বিসিএস লিখিত প্রস্তুতি, বিষয়: পত্র লিখন – ২

:: Tips: Writing a Letter to Editor

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1. Choose one issue about which you wish to write the letter. Ensure that there is a title about what you are writing.
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2. Begin by writing your interest in the issue as an individual or as an organization (if you are representing an organization). This states the purpose of letter in short.
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3. Write 2 – 3 sentences about giving some examples to validate your interest/reason for writing the letter. These may be facts and data collected by you that highlight the intensity of a specific situation or other similar things.
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4. Give some of your personal opinions.
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5. In one or two sentences, provide motivation or encourage readers to champion the cause that you are trying to highlight through your letter like global warming, pollution, traffic problems, etc.
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6. Ensure all paragraphs are properly assembled.
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7. Mention your full name and contact details properly at the end of the letter.
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8. Proofreading the letter is important as that will help to cast a good impression on the editor.
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9. Poorly proofread letters are not accepted. Show professionalism and do proofread it.
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10. Check out local newspapers address, emails ids and send your letter. Research proper way of sending the letter. Some newspapers accept attachments while some prefer full text in the body.
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:: Sample: Letter to the Editor

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Date: 03/14/2012
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To
The Editor,
The New Era Times,
9 West 57th Street, NY, 4123
USA.
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Subject: Spreading Mass Awareness About Dangers of Using a Cell Phone While Driving.
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Through your esteemed newspaper, we are pleased and honored to express our views on increasing threats of using a cell phone while driving. We are the undergrad students of St. Patrick’s College in Park Street, New York. In an unfortunate incident, exactly two weeks ago, we lost one of our classmates, Nick Breck (21), in a tragic accident. He succumbed to severe injuries before he could be taken to the hospital. The cause of accident as reported by the police officials has been negligent driving. It is mentioned in the report that Nick was talking on a cell phone that led to a lapse in his concentration and he eventually lost his control, bumping into a huge cargo truck.
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His sudden demise has left us in inexplicable pain. As a tribute to our love for Nick, we all have decided to gather courage and recover from this shock. To engage ourselves in constructive work, we have started a campaign to spread awareness about accidents related to cell phones and driving. In the reference material attached to this letter, you can see various newspapers cuttings and photographs that highlight the gravity of the situation. In the year 2008 alone, nearly 6,000 American residents lost their lives because of accidents related to a cell phone use while driving. Moreover, car crashes and texting while driving have been related more closely in recent years. Cell phones usage while driving has been rated to be far more dangerous than drunk driving, which highlights the dangers of using cell phones when we are commuting from one destination to the other.
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Students of our college have vouched never to use a cell phone while driving and we have made several communities on social networking websites to promote the same cause. Coming Sunday, we have called for a meeting of teenagers and youth in our locality to share our views and opinions on this sensitive topic. The discussion will be addressed by our college principal, Mr. Ben Jon. We are trying to contact some other senior people in highway control departments so that the discussion can get more media coverage and the message can be spread far and wide. We are also carrying out a Silent Candle March on the same day in the evening to highlight the cause.
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We kindly request your newspaper team to provide us media coverage so that our campaign and the idea behind it can get recognition, thereby spreading more awareness about cell phone use in cars and its dangerous consequences. For any information and in case you are interested in helping us, please feel free to contact at our college office phone number (777) 651-4860 or on the address mentioned below.
Yours sincerely,
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John Gates (Coordinator)
St. Patrick’s College,
234, Park Street, NY, 4123
USA.
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:: Sample: Personal Letter
O. Henry, American writer wrote to his daughter

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My dear Margaret,
Here it is summertime, and the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming and the bees making honey, and we haven’t been fishing yet. Well, there is only one more month till July, and then we will go, and no mistake. I thought you might write and tell me about the high water round Pittsburgh sometime ago, and whether it came up to where you live or not…
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I would like very much to hear from you oftener; it has been more than a month now since you wrote. Write soon and tell me how you are, and when school will be out, for we want plenty of holidays in July, so we can have a good time. I am going to send you something nice the last day of this week. What do you guess it will be?

Lovingly,
Papa
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NB: This is a letter written by American writer O. Henry to his daughter Margaret.
NB: Personal Letter is not included in the BCS written exam Syllabus.
NB: Personal Letter is not included in the BCS written exam Syllabus.
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