Is Anything Wrong With This Picture?

Information in the timeline "Etiquette Rules for Kids Through the Ages" (pages 25-26) would best fit into which section of the article?

"Rules of Behavior"

Proper table etiquette is important to my grandmother whenever we go to her house,..

. . . she insists that we keep our elbows off the table and wait until everyone is ready to eat before we start.

Ms. Tate told our class that we had to discuss our conduct during the assembly because...

. . . we had been rude to the guest speaker.

Which statement BEST expresses a central idea of "Is Anything Wrong With This Picture?"

Many people use their phones in a rude way.

Which statement is supported by information in BOTH "Is Anything Wrong With This Picture?" and "How the Telephone Made America Rude"?

Technology plays a role in our ideas about manners.

What is similar about how cell phones are affecting manners today and how the telephone affected manners in the 1940s? Support your ideas with evidence from both texts.

Today, the cellphone is affecting manners in a way similar to how the telephone affected manners in the 1940s. As the authors of "Is Anything Wrong With This Picture" suggest, cellphones are causing people to act rudely. Today, the cellphone is affecting manners in a way similar to how the telephone affected manners in the 1940s.As the authors of "Is Anything Wrong With This Picture"suggest, cellphones are causing people to act rudely

oblivious means

clueless

On page 26, the authors write, "Twenty years ago, it would have been considered vulgar to pull out a book and start reading at the dinner table. Does that mean that today it's tasteless to check your phone during a meal?" Which word in the second sentence means nearly the same thing as vulgar?

tasteless

To refrain means:

to hold back

In the section "What Really Matters," what are two ways the authors try to persuade readers to use good manners? Use text evidence to support your answer.

The authors try to persuade readers to use good manners by explaining how using good manners will help readers succeed. The authors write that studies show that teens with good manners are more likely to be successful in school and in their future jobs. Another way the authors try to persuade readers to use good manners is by directly encouraging them to do so They write, "So go ahead and be the one who holds the door for others, who gives up a seat for an elderly person, who doesn't bring a phone to the dinner table"

On page 25, the authors quote Alex J. Packer as stating, "Good manners make other people feel good—they put people at ease." What does this quote help readers understand?

The purpose of manners

Which describes a way the authors support the central idea you chose in question 1?

They give the example of a man talking on his phone during a movie.