Can you imagine a more exciting experience than a rollercoaster ride? If your answer is NO, then you must come to Chicago and try a ride on the CTA transports. You may wonder why I'm telling you this. I hope that the following reasons can persuade you about it, although such an experience should be confirmed in person.
First of all, CTA offers a wide choice among different means of transport. The "L" is a public train network that covers both Chicago and its closest suburbs. Metra is an alternative train system that takes you further and faster but which is more expensive. Finally, you have countless bus lines that travel all around Chicago. either at daytime or at night. Not many amusement parks offer such a big variety of options.
Secondly, if you are a tourist, you can have spectacular views of Chicago while riding the CTA. This is a considerable advantage, especially at night, as you can see all lights shining at the buildings, and the city bathed in the moonlight. And you can get all this for very little money.
Finally, when riding CTA, you never know what's gonna happen next. For example, I was riding the purple line express train last Monday when it started to rain heavily. The wind grew stronger as we went further from Evanston, and it shook trees vigorously. Suddenly, we heard the driver's voice telling us that a tree had fallen on the track so we couldn't go further. We had to get off the train, and getting to Roosevelt University was kind of an thrilling gymkhana. Fortunately CTA provides other options to get downtown, so I took Metra :).
After reading all this... do you still think that a rollercoaster is better than riding CTA????
First of all, CTA offers a wide choice among different means of transport. The "L" is a public train network that covers both Chicago and its closest suburbs. Metra is an alternative train system that takes you further and faster but which is more expensive. Finally, you have countless bus lines that travel all around Chicago. either at daytime or at night. Not many amusement parks offer such a big variety of options.
Secondly, if you are a tourist, you can have spectacular views of Chicago while riding the CTA. This is a considerable advantage, especially at night, as you can see all lights shining at the buildings, and the city bathed in the moonlight. And you can get all this for very little money.
Finally, when riding CTA, you never know what's gonna happen next. For example, I was riding the purple line express train last Monday when it started to rain heavily. The wind grew stronger as we went further from Evanston, and it shook trees vigorously. Suddenly, we heard the driver's voice telling us that a tree had fallen on the track so we couldn't go further. We had to get off the train, and getting to Roosevelt University was kind of an thrilling gymkhana. Fortunately CTA provides other options to get downtown, so I took Metra :).After reading all this... do you still think that a rollercoaster is better than riding CTA????
Irene- WONDERFUL introduction and points about the CTA that you've written. Most of your points are elaborated with details and examples. You stay focused on the topic you're writing. The only point that was confusing for me as your reader [that is pretending not to know about the CTA], is your first point. Here I think it would be better to stick with examples about the CTA and not mention the METRA. As your reader, I'm not very convinced about that first point. Other than that, you have a very good concluding statement that speaks directly to your reader.
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