About Face! Countering "Like Anxiety" in Teens

25. What is the primary purpose of the selection?

• A. To encourage readers to use social media

• B. To suggest that readers find a new use for social media

• C. To document the advantages and disadvantages of using social media

• D. To persuade readers to reduce the number of hours spent using social media

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26. What is the purpose of paragraph 11?

• F. To give readers a plan of action for monitoring their social media use

• G. To admonish the reader for using social media

• H. To connect the reader's experience to the experiences of the people mentioned in

  the article

• J. To encourage journal writing over social media use

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27. In 'paragraphs 3 through 5, the author mentions the Brain Mapping Center's study at

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UCLA in order to —

• A. support the opinion that getting "likes" on social media postings is important

• B. compare the activity of getting "likes" on social media postings to eating chocolate

• C. provide two primary examples of brain activity when teens "like" a social media

  posting

• D. indicate that teens are more prone to accept risky behavior after seeing other

  "likes" on social media postings

28 The writer includes the information in paragraph 7 in order to

• F. offer proof that the telephone is no longer the preferred method of teen

  communication

• G. provide a counterclaim of responses from teens about the benefits of using social

  media

• H. instruct the reader on the importance of allowing teens to develop online friendships

• J. call attention to the positive effects of communicating face-to-face compared to

  through social media

29. Read this sentence from the selection.

Further, a study from the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (CBSN) suggests that overexposure to social media increases vulnerability to cyberbullying.

The author's purpose in including this statement is to -

• A. show that bullies are worse online than in person

• B. suggest that teens are often victimized by people they don't know

• C. provide support for the claim that overusing social media can be dangerous for

  some teens

• D. prove that teens don't have good judgment about their use of social media

30. Why does the author directly address the reader in paragraphs 11 and 12?

• F. The author offers praise for teens becoming self-aware about their own use of

  digital devices,

• G. The author is scolding teens for using digital devices and social media without

  considering the consequences.

• H. The author is arguing that the results of research should persuade teens to change

  their usage of social media.

• J. The author wants to engage the teen readers to get them to research their social

  media use.

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