Question

Read the argumentative paragraph below:

Go around, look around and count the number of phones you can see. Whether you like it or not, the mobile phone is everywhere! Even five-year-old kids at school are playing with their mobiles in the playground. The common phone is completely central to the lives of many and not just for their function as a phone either. After they were invented as devices that could connect people together and use Apps, they have grown substantially in their popularity around the world. One can now listen to music, watch a video, play games and so much more. However, many people are hinting at the fact that some of these devices are beginning to occupy larger roles in our lives, up to the point where
mobile phone addiction is becoming a sentence that we can add in our dictionary.

Based on the paragraph, what is the author's claim?

•Mobile phones are everywhere.
•Devices connect people.
•Devices are becoming an addiction.
•Mobile phones are found on school playgrounds.

Answer 1

Devices are becoming an addiction.

Step-by-step explanation:

However, many people are hinting at the fact that some of these devices are beginning to occupy larger roles in our lives, up to the point where

mobile phone addiction is becoming a sentence that we can add in our dictionary.