Get in the Zone quick quiz

If you "immerse" yourself in an activity, that activity is the ________

• only thing you are focused on

• best choice to have chosen

• favorite thing you could choose

• only option that there is

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following does not describe "the flow state" as described in paragraph 4?

• "you don't have to think"

• "the rest of the world falls away"

• "your performance is automatic"

• "isn't possible to concentrate"

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

According to the section called "Challenge", why do players of video games often give up?

• the game contains to much info that is irrelevent

• the game is designed to be impossible to win

• the game requires more concentration and not enough enjoyment

• the game requires too much button pressing with complicated patterns

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How do micro-rewards affect a player's experience?

• Keeps the player focused on the long-term goal by rewarding the player along the way

• By tricking the player into believing they are winning

• The micro-rewards have no effect on the player

• By convincing the player to pay money for an added bonus

At the top of page 387, what is the purpose of the bulleted list?

• It presents the definition of "the flow"

• Gives readers advice about how to play video games better and enjoy them more

• The summarize the kinds of rewards the players of video games like best

• They list and rate the popular video games

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The phrase goals without rewards are like pancakes without maple syrup in paragraph 11 is an example of a —

• simile emphasizing the importance of rewards

• hyperbole exaggerating the need for rewards in life

• personification of pancakes to highlight the rewards earned

• metaphor illustrating the role of rewards in gaming

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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

• why video games require skill in order to be finished

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

• why people purchase so many different types of video games

• why people purchase so many different types of video games

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5