Eliana dockterman sat essay format

 Question:

As you read the passage below, consider how Eliana Dockterman uses
• evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.
• reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.
• stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.
 
Adapted from Eliana Dockterman, “The Digital Parent Trap.” ©2013 by Time Inc.

Originally published August 19, 2013. 

1. By all measures, this generation of American kids (ages 3 to 18) is the tech-savviest in history: 27% of them use tablets, 43% use smartphones, and 52% use laptops. And in just a few weeks they will start the most tech-saturated school year ever: Los Angeles County alone will spend $30 million on classroom iPads this year, outfitting 640,000 kids by late 2014.

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Yet, according to the latest findings from the research firm Grunwald Associates, barely half of U.S. parents agree that mobile