Developing reading for meaning skills

What is the FAP of this extract?

The article is written in the first person, past tense.

Provide three examples of colloquial language from the extract. Choose from the drop-down menus. Example 1: [blank_start]gadgets and gizmos[blank_end] Example 2: [blank_start]the zero-tolerance stance[blank_end] Example 3: [blank_start]let's give it a go[blank_end]

What language feature is being used in this quotation? Like a horse doing showjumping that, at each successive fence, goes "Nah. Thanks all the same. I'd rather not bother"

Which of these phrases indicate that use of technology becomes like an addiction?

What do we learn about the writer and his family from these two paragraphs?

Which of the following techniques are used to interest us in the issue of modern technology. Tick all that apply

Choose three examples of language used for humourous effect from the drop-down menus . Example 1: [blank_start]It wasn't fine. It was a farce.[blank_end] Example 2: [blank_start]A degree of respect (sort of) for[blank_end] the age certificates on films and games Example 3: The [blank_start]blighters could watch telly[blank_end] after lights out!

Which of the following quotes from the extract sums up what the writer was trying to achieve?

The writer comes to the conclusion that you just have to give in and allow technology to control you.