1) How many times do you use your mobile phone each day? a) rhetorical question b) statistic c) hyperbole d) alliteration 2) Everyone knows that big tech companies are constantly spying on us through social media. a) fact b) alliteration c) opinion d) expert opinion 3) 67% of people we asked said they believed companies such as Meta were illegally using their data. a) opinion b) hyperbole c) statistic d) emotive language 4) Governments need to monitor more closely, more carefully, and more thoroughly. a) tricolon (type of repetition) b) hyperbole c) rhetorical question d) fact 5) Social media algorithms constant bombard young people with highly unsafe, harmful and often downright dangerous content.  a) modal verbs b) fact c) expert opinion d) emotive language 6) My daughter, for example, gave up her mobile phone so she could "detox" from social media for a week! a) anecdote b) emotive language c) hyperbole d) opinion 7) We must act quickly; no one should be exposed to these harmful algorithms! a) Expert opinion b) modal verbs c) hyperbole d) rhetorical question 8) We are arguably at the most crucial time in the development of technology there's ever been. a) hyperbole b) emotive language c) anaphora d) intensifier 9) Everyone here owns some technology. Everyone here relies on technology. Everyone here is vulnerable. a) Anaphora b) hyperbole c) emotive language d) alliteration 10) Going out without my mobile is like going out without my clothes on - it's just wrong! a) anecdote b) simile c) irony d) fact 11) Why go without your phone when you can stare blankly into space instead?  a) hyperbole b) opinion c) fact d) irony (sarcasm) 12) Child psychologist Jo Moines states that "children can feel immense pressure to keep up with the latest trends in technology." a) fact b) rhetorical question c) expert opinion d) inclusive pronouns 13) We need to act now, before our children's minds are permanently damaged. a) Inclusive pronouns and emotive language b) Inclusive pronouns and factual evidence c) Emotive language and anaphora d) Tricolon and emotive language

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