ELA Prep

Main Idea

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Which statement best expresses a main idea of the article "Two Days With No Phone"? A. "Some experts are worried about how all that texting is affecting teenagers' lives." (paragraph 3) B. "If they regularly lose sleep, she adds, teens may start having trouble in school." (paragraph 9) C. "Kenny and Franchesca handed their phones to their mothers for safekeeping." (paragraph 14) D. "Franchesca decided to continue the experiment for a while." (paragraph 19)

A. "Some experts are worried about how all that texting is affecting teenagers' lives." (paragraph 3)

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Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of the article? A. Kenny admits to sleeping with his phone under his pillow. B. Franchesca claims to exchange a thousand texts per day. C. The teens engage in gossip or drama without their phones. D. The teens have more free time when they give up texting.

D. The teens have more free time when they give up texting.

Inferring

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What can the reader infer from paragraphs 17 through 20 of the article "Two Days With No Phone"? A. Asking teens to live without their phones will help them become smarter. B. Teens may no realize how different their lives can be without their phones. C. Teens around the world will enjoy experimenting with their phone use. D. Expecting teens to give up their phones is not realistic.

B. Teens may no realize how different their lives can be without their phones.

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What does Dr. Elizabeth Dowdell suggest when she says "people expect to be able access anyone or to be accessed by anyone at any time"? (paragraph 6) A. Teens need to stay available by phone at all times. B. Many teens want to own a phone that receives texts. C. Constant phone use is a behavior of teens that cannot be changed. D. Teens are so used to having phones that nonstop texting has become a habit.

D. Teens are so used to having phones that nonstop texting has become a habit.

Comparison & Contrasts

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How were Kenny's and Franchesca's reactions to the 48-hour challenge different? A. Only Franchesca benefitted from better sleep with no texting interruptions. B. Only Franchesca fully appreciated the freedom of having no phone. C. Only Kenny participated in physical activities instead of constant texting. D. Only Kenny spent time talking with people after giving up the phone.

B. Only Franchesca fully appreciated the freedom of having no phone.