Write a letter to the Minister of Youth Affairs telling him or her about three foreign practices which have been adopted in your locality and giving him or her reasons why they should be discontinued.
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The essay is in two parts: three foreign practices in the locality and reasons why they should be discontinued.
Both parts should be well discussed to earn full marks.
ORGANIZATION
The following features are expected:
1. Writer's address
2. Date
3. Recipient's designation and full address
4. Salutation - Dear Sir/Dear Madam
5. Title/Heading
6. Subscription - Yours faithfully/Yours sincerely
7. Writer's signature
8. Writer's full name
Coherent, well-developed and properly linked paragraphs are expected.
EXPRESSION
The language should be polite, clear (unambiguous) and persuasive (to move the powers that be to take action).
The use of contracted forms, slang and colloquialism is not allowed. You are expected to use appropriate vocabulary and a variety of sentence patterns/types.
MECHANICAL ACCURACY
Concord (subject - verb, noun-pronoun), tense, determiners, prepositions, punctuation, spelling should be used correctly. Each sentence and proper noun should begin with a capital letter. Be careful not to use "i" instead of "I" for the first person pronoun (subject).
