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Nonfiction, pages 4-9
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March 2015
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“Your Phone Could Ruin Your Life” Quiz

Directions: Read “Your Phone Could Ruin Your Life.” Then click the bubble next to the BEST answer for each

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1. Which statement is most supported by details in 4. The purpose of the literary device in question 3 is
the article?
A to make the reader consider his or her own life.
A Smartphones have made modern life better. B to convince the reader of the evils of
B Digital distraction is a bigger problem for
smartphones.
adults than for kids.
C to inspire the reader to take more walks.
C The way many people today use their D to exaggerate for dramatic effect.

smartphones can be harmful. 5. The author probably included the section
“History of Panic” to
D Fears about distraction date back to ancient
A show why worrying about smartphones is silly.
times. B put our concerns about smartphones into

2. Which line supports your answer to question 1? historical context.

A “It was a trip she made every day.” (p. 6) C explore how other magazines report on
B “You take a quick picture and post it to
technology.
Instagram.” (p. 7)
D help readers understand the technology of the
C “Are these just jitters about a changing world?”
past.
(p. 7)
6. In the sidebar on page 9, Mackenzie Carro writes,
D “Indeed, you are four times more likely to get “Enjoy the freedom of being undisturbed.”  This
idea would best fit into which section of the main
hit by a car if you walk and use your phone at article?

the same time.” (p. 8) A “A New World”
B “Many Questions”
3. On page 8, the author writes, “When, in the C the introduction
D “Homework Takes Too Long”
course of your day, do you let your mind wander

aimlessly?” Which literary device is she using?

A hyperbole C onomatopoeia

B rhetorical question D symbolism

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“Your Phone Could Ruin Your Life” Quiz

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7. E xplain how the advice in the sidebar “How To Be Smart With Your Smartphone” addresses problems
presented in Lewis’s article.

8. What do you think is Lewis’s main purpose in writing “Your Phone Could Ruin Your Life”? Use text evidence
to support your ideas.

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