What is Margaret Simmons’ claim in the argument on "Your Brain on Technology"

The claim that the article makes is that technology devalues and decreases the quality of people's brains.

Explanation:

The article shows how technology allows information to be obtained very easily, which discourages our brain from reflecting and seeking an answer through reflection itself. This decreases the quality of our brain and our ability to be thinking and rational beings capable of reaching great conclusions. In addition, technology has spurred online reading that is not as promising as reading in a physical book. That's because reading online is full of distractions that prevent our brains from concentrating and obtaining the necessary information.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answer should be b.

explanation:

it should be b because she researched before writing so it would be in past tense. "the author researches her subject before she had written the first draft.