Tweet Less, Kiss More 江德姿 S 郭綺婷 S

Understanding the Writer’s Idea

1. The author was passed on by a “flying car”. 2. He saw from the rearview mirror finding the woman was multitasking. Q. What does the author note about his drive from Washington to New York on Interstate 95?

 1. ing, text-messaging, chatting and tweeting  2. a sound like birds sound (twittering and tweeting) Q. What technological features dose the author identify? And, which one sounds like a nervous disorder?

 1. neurotic inability  2. multitasking  3. namely, Check out the so many times a day TV with “extra” information – stock market result, promo, and additional stories Q. What is the “heightened freneticism” that the writer sees in our culture?

 1. complain about these features: stock market result, promo, and additional stories  2. block the significant part Q. What fault does the writer find with “extras” like scrolling messages on the bottom of the TV screen?

 1. losing sight of what is truly human in ourselves  2. individual needs Q. What does the writer identify as “one of the essential problems of our society”?

 1. everyone has a song inside of him or her  2. Song: nonmaterial things  3. “Something wasn’t making my heart smooth and easy” Q. What does the writer find significant in the play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone? What line does the writer quote from the play?

 1. stop tweeting  2. stop thumbing out message  3. stop piling up virtual friends  4. stop talking so much  Try to kiss more and tweet less Q. What, at the end of the essay, does the writer say we should stop doing?

 1. reduce the speed limits of our lives  2. savor the trip  3. stop talking so much  4. begin to hear your “song” Q. When, according to the writer, do “you become really you”?

 Understanding the writer’s techniques

 Tweet Less, Kiss More  Stop being controlled by the technology  Become real you Q. What is the writer’s thesis?

 1. common things happened in our lives  2. let the audience feel like he or she is the character  3. introduce the problems of the technology in our society Q. How do the anecdotes at the start of the essay help frame the writer’s basic point?

 1. multitasking while driving (1, ) depict the problem of the technology brought  2. too much information brings out distraction and neurotic inability  3. real social network problem Q. Where else does the writer provide an anecdotes?

 Contrasting words  Less virtual network  Kiss: hug your real friends, savor your life Q. What does the writer mean by the title “Tweet Less, Kiss More”?

 (Title) Tweet less, Kiss more  Village idiot (8): Q. Where else in the essay does the writer use figurative language to advantage?

 cause: over-reliance on technology effect: we shold control it(technology) (paragraph8) Q. In what ways is this selection a good example of cause-and-effect analysis?

 1. Why does anyone need to use additional electronic devices even in driving or watching?  2. What’s wrong with just listening to the radio?  3. Why is multitasking considered an admirable talent?  4. Why do we have to check our and using cellphone so many times a day? Q. Which rhetorical questions can most point out the writer’s thesis? Which questions would you be able to answer?

 1. technological products surround us  2. reader awareness Q. What is the purpose of the catalog of technological items in paragraph 6?

 1. “I only do it in traffic,” he said. “It’s no big deal”. (4)  2. “I hate to sound so 20 th century” (5)  3. “Krazy Glue” (8) Q. Where do you find an instance of the writer’s efforts at humor? Does it work?

 Someone who is addicted to the technology Q. Who would you say is the primary audience for this essay?

 August Wilson is an African-American playwright  They care the issue of “human”  The background of Joe Turner's Come and Gone Q. Who is August Wilson? Why does the author cite this particular writer?