Vocabulary in Context
This brain chemical is released when teens use social media, making it addictive.
What is dopamine?
The central claim of It’s Complicated is that teens use technology to do this.
What is build friendships and transition into adulthood?
Paragraph 4 of Outsmart Your Smartphone is organized using this structure.
What is cause and effect?
Both authors use this by asking questions to engage readers.
What are rhetorical questions?
Both authors agree that technology supports teens’ —
What is social connection?
This phrase describes the misleading idea that online activity is private or safe.
What is a false sense of privacy?
The central claim of Outsmart Your Smartphone is that social media does this.
What is poses risks to teen well-being?
The sentence “The more time you spend texting… the greater the risks” shows this relationship.
What is cause and effect?
Comparing learning conversation skills to driving is this device.
What is an analogy?
Only Outsmart Your Smartphone emphasizes this negative effect.
What is risks like addiction/anxiety?
This term refers to teens’ desire to stay connected with friends.
What are social motivations?
This type of evidence includes statistics like test scores and percentages.
What is statistical evidence?
It’s Complicated introduces opposing views in paragraph 2 mainly to do this.
What is build the foundation and refute objections?
Using “you” throughout the text is this technique.
What is direct address?
Only It’s Complicated emphasizes this positive purpose.
What is building friendships/social connection?
This term describes doing multiple tasks at once, which reduces focus and learning.
What is multitasking?
This is when an author includes and responds to an opposing viewpoint.
What is a counterargument?
Paragraphs 3–5 of It’s Complicated develop the argument by focusing on this idea.
What are teens’ social motivations?
Placing two ideas side by side to compare them is called this.
What is juxtaposition?
Both texts discuss this impact of technology on teens.
What is development (social, emotional, or learning)?
This phrase describes anxiety caused by constantly seeing what others are doing online.
What is fear of missing out (FOMO)?
This is the purpose of including paragraph 3 in Outsmart Your Smartphone (hint: study + multitasking).
What is to prove that multitasking harms learning and thinking?
Both texts organize ideas using this overall structure.
What is argument (claim + reasoning + evidence)?
Using studies and research builds this type of appeal.
What is credibility (ethos/logos)?
The biggest difference between the authors is their perspective on this.
What is whether technology is mostly helpful or harmful?