Write a letter to an editor about Irresponsible animal owners.

You are to write an illustration paragraph. You should treat the topic prompts as either letters of complaint or letters of praise. You could also pretend that you are writing a letter to an editor of a newspaper on a particular pet peeve. The length should be from 400-600 words.

Topic suggestions:

Editorials/Pet Peeves

 Irresponsible animal owners

 Video game obsession

 Diet crazes

 Cell phone annoyances

 A particular commercial on television

 Any community welfare issue Sample outline:

Letters of Complaint or Praise

 A horrible job (or a perfect one)  A great boss (or a terrible one)  An effective teacher, doctor,

nurse, etc.

 Dissatisfaction of a purchased

product or service

 A bad restaurant or hotel

experience

I. The topic sentence that states what the main point of the paragraph is going to be.

II. Supporting sentences

a. Example #1

i. Illustration detail for the example

ii. Illustration detail for the example

b. Example #2

i. Illustration detail for the example

ii. Illustration detail for the example

c. Example # 3

i. Illustration detail for the example

ii. Illustration detail for the example

d. Example #4

i. Illustration detail for the example

ii. Illustration detail for the example

III. The concluding sentence

Four Basics of Good Illustration, are

1. It has a point.

2. It gives specific examples that show, explain, or prove the point. It gives details to support the examples.

3. It uses enough examples to get the point across to the reader.

4. It gives details to support the examples.

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