Just For People that had these question and it wasn't answered or asked on!! 1. In her article "Your Brain on Technology," Margaret Simmons' audience is most likely senior citizens. Read the following excerpt below and consider how this information might influence them to agree with her. In his, 2016 Fortune magazine article titled "The Internet Makes Us Stupid and Here's Why," Kabir Sehgal reminds us that on most web sites, our reading is constantly interrupted by various kinds of distractions. Every embedded link in an online document presents us with a choice - click it or skip it. Sehgal warns that these distractions tend to prevent readers from understanding ideas on a deeper level. When we read a physical book, we understand more because we can slowly take in a few, connected ideas and link them to other known facts. Reading that is not interrupted by ads and related links allow us to internalize information— to connect it to what we already know. When we read online, however, we're more likely to encounter a jumble of disconnected thoughts, and our brains don't absorb the information in the same way. The outcome? While our minds may be bombarded with more information than our parents ever dreamed possible, those facts don't become part of our working knowledge.

What aspect of Simmons' reasoning and evidence in this excerpt is most likely to convince her senior citizen audience to agree with her claim that smart technology makes you dumber?
A. how the new way of reading using online texts helps you remember more
B. how the old way of reading printed books makes you less tech savvy and dumber
C. how the new way of reading using online texts limits your comprehension
D. how the old way of reading printed books keeps you from understanding more

2. When analyzing an argument, why is it important to understand the speaker or writer's audience?
A. Knowing who the intended audience is can help you decide whether you should attend to the argument or not.
B. Knowing who the intended audience is can lead you to more readily accept the author's claim.
C. Understanding the audience can help you prove whether the evidence presented by the writer is valid.
D. Understanding the audience can help you determine the author's purpose and what he or she hopes to accomplish.

3. In an argument, what is a claim?
A. an appeal to emotions and logic
B. one piece of evidence used by the writer
C. the writer's main point or thesis
D. the writer's conclusion after the argument
4. Read this excerpt from Jody Frank's blog post Surfing the Smart Lane: Technology Can Make Us Smarter and think about why she used these specific reasons to support her claim that advances in technology are beneficial.
I've given it some thought, and I now realize that there are specific reasons why advances in digital technology have helped me work smarter. Twenty years ago, I coded HTML web pages by hand in a text editor. That skill still comes in handy, but visual HTML editors, databases, and other tools let me build websites much faster and better than I used to. These tools let me focus on design and layout instead of on tiny, nitpicky details. By freeing my mind from the drudgery of writing code, these tools allow me to be more creative. They also protect me from careless typing errors. (When you work in code, a missing quotation mark or bracket can ruin your life, at least for an hour or two.) Fortunately, the digital technologies that sustain the internet connect me with a worldwide network of other web developers who generously share their knowledge. If I have a problem, it’s extremely likely that another web developer has already solved that problem and posted the solution online.
How might Frank's reasons influence her audience to agree with her? [/HTML]
A. The audience will want to have the same level of success as the author, so they will agree with her.
B. The audience will feel as if they know her personally and will respect her opinion.
C. The audience will see how technology has made the author less creative and more disciplined, which will inspire them.
D. The audience will see the personal benefits technology has brought to her career.