SUBJECT: LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING

Write a letter to a neighbor discussing the highlights of the past season in your life. (3 pts)

a. What is the audience and, consequently, the tone? (2pts)

b. Rewrite the letter to a government official. In the rewritten letter, express dissatisfaction with a service that is supposed to be provided by the local government and was not provided adequately during the past season. For example, in the letter to your neighbor, you write about the great snowfall during the winter. In the rewritten letter to a government official, you write about the great snowfall, but also include how the locality failed to plow sufficiently. What is the purpose and audience of the letter to the government official? (5 pts)