Precis – Mode Project Part 1 The Conversation: In the narrative essay “The Conversation,” author Wendy Lesser explains how her experiences with email changed her life. Lesser defines her vision of email by recounting her stay in London and reflecting on her intimate connection with her CompuServe email device to communicate with her friends, colleagues, husband, and family. Its aim is to denounce the modernization of email in society to make its readers aware of the relationship that people create with technology through the revolutionary charm of which it is capable. Lesser establishes a conversational tone with his audience of people who have experienced the same attachment to a piece of technology that he had with the CompuServe device. The Keyboard: William Zinsser, in his process analysis essay, "The Keyboard," demonstrates how to use a keyboard, a piece of technology that many people know how to use. Zinsser carefully examines the keyboard by analyzing several keys, including the four cursor keys, the DELETE key, the BACKSPACE key, and the ENTER key. Zinsser's purpose was to describe how various tasks or assignments that people are competent at can be convoluted to others to help readers understand how encountering certain mysteries leads to enlightenment. Zinsser establishes an informative tone with an audience inexperienced with computers. The Golden Spike: In the compare and contrast essay, “The Golden Spike,” Vanderbilt University graduate John Steele Gordon conveys the similarities and differences between the Internet and railroads through the impact of each invention made. Gordon compares these two inventions by summarizing the history of the railway, followed by the description...... in the center of the paper......y. Kadi's aim is to expose the false assumptions people make about the Internet to share his opinion on how the Internet actually affects people. Kadi sets a skeptical tone with people who are optimistically inclined towards networking. Looking for Community on the Internet: In Evan I. Schwartz's persuasion and argumentation essay, “Looking for Community on the Internet,” the theme of cyberspace is a “surrogate community.” ” to a real-life community being discussed. Schwartz proposes the positive and negative characteristics of an online community to reach his definitive conclusion. Schwartz's purpose is to address the legitimacy of an online community in order to create an argument for a topic that is meaningful to the Internet. Schwartz establishes a reverent tone towards his argument for his audience who may support or oppose the Internet community theory.