Question 1

Which sentence in the introduction presents the student's central claim?

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Because spending too many hours in front of any kind of screen, even a phone, can become addicting, spark psychological difficulties, and cause lower grades in school, screen time for youth should be limited to two hours a day or less.

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Imagine a future world without teenagers, instead, as people in the United Kingdom like to call it, screenagers—kids that have a variety of mental and physical illnesses and are no longer capable of doing some of the jobs that are most important to our society.

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The answer is no, screen time affects youth in a negative way.

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How does screen time really affect you and others you know?

Question 2

Which of the following words is a portmanteau?

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screenagers

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physical

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teenagers

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mental

Question 3

What word can we use to express what the author is trying to do "Imagine a future world..."

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evoke

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highlight

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emphasize

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illustrate

Question 4

What example of rhetorical device can we find in paragraph 1?

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rhetorical question and parallel structure

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repetition and rhetorical question

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parallel structure and repetition

Question 5

What is the author introducing in the last sentence of paragraph 1?

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claim and reasons

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evidence and reasons

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hook and claim

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claim and evidence

Question 6

Which of the following sentences includes a reason in paragraph 2?

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Screen addiction is a serious problem in society.

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Kids ages eight to eighteen spend an average time of seven and one half hours a day.

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A study conducted by the “Kaiser Family Foundation” states that nearly every kid in the U.S. uses an electronic device almost every second outside of school.

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An experiment on kids who got all their screens withdrawn had positive outcomes.

Question 7

Which of the following sentences includes a counterargument in paragraph 2?

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A lot of kids feel like the overuse of screens has no effect on them, but it actually does, they just don’t notice it at all.

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Preventing the over-use of screens could prevent addiction and the failure of a whole society.

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An experiment on kids who got all their screens withdrawn had positive outcomes. The kids seemed calmer, fought less often, and slept better.

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In addition, in a survey of youth ages eight to eighteen, nearly one in four kids felt addicted to screens.

Question 8

Which of the following sentences includes a reason in paragraph 3?

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Something else the overuse of screens causes is psychological difficulties such as hyperactivity, emotional and conduct problems, as well as difficulties with peers.

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Thee cause of this is not necessarily looking at the screen, but much rather the addiction, not knowing when to stop, and being isolated from others.

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All these psychological and physical problems caused by one screen, it’s really not worth it.

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Depression is a severe illness which causes lots of deaths.

Question 9

Which of the following sentences includes a counterargument in paragraph 4?

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In addition, the content of some TV shows out there doesn’t necessarily make you smarter, in fact, some of them make you dumber.

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It is proven that adolescents who watch three or more hours of television a day are at especially high risk for poor homework completion, negative attitudes toward school, poor grades, and long-term academic failure.

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This might result in a bad future with a bad job or no job at all. !is mainly happens because of the lack of enthusiasm towards school and the time spent using a screen instead of studying

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Considering this, you should think about how every hour you watch TV instead of studying makes it harder to have a promising future.

Question 10

How is the author's concluding paragraph structured?

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First, they restate their claim, then their reasons, and finally, they include a recommendation.

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First, they paraphrase their claim, then only one reason, and finally, they include their solution.

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First, they mention their claim again, then some reasons, and finally, they include their initial question.

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