Get in the Zone Author's Perspective and Purpose Review

Multiple Choice

Reread the opening paragraph of Get In The Zone: The Psychology of Video Game Design.

1. Part A: What is the point of view of this paragraph?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

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2. Part B: What is the author's purpose for writing in first person point of view for the opening paragraph?

• The author is trying to describe what it would be like to fight a dragon in real life.

• The author is trying to encourage the reader to try fantasy themed video games.

• The author is trying to persuade the reader that the best video games are fantasy themed.

• The author is trying to engage the reader with the topic by describing what it's like to play an intense video game.

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for writing Get In The Zone: The Psychology of Video Games?

• The author is trying to entertain the reader with the variety of adventures you can go on in video games.

• The author is trying to inform the reader about the different elements required to make a video game successful.

• The author is trying to persuade the reader to stop playing video games because they can be violent.

• The author is trying to describe to the reader why video games are important to our society.

Multiple Select

Read the inference below.

Good video games require more than just a fun adventure and unique characters.

Which two pieces of evidence from the article support the inference?

• In order to keep us in the zone, games have to increase their level of difficulty at precisely the same rate at which players improve their level of skill.

• That's because focus, our ability to pay attention, is like a flashlight beam—it can only shine on one or two things at a time.

• Fighting the dragon should be fun, but we need a reason to keep trying too.

• The best designers keep us in the zone by steering our attention, like movie directors, from one challenge to the next—we're simply along for the ride.

• Imagine your brain is like a backpack. If it's filled to the top with just the skills required for the game, there's no room left for any distractions.

Multiple Choice

The author most likely wrote this selection to explain —

• how to excel at playing video games

• the process of video game development

• challenges people face when playing video games

• why video games are so popular

Multiple Choice

The author includes the section subheading “Challenge” to show —

• why video games require skill in order to be finished

• why people try to complete tasks in a video game as quickly as possible

• why people purchase so many different types of video games

• why video games increase in difficulty as players become more skilled

Multiple Choice

What tone does the author create by comparing our brains to backpacks in paragraph 6?

• Conversational

• Humorous

• Encouraging

• Curious

Multiple Choice

The author includes the detail about micro-rewards in paragraph 13 to explain —

• how game designers reward players for reaching the ultimate goal

• how focus helps to create flow for gamers

• how rewards for small tasks lead to accomplishing big goals

• how the brain produces the chemical dopamine