the lake to water ski or swim, while others enjoy driving to the forest-covered mountains to camp and fish.

List at least one statement from each of the two paragraphs that is an opinion rather than a provable fact.

first paragraph: second paragraph:

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."

voracity is the noun corresponding to the adjective voracious, which means (1) eager to consume a great amount of food, or (2) marked by an insatiable appetite. veracity is far more common than the rare voracity, so the latter is sometimes used in place of the former.

no, i never do because that’s not the reason for what i speak to or of.