As we change, the Internet changes. The Internet is a worldwide work- in-progress. It is our duty to promote positive change, but we must at all times recognize that it will continue to shape us as individuals and as a society. In time, this information medium, like its predecessors, newspapers, radio, and television, will be taken for granted like the air we breathe. It's incumbent upon us to
ensure that we continue to breathe clean air, both in the real world and in cyberspace.
The purpose of the paragraph is
a. to warn the reader that the Internet will eventually be taken for granted.
b. to criticize how the Internet is constantly changing our lives.
c. to persuade the reader to strive to ensure that the Internet
continues to be a positive medium.
The tone of the paragraph is
a. persuasive. b. critical. c. concerned.
c, a
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