The intended audience for the letter is the principal of the school. The content addresses the operating hours of the library, which is typically managed by the school administration, making it relevant to the principal.
Sample paragraph:
The library should remain open for an additional hour every day. The current hours do not allow students enough time after school for quiet study and research. This makes studying difficult for students who have trouble finishing their homework. They also have difficulty conducting research, as most students do not have the ability to get to the city library and do not have sufficient resources at home.
Read the paragraph from a model letter. Who is the intended audience for the letter?
a national newspaper
the principal of the school
a student at the same school
a parent of a student
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Each of these sentences is written with a nonobjective tone. Choose the corrected, objective version of each sentence.
My great idea for getting lazy people to start recycling is to place recycling bins in key places around the city.
Placing recycle bins in key places around the city will encourage people to recycle.
Getting people to recycle will be difficult because people are lazy, but bins in key places may help.
choose one
You’ll have to convince the stubborn director to keep the library open an extra hour each day.
choose one
Good luck convincing the stubborn library director to listen to your proposal.
The library’s director may not be easily convinced to extend library hours.
My great idea for getting lazy people to start recycling is to place recycling bins in key places around the city.
Placing recycle bins in key places around the city will encourage people to recycle.
Getting people to recycle will be difficult because people are lazy, but bins in key places may help.
choose one
You’ll have to convince the stubborn director to keep the library open an extra hour each day.
choose one
Good luck convincing the stubborn library director to listen to your proposal.
The library’s director may not be easily convinced to extend library hours.
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The corrected, objective version of the first sentence is: Placing recycle bins in key places around the city will encourage people to recycle.
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The corrected, objective version of the second sentence is: The library’s director may not be easily convinced to extend library hours.
Dear Mayor Rivera—
The intersection at 12th Street and 1st Avenue is very dangerous. There are no stop signs, and visibility is blocked by hedges and trees; therefore, drivers often do not see oncoming traffic. This has caused many accidents.
Please consider installing stop signs. I know that the budget is an issue in our community, so I propose holding a fundraiser at the high school to raise money for the signs. People in the community could bake goods and donate items to sell. Many accidents could be prevented by this simple step of installing stop signs.
Damon Aichi
Sincerely,
Study the e-mail’s formatting. What changes are needed to correct it? Check all that apply.
The salutation should use a colon.
The space between the salutation and the body should be deleted.
The second paragraph should be indented.
The closing should say, “Best wishes.”
The signature should come after the closing.
The intersection at 12th Street and 1st Avenue is very dangerous. There are no stop signs, and visibility is blocked by hedges and trees; therefore, drivers often do not see oncoming traffic. This has caused many accidents.
Please consider installing stop signs. I know that the budget is an issue in our community, so I propose holding a fundraiser at the high school to raise money for the signs. People in the community could bake goods and donate items to sell. Many accidents could be prevented by this simple step of installing stop signs.
Damon Aichi
Sincerely,
Study the e-mail’s formatting. What changes are needed to correct it? Check all that apply.
The salutation should use a colon.
The space between the salutation and the body should be deleted.
The second paragraph should be indented.
The closing should say, “Best wishes.”
The signature should come after the closing.
To correct the e-mail’s formatting, the following changes are needed:
- The salutation should use a colon.
- The space between the salutation and the body should be deleted.
- The second paragraph should be indented.
- The signature should come after the closing.
The change to the closing does not need to be made; it can remain as "Sincerely." Therefore, you would not change the closing to "Best wishes."
The salutation should use a colon.
The signature should come after the closing.
The signature should come after the closing.
To correct the e-mail's formatting based on your response, you would implement the following changes:
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The salutation should use a colon.
- Change from "Dear Mayor Rivera—" to "Dear Mayor Rivera:"
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The signature should come after the closing.
- Ensure "Damon Aichi" is placed after the closing "Sincerely," to format it correctly.
Here’s how the e-mail would look after these changes:
Dear Mayor Rivera:
The intersection at 12th Street and 1st Avenue is very dangerous. There are no stop signs, and visibility is blocked by hedges and trees; therefore, drivers often do not see oncoming traffic. This has caused many accidents.
Please consider installing stop signs. I know that the budget is an issue in our community, so I propose holding a fundraiser at the high school to raise money for the signs. People in the community could bake goods and donate items to sell. Many accidents could be prevented by this simple step of installing stop signs.
Sincerely,
Damon Aichi
With these adjustments, the e-mail is properly formatted.
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