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    This document provides instructions for writing a formal letter of opinion. It explains that a formal letter should be addressed "Dear Sir/Madam" if the recipient's name is unknown. Contracted forms, exclamation points, and dashes should be avoided. The letter should end with "Yours faithfully" and each paragraph should focus on a single opinion or point. As an example, readers are provided a hypothetical letter topic about opinions on young people and the environment. The document encourages including how the writer feels, why they disagree with the article, and what the newspaper should do in the response.

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    This document provides instructions for writing a formal letter of opinion. It explains that a formal letter should be addressed "Dear Sir/Madam" if the recipient's name is unknown. Contracted forms, exclamation points, and dashes should be avoided. The letter should end with "Yours faithfully" and each paragraph should focus on a single opinion or point. As an example, readers are provided a hypothetical letter topic about opinions on young people and the environment. The document encourages including how the writer feels, why they disagree with the article, and what the newspaper should do in the response.

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    Writing A Formal Letter

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    This document provides instructions for writing a formal letter of opinion. It explains that a formal letter should be addressed "Dear Sir/Madam" if the recipient's name is unknown. Contracted forms, exclamation points, and dashes should be avoided. The letter should end with "Yours faithfully" and each paragraph should focus on a single opinion or point. As an example, readers are provided a hypothetical letter topic about opinions on young people and the environment. The document encourages including how the writer feels, why they disagree with the article, and what the newspaper should do in the response.

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    Writing a Formal

    Letter of Opinion
    Read the extract from a newspaper. What is it about?
    Read the two letters and
    answer the questions

    1. Why did Thomas and Dan


    write to the newspaper?
    2. How do they feel about the
    article? Are their opinions the
    same?
    Read the two letters and
    answer the questions

    Which letter is formal?


    Which one is informal?
    How can you tell?
    Dan’s letter is informal

    1. How do you start these


    letters?
    2. How do you end them?
    3. Can you use contracted
    forms?
    4. Can you use exclamation
    marks and dashes?
    5. What do you put in each
    paragraph?
    Thomas’s letter is formal

    1. How do you start these


    letters?
    2. How do you end them?
    3. Can you use contracted
    forms?
    4. Can you use exclamation
    marks and dashes?
    5. What do you put in each
    paragraph?
    Look at the underlined
    sentences in Dan’s letter.
    Underline the sentences
    that mean the same in
    Thomas’s letter.
    Writing Skills

    A Formal Letter of Opinion

    • If you don't know the person's name, write Dear Sir/Madam.


    • Do not use contracted forms (I’m, it’s)
    • Try not to use exclamation marks, dashes etc.
    • End your letter with Yours faithfully.
    • Start a different paragraph for each opinion.
    • Use words and phrases like In my opinion, I feel very strongly
    about…
    You've read an article with the heading below.
    Write a letter to the newspaper giving your opinion.

    Use the ideas in the table and the prompts to


    help you.
    • Express how you feel about the article (you
    are very angry about it).
    • Explain why you don't agree with the article
    Young people don’t care about (young people know more about the
    the environment! environment than their parents, you support
    the Save the Panda organisation).
    __________________________ • Say what the newspaper should do (publish
    __________________________ a new article with a different opinion).
    • Remember to start and finish the letter
    correctly.
    Thanks!
    Do you have any questions?
    riskamaharlika@gmail.com
    +62 878 2429 2363
    about.me/riskamaharlika

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