"TV Tech" Point of View and Purpose

Read the paragraph below and choose two options that show the author's point of view regarding how people watched TV:

As decades passed and TV became increasingly popular, more channels were added and more shows were created. With so many choices, there was always something interesting on television. So it’s no surprise that the amount of TV watched by most Americans increased greatly. Still, shows ran on a schedule. If you wanted to see your favorite story, you’d have to tune in at the right time on the right evening. If you were not home to watch, you’d miss out. And enjoying a show together was still a common shared activity for American families.

• During this time, television was still a family affair.

• Having more choices in television programming was a bad thing.

• The restriction of having to watch television on a schedule kept many Americans from watching too much TV.

• People could record their favorite programs with a VCR, but it wasn’t easy.

Read the paragraph below and choose two options that show the author's point of view regarding how people's TV habits:

Third, online services now often make entire seasons or multiple seasons of a show available on their websites. Sometimes online services like Netflix even release an entire season of a new show at once. This has led to the rise of binge watching, or watching many episodes of the same show back-to-back. Binge watching is like reading a novel, as you can flip to the next episode or chapter as soon as you are ready. This is very different from how people used to watch TV. In the past, people had to wait a week or more between new episodes, extending the experience.

• People should spend more time reading books and less time watching television.

• People enjoy binge watching their favorite shows.

• The rise in on demand programming has caused binge watching to become popular.

• People would prefer waiting a week in between episodes of their favorite shows to make them last longer.

The author’s main purpose in the article is to _____________.

• persuade

• entertain

• inform

• describe

What is the author’s purpose for including the photograph on the first page of the article?

• to show how families watch television ten years ago.

• to show how families watch television today.

• to show how families in the 1950s watched television

What is the author’s purpose for including the photograph on the second page of the article?

• to show readers how the physical television set has changed from the 1950s through today

• to sell the reader a new television.

• to show the reader how televisions shows have changed.