In preparing for their class debate on the topic of the supreme court ruling on violent video games v. first amendment rights, jamal wrote the following introduction for his team’s opening remarks. read it and answer the question.
(1)both the motion picture and video game industries attempt to limit access to violent content by use of rating systems. (2)however, the ratings do not protect a user under the age of 18 from viewing violent content. (3)so what is a parent to do when attempting to protect their young children from exposure to content that depicts violence? (4)citing facts and using logic, i will attempt to counter the reasoning behind the supreme court’s recent ruling favoring free speech rights of children under the age of 18 over the rights of parents to restrict violent material from this same age group.
which revision to this introduction would most appropriately enhance the intent of jamal’s message?
click here to read “free speech versus kids and violent video games.”
click here to read “supreme court ruling—violent video games.”
remove the words, “citing facts and using logic” at the beginning of sentence 4 because they are an assumption of all debates and therefore unnecessary to include.
to create a better transition of ideas, insert the following after sentence 3: “it appears that relying on the accuracy of video rating systems is the only option available as the supreme court has given the video gaming industry another win with their recent ruling favoring free speech rights of children.”
to strengthen the assertion, replace, “however,” with the following words at the beginning of sentence 2: “as we all know,”
in the first sentence, stress or place emphasis on the word, “attempt” to allow the audience to understand the irony of this statement.