Commentary Writing Of Social Web Tips For Teens

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This passage discusses safety when using the Internet for teens. It gives a lot of information for teens on how to be safe on the internet. There are a total of eight tips in this passage. The writer believes that chatting rooms are “among the riskiest places on the Net since it’s where kids are mostly likely to talk with strangers about unsuitable topics” (paragraph 1, line 2-3). This tone shows that the writer is supportive of teens using the internet, but firm on that teens should be safe on the internet by giving tips in this passage to be safe, and yet not to be critical and not forbidding. In the first sentence of each paragraph, there is a clear thesis statement of internet safety tip in imperative tense, such as “be your own person” (paragraph 2 line 1) and “be nice online” (paragraph 3 line 1). The tone of these statements is firm and strong that clearly demonstrates that the writer thinks that it is very important to be safe on the internet, especially when chatting. Throughout this passage, the writer used an informal to express his opinions in being safe on the internet. This tone shows that the writer’s purpose of writing this passage is to teenagers since he thinks that teenagers uses the network the most, and have a bigger possibility of chances of meeting people online who has a horrible reason in approaching them. Even though the writer gives a strong position in that the internet is dangerous, he accepts that the web is part of teenagers’ lives, which he or she feels that they must take steps in protecting themselves from danger. Therefore the writer wrote this piece of passage in order to encourage people to keep themselves safe on the internet. To sum up, a strong opinion of staying safe on the internet is given throughout the passage. The writer used different tones and opinions to express his or her thoughts of that

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