Summary Response

Read “Scott Steinberg’s “How Video Games Can Make You Smarter” (473), and respond to the following questions in paragraph format:

Which sentence is the claim? Remember that it can appear at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the essay.
What type of claim is it? Decide which of the five types of claims this claim represents.
What are one or two examples of support used in the essay? To help you identify support, review the margin labels that identify the support in the five sample essays in the chapter.
How would you summarize the argument in the essay in two or three sentences?
What is your reaction to the author’s position?