Excerpt from Video Games-Play On
Zachary Felton
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Video games pull players into worlds they could never imagine. In these worlds, players
become top athletes, animated characters, alien commanders, and so on. So, if video games
use so much imagination, why do people look down on them? News reports today often talk
about the bad effects of video games. For example, some blame video games for making
children more violent. Others blame them for causing children to sit in front of the
television instead of get exercise. While such claims may hold some truth, not all video
games are bad. In fact, some actually have great benefits
What is the MOST LIKELY purpose of the first paragraph of the Felton passage?
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A)
to downplay common arguments against video games
B)
to describe some of the most popular video games
to explain the link between violence and video games
D)
to introduce the main benefits of playing video games