Activity 12.2 - Compose a Persuasive Essay Final Draft

The internet is one of the best inventions in this century
My mother, my brother and I went to my uncle’s house to pick up a letter and some pictures that my father mailed to us from Israel, probably weeks ago (he has been working there for almost 7 months.) He would also call us at my uncle’s home phone. It was a cold Saturday night, but when I finally listened at my father voice, I felt warm and overwhelmed. He talked about his work, the city where he lives, the weather, about the people, what they eat, etc. Talking to him and watching his pictures I felt closer to that place which was on the other side of the planet. The advances in technology, in transportation, in communication, and finally the internet were so amazing and faster than anybody could imagine. Our youngest won’t believe there was a time when we used to send letters that took weeks to be received; there was a time when people who were away did not have the opportunity to see each other for months. Instant mailing, chatting, talking was simply impossible! All of these fast, cheap, accessible tools and advantages are thanks to the internet – on...

12.2 24 5 7 access activ advanc advantag ago allow almost also amaz amount anoth anybodi anywher argentina arriv avail avoid away bad bar believ best better big book bring brother busi buy california call cam capabl centuri certain chat cheap cheaper child citi class click closer cold colleagu common communic communiti compar compos comput confer connect control convent correct could countri creat danger daughter day definit desir destin develop devic differ difficult distanc divers done draft due earliest easi eat end english enhanc enjoy enlarg especi essay etc even everybodi exampl facilit famili far fast faster father featur felt final finger finish first french frequent friday friend full germani get give hacker hand happen hard help high home hour hous hundr icon ident imagin immens import imposs improv info inform instant intercommun internet invent iphon israel issu italian japan job kid knew languag last later laugh learn left less letter librari like limit line listen live local locat long mail make mandarin materi matter meet messag minim minut month mother move much new newest news night non non-profession noth observ obtain offic one onu open opportun overwhelm page peopl person persuas phone physic pick pictur place planet poor pornographi possibl precaut present pretti probabl problem profession promot public put qualiti raini reach reaction read receiv regular rememb repeat research resourc saturday school search second see send sent shown side simpl simpli sit site smart smile social somebodi sometim sound spain spanish speak steal still student surf take talk task teach technolog thank thesi thing thursday time today togeth ton took tool translat transport travel uncl unless unlimit updat us use virtual visit voic wait warm watch way weather web web-librari websit week went wide window within without won work world worldwid would york youngest