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What is the name of the article?
Teenagers are rewriting the rules of the news
Who wrote the article?
The Economist
According to the author, where are teens today getting the news from?
a. Newspapers
b. Websites
c. Social media
d. The internet
c. Social Media
What does it mean to infer something from a text?
a. To cite text evidence
b. To make an educated guess based on what the text says
c. To summarize a section of the text
d. To quote the author
b. To make an educated guess based on what the text says
What is the name of the first section of the article?
Social Media Is The Messenger
Which person in paragraph 1 took a selfie while talking to others at the UN?
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele
How has social media affected the way teens read the news?
a. By allowing famous people to control posts
b. By letting teens take selfies
c. By showing teens memes
d. By making the news more visual and using humor
d. By making the news more visual and using humor
Why did the author include the examples of the two politicians in paragraphs 1 and 3?
a. To show how adults are using social media to get teens to follow their news
b. To convince people to take more selfies
c. To show that memes are good ways to communicate with people
d. To explain that adults shouldn’t be using social media
a. To show how adults are using social media to get teens to follow their news
Going Online To Find Out What's Happening In The World
What is the name of the 2020 presidential candidate talking about memes in paragraph 3?
Marianne Williamson
How does paragraph 4 contribute to the passage?
a. It compares how politicians use social media to how teens use social media
b. It offers a solution to how politicians don’t use social media as well as teens
c. It describes the effect of social media use among teens on politicians
d. It shows how social media has evolved over several years
c. It describes the effect of social media use among teens on politicians.
Why did the author include these sentences from paragraph 10? – “Still, a third of the world’s population is younger than 20 years old. More than half the world is connected to the internet.”
a. To describe how social media has affected the news
b. To show how young a lot of the world is
c. To provide the reader with numbers and statistics
d. To explain how more and more teens and young people are going online to get the news
What is the name of the social media company bought by Facebook in 2012? (paragraph 11)
Which group of teens in paragraph 6 are more familiar with YouTube or Netflix than with the news service?
British teens
Which statement should be included in a summary of the article?
a. More teens are getting their news from social media instead of from news services.
b. The president of El Salvador took a selfie with members of the UN.
c. Marianne Williamson thinks memes are a good way to see if her speech was good.
d. Newspapers are becoming less popular.
a. More teens are getting their news from social media instead of from news services.
Which piece of evidence best supports the author’s claim that social media is the way teens get their news?
a. “Marianne Williamson, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate in the United States, gets it too. When asked whether a debate went well, she replied that she would only know for sure “when I see the memes.”” (paragraph 3)
b. “These politicians illustrate how teenagers and those in their early 20s consume news today. It’s almost entirely on social media, and it’s almost entirely visual”. (paragraph 4)
c. “For media businesses, young people’s habits drive billion-dollar decisions. One example is Facebook’s purchase of Instagram in 2012 and its failed attempt to buy Snapchat the following year.” (paragraph 11)
d. “It can be tempting to dismiss teenagers’ news habits. Most cannot vote and have limited money.” (paragraph 9)
b. “These politicians illustrate how teenagers and those in their early 20s consume news today. It’s almost entirely on social media, and it’s almost entirely visual”. (paragraph 4)
What nonprofit group did a study on the amount of time American teens spend on screens per day? (paragraph 10)
Common Sense
How many South Korean teenagers go online to get the news? (paragraph 7)
Two-Thirds
Which statement SHOULDN’T be included in a summary of the article?
a. Politicians have started to use social media as a way to connect with teens on social media.
b. Most teens can’t vote in elections and have a limited income.
c. More teens go online or on social media to find news instead of going to get a newspaper.
d. Social media news has become more popular because more than half of the world’s population has access to the internet.
b. More teens go online or on social media to find news instead of going to get a newspaper.
How does the author support the claim that teens and young people go online to find out what’s happening in the world?
a. “For media businesses, young people’s habits drive billion-dollar decisions. One example is Facebook’s purchase of Instagram in 2012 and its failed attempt to buy Snapchat the following year.” (paragraph 11)
b. “These politicians illustrate how teenagers and those in their early 20s consume news today. It’s almost entirely on social media, and it’s almost entirely visual”. (paragraph 4)
c. “Roughly 80 percent of Arabs aged 18 to 24 now get their news from social media, up from 25 percent in 2015. Two-thirds of South Korean teenagers go online to find out what is happening in the world.” (paragraph 7)
d. “ “Believe me, many more people will see that selfie once I share it than will listen to this speech,” he said. “I hope I took a good one.” ” (paragraph 2)
c. “Roughly 80 percent of Arabs aged 18 to 24 now get their news from social media, up from 25 percent in 2015. Two-thirds of South Korean teenagers go online to find out what is happening in the world.” (paragraph 7)