Paired Text: Help My Phone is Taking Over My Life

What is the main idea the section "Online Constantly?"

• Social media and app developers are creating apps so that people are automatically online all the time.

• Americans are using their phones all the time and social media companies encourage this behavior.

• Smart phones are powerful tools and used in a variety of ways.

• Americans check their phones 80 times a day.

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What is the main idea of the subtitle section “Addictive Apps”?

• Apps keep you online by feeding you new posts and videos.

• Being online is often unhealthy.

• Some countries see app addiction as a major problem.

• Homework is important

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The informational graphic on page 28 (under paragraph 10) has been included in the selection most likely to –

• Emphasize how many teens have smartphones.

• Compare the differences between teens and smartphones.

• Highlight teen’s phone usage.

• Explain the health threat of using smartphones.

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How does the organization of “Health Threat” contribute to the selection?

• It describes the causes of health problem of addiction.

• It presents a solution to smartphone addiction.

• It explains the effects of smartphone addiction on health.

• It compares smartphone addiction to depression.

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Which is the best summary for this selection?

• Smartphones can be addicting and threaten teen’s health. However, there are solutions such as changing push notifications or put it away.

• Smartphones are powerful tools, but can be harmful to teens. It keeps teens from playing sports and causes depression.

• People are addicted to their phones. This is becoming a problem because social media is creating addictive apps on purpose. China and Korea have opened treatment centers to help solve this addiction.

• Depression and loss of sleep are two side effects of being addicted to smartphones. For teens, putting down the phone can be impossible.

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Which statement is an opinion expressed by the author?

• American’s check their phone an average of 80 times per day.

• Companies like Facebook and Instagram are pad to display ads.

• But there is only one way to ensure you truly won’t use your phone.

• Several studies have shown that screen time doesn’t result in a higher level of happiness.

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The article tells you that too much screen time can be bad for your health. Which of the following details from the article best supports that statement?

• Screen lovers get less exercise.

• One in four teens say their online ”almost constantly”.

• Three in 10 teens don’t own a smartphone.

• Dopamine is a chemical produced by your brain.

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From "The Trade" the speaker of the poem is a smartphones. The poet uses personification to help the reader understand --

• the thoughts of a teen’s smartphone

• that the smartphone doesn’t want to be used

• that there are more important things than a smartphone

• the smartphone is only used for homework

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Why is the last stanza important to the poem?

• It suggests that smartphones make people depressed.

• It shows the sounds that smartphones make.

• It provides an explanation for the apps on smartphones.

• It implies that teens are dependent on smartphones.

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By using numbers for the hours and time used on a smartphone, the poet is emphasizing --

• Smartphones are used too much.

• Smartphones are the top choice for teens

• Teens are not using smartphones as much

• Smartphones need a strong battery life.

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