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Dr. Ward, claims the phone “acts as a 'supernormal stimulus’, one that can ‘hijack’ attention.” “Supernormal” describes the phone to be a stimulus that is extremely above the average stimuli. “Hijack” strongly describes how the phone is “controlling us.” For one of the tests done on college students, he finds the results “striking.” By using “striking”, he expresses his shocked reaction. He comments to another test with: “the evidence that out phone can get inside our head so forcefully is unsettling.” He uses “forcefully” to show a strong action for phones having access to our minds. By using strong diction, Nicholas Carr is able to solidify his claim of phones hijacking our

Today, phones play a major role in individuals. In “How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds,” Nicholas Carr uses straightforward diction, studies, and figurative language such as, personification to reveal that individuals are powerless without their phones. Throughout the reading he explained how the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens.

Deej Logan was just like any normal high school girl. She woke up on her first day of school and combed her hair, picked out the “perfect” outfit and headed out the door. What she didn’t know is that after that day nothing would be the same. Nothing that day seemed to be going right. At school drama was swarming all around her, not exactly what she hoped the first day would be like. By the time the last bell of the day rang she was more than happy to get out of that school. She drove home as quickly as she could but as soon as she got home she realized that she had forgotten to pick up her sisters. “Great.” She thought sarcastically as she sat back down in her car and drove off. Just then she pulled out her phone to message one of her friends about her awful day. That one decision changed everything. Before she had a chance to send the message Deej veered off into oncoming traffic and was killed on impact.

“No. They won’t start any official business until tomorrow morning. The only thing that will be on tonight are the talking heads and analysts opining about the Liberty Amendments. I don’t need to watch them; their opinions are meaningless.”

“I hope you brought a phone charger!” Rachel said excitedly as she started up the car. “This is going to be a long drive and I can’t have my phone die, but, at least texting doesn’t use much battery.” George shook his head and plugged the phone charger into the cigarette lighter. “It’s a good thing I’m a great multitasker, even while driving,” stated Rachel. As Rachel pulled out onto a busy road, with her new cell phone in one hand and her other on the steering wheel, George

"She might me. According to what I've found, she has a husband, two children here in town and works at Scheele Law firm. I have officers sitting on her house and the law firm now."

"Let's start by, you guys brought me here to talk about Iowa politics and the caucus tonight not to talk about my kids and that was a promise. But as things go in the world of media you guys don't always keep your promises evidently."

Denae’s mother, Abigail, contacted the therapist via phone seeking suggestions on how to handle a situation that occur between Denae and her friends while at school, and had resulted in Denae being threatened by them. She also stated that she and her husband were going to address the matter with the children parents, but wanted the therapist to speak with Denae’s father to help him remain calm. During the phone conversation mother continued to report of the challenges she is facing with Deane and her not adhering to her rules within the home.

Rosen demonstrates the frequent use of anecdote, but one of the most powerful anecdotes was when he describes his mother-in-law experienced with a man in an elevator. In “ Our Cell phones, Ourselves” the writer Christine Rosen states “ My mother-in-law found herself sharing an elevator with a man who was speaking very loudly into his cell phone. When she asked him to keep his voice down, he became enraged and began yelling at her; he was, he said, in the midst of an “important” conversation with his secretary”(10). Rosen uses an anecdote to show how we tend to act selfishly when we are using the phone we don’t even mind if we are disturbing others. We think we have the right to do whatever we

“They are working together more. Also there has been a massive influx of clowns from all over the world. They’ve been arriving in Illinois by the thousands. They seem to be converging on Chicago.”

“Yes, we met frequently on strategies to win the election. Nothing was off the table.”

Nobody expects to receive a call at 2:30 am. If you do it’s either about something death related or the police. My phone buzzed on my nightstand lighting up the room with flashes of light. I reached over and grabbed my phone, my eyes sticky with sleep. Before I could even yawn, a deep voice came on, tingling my eardrums. “You need to get out of your house. There is a car waiting for you outside, don’t ask questions just do it.”

From the vibration in her pocket, she rolled her eyes and shook her head, he wanted a reply! With no time to spare, Stephanie sprinted to work, thwarted, however, by a halting crosswalk thronged with smartphone addicts, herself included. With a sigh, she pulled out her phone. “Hi Stephanie, How about dinner on

My bangles jingled as I shut the entry door to my mother in law’s house. I’d just dropped Tia off, and I was heading back to my car when my cell phone rang. “Girl, where are you meeting Mont?” Latria howled. “Why aren’t you working?” I asked, with a giggle. “It’s slow at the DMV today. I had to call because your text messages were about to give me a heart attack. Why was it taking you so long to respond?” Latria said. “I was cooking, giving Tia a bath, doing laundry, getting ready, and driving,” I replied. “Oh, you were multitasking,” Latria joked and then added. “So you broke the code. I knew it was going to be something easy, why didn’t I think of that?”

“My attorney already told me all about that shit. Are you here to try to get me