Read the excerpt below from the essay "Invasion of the Screens: A Horror Story" about how teenagers spend too much time using electronic gadgets. Then answer the question that follows.

Question

Think about it. Do you really want your children to grow up physically and emotionally crippled? Do you want them to feel disconnected from other people? To feel detached from society and to develop violent tendencies? Do you want to live in a world in which these alarming trends become the norm? If not, then just say no.

Which words in this excerpt have negative connotations?

crippled, disconnected, detached, violent, alarming

Think, children, physically, society, trends, norm

physically, emotionally, people, detached, trends, norm

emotionally, disconnected, tendencies, world, alarming

Answer 1

The words in the excerpt that have negative connotations are:

• crippled
• disconnected
• detached
• violent
• alarming

These words evoke negative feelings or associations and contribute to the overall urgent and critical tone of the excerpt.