Selfie

Which section BEST highlights the idea that selfies can harm a person's self-esteem?

• "A Bad Selfie Can Affect Your Emotional State"

• "Better Results At Arms-Length"

• "People Are Signing Up For Surgery"

• "Ask For Help"

Which piece of evidence BEST explains WHY selfies are changing the way young people perceive themselves?

• Many others dislike them because they believe they symbolize narcissism. This is when someone is obsessed with themselves and how they look.

• A new study suggests that selfies taken too close can make your nose appear up to 30 percent larger than it is in reality.

• He says he frequently has patients show him selfies to explain why they want the size of their nose reduced.

• According to his reporting, the research team modeled the average faces of both men and women.

Which statement would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?

• Many people claim that unhappiness with their appearance in selfies is a reason they want plastic surgery.

• Selfie sticks are banned from a number of places due to safety and security issues.

• Boris Paskhover and Ohad Fried found that male noses appear larger than female noses in normal selfies.

• Young people post selfies on social media constantly, but these selfies don't show how they really look.

Which two of the following sentences from the article include MAIN ideas of the article?

1. A new study suggests that selfies taken too close can make your nose appear up to 30 percent larger than it is in reality.

2. To help convince people their close-up selfies are not accurate, he teamed up with Ohad Fried, a research fellow at Stanford University’s computer science department in California.

3. A recent poll by The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found that 55 percent of people visiting a plastic surgeon report that, at least in part, they want a procedure to improve the look of their selfies.

4. If you’re not into the selfie stick — or in an area where they’re banned — it might at least be worth asking someone to take the photo for you.

• 1 and 2

• 3 and 4

• 1 and 3

• 2 and 4

ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, narcissism is...

• when someone gets plastic surgery.

• you take selfies all the time.

• when someone is obsessed with themselves and how they look.

• when your face is distorted.

What would be the best synonym for the word ACCURATE as used in this sentence?

A photo at that distance gives them a more accurate representation of their face.

• incorrect

• true

• false

• wrong

What would be the best synonym for the word crucial as used in this sentence from the text?

The fact that the nose sticks out of the face is a crucial element.

• minor

• trivial

• unimportant

• key