In Sherry Turkle's article "The Flight from Conversation," she makes the claim that we are allowing technology to have a negative effect on our personal lives and

relationships. Write an explanatory essay analyzing how Turkle supports this claim.

Consider her diction, rhetorical devices, and other persuasive strategies. You will use the

steps that follow this prompt to plan and draft your essay. Be sure to:

Plan your explanatory essay using a range of strategies such as brainstorming

and reading.

Choose an organizational structure for your essay appropriate to purpose,

audience, topic, and context.

• Develop the essay with specific details, examples, and commentary.

Review your draft to improve the clarity, organization, and diction.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.