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GUIDELINES FOR SECOND LETTER TO THE EDITOR SUBMISSION – NOTE: These are different

from the Guidelines for First Letter to the Editor, although there is overlap. 1. Read articles, opinion/editorial pieces, and letters to the editor from publications of your choosing (In your notes I have provided you with a list of publications I happen to read from, but choose something you enjoy). 2. Find an article, letter, editorial, or some piece of writing within these that addresses an issue over which you feel some concern. If you find something that you think has not been said that needs to be said, or if you disagree with some aspect of the author’s point-of-view, consider writing a Letter to the Editor based on this piece of writing. 3. Construct a complete, accurate reference of what you are commenting on (as we did in class). 4. Now write a letter to the editor. As you do so, observe what we have learned thus far in this course. In particular, make sure that you do not resort to any rhetorical questions; write in complete sentences; use appropriate punctuation, including capitalizations and lower-case letters. 5. Make sure that your Letter to the Editor includes an argument and a counter-argument if possible. What is your argument’s conclusion, and what premise or premises have you offered in support of the conclusion? 6. Try, as much as possible, to avoid all FALDs. 7. If you use metaphor, be sure to indicate this by writing something along the lines of: “Metaphorically speaking, . . .” 8. Ensure that your letter to the editor is free of any form of ambiguity. 9. Ask yourself if a definition is called for or has been used by the writer you are responding to, and check to see that it is effective in the context (in the way in which it is being used). 10. Ask somebody else to read what you have written, and to give you their candid feedback. 11. Read aloud to somebody what you have written and ask them to give you their candid feedback. 12. Re-write what you have written in light of what these outside “listeners” have offered you by way of advice. Of course, only do this if after reflection you believe it is warranted. 13. Double-check your Letter to the Editor for correct spelling and punctuation. Use online or offline dictionaries and other reference sources when it’s useful to do so. Be honest with yourself about spellings and grammar. Seek assistance when you think you might need it. 14. Find the guidelines on how to submit your Letter to the Editor for the specific publication you are submitting it to. These are almost always available online, but if you are working from a print copy of a publication, the guidelines are usually shown in the first few pages.

15. Type up your Letter to the Editor in a word processing program so that you can save a copy for yourself, even if you have to copy-and-paste it into an online box in order to submit it to the publication. 16. Make sure to copy any response you receive from the editor upon submission. 17. Observe the deadline for this project and be sure to stay in compliance with it. 18. With all this having been said, this should still be a simple, straight-forward project that could be completed in under three hours.