Exam 12: Arguing

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Which of the following is a new standard for circumstances under which solitary confinement is justified in juvenile facilities?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Tufekci agrees with Sherry Turkle that people should talk about _________________ each other as humans.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The author refers to the act of using technology to control how close we are to others as the ________________.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Kysel discusses studies that he had personally conducted and teenagers that he had interviewed. Does the fact that the author is an expert on the subject affect the strength of his argument? Why or why not?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -A businessman laments that he no longer has colleagues at work.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently revised its inspection standards, calling for isolation to be used only for children who posed an immediate risk to themselves or others.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -An important part of the authors' argument is making the reader feel compassion toward minors in prison, despite the fact that they must have committed some kind of crime. How effective do you think the author is in eliciting this compassion? Explain.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What does the author say people have sacrificed for "mere connection"?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Which of the following is not one of the "fantasies" that the author believes digital devices provide?

The purpose of arguing is to ______________ your readers to take some action or to think or feel a certain way.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -How many states have outlawed solitary confinement for juvenile facilities?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -As we get used to being shortchanged on conversation and to getting by with less, we seem almost willing to dispense with with people altogether.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Ever seen verbatim transcripts of face-to-face conversations? They are almost incomprehensible even though they make perfect sense in the moment.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -According to the author, how does constant connection make us feel?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What does the research that Tufekci refers to suggest about social media?

_______________ is the most important ingredient in an argument.

Television does not satisfy, or else why would the viewer continue to watch hour after hour, day after day? "The measure of health," writes Lawrence Kubie, "is flexibility… and especially the freedom to cease when sated." But the television viewer can never be sated with his television experiences-they do not provide the true nourishment that satiation requires-and thus he finds that he cannot stop watching. -Marie Winn -How is the evidence in this paragraph organized: general to particular, particular to general, from one extreme to another?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -According to Tufekci, what unique opportunity do social media provide?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The author expresses concern about __________ becoming companions to people, especially to the elderly and children?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Now our impulse is, "I want to have a feeling; I need to send a text."