Teens and Technology

According to "Teens and Technology Share a Future," how can today's teenagers become the world's greatest generation?

• by using technology responsibly

• by writing blog posts encouraging others to act

• by using computers and getting rid of our cell phones

What opinion about technology does the author state at the beginning of "The Black Hole of Technology"?

• Technology helps us learn to absorb information.

• Technology makes us instant experts on many topics.

• Technology is keeping us from interacting with the world around us.

Which quotation from "Teens and Technology Share a Future" best states its main idea?

• You're absolutely right. . . . How else would you be reading this blog?

• The world is facing many problems, but young people—using the power of technology—have the opportunity to solve them.

• If only he had known that we would be able to look into another person's eyes. . . .

Which of the following best expresses the meaning of this sentence that begins "The Black Hole of Technology"?

The black hole of endless, unimportant streams of technology-enabled information is greedily taking in everyone living in our century.

• It has not taken long for the entire world to become connected through the powerful reach of technology.

• Machines are taking over!

• People today are too distracted and overwhelmed by meaningless texts, posts, and tweets.

Which persuasive technique is being used in this sentence?

As Henry David Thoreau put it in an age before the Internet, "Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes, for just an instant?"

• appeal to emotion

• appeal to authority

• Repetition

With which of these ideas from "Teens and Technology Share a Future" would the author of "The Black Hole of Technology" most likely agree?

• The keys to the future lie in the hands of today's teenagers who use technology.

• There are many useless and meaningless bits of information on your network.

• Technology has the power to help us meet new people and invent new things.

What does the word "immersed" mean?

• to be the cause of a problem

• to be involved with something

Which persuasive technique is being used in this sentence?

A toddler was laughing her head off, playing with an old man who I assumed was her grandfather. . . . Everyone around me was smiling, despite having to live their lives in poverty.

• appeal to emotion

• appeal to authority

• Repetition