{"id":346,"date":"2018-11-19T10:57:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T10:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flyingcolours.ng\/archives\/?p=346"},"modified":"2018-11-19T13:13:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T13:13:24","slug":"practical-approach-to-past-questions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyingcolours.ng\/archives\/practical-approach-to-past-questions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PRACTICAL APPROACH TO PAST QUESTIONS (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRACTICAL APPROACH TO PAST QUESTIONS (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Hassan Abdulbaqi<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/em>You were an eye witness to an incident in which a crowd of angry traders beat a suspected thief to death. Write a letter to the Divisional Police Officer in your area giving an account of what happened.<\/p>\n

PRACTICAL APPROACH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here, you are doing two things-a narrative essay in a formal letter. This is because you shall be narrating an incident to the Divisional Police Officer in form of a letter. You are also to narrate the incident as if you were there, as the word \u201ceye witness\u201d suggests. Don\u2019t also forget to reflect on words like \u201ccrowd of angry traders\u201d and \u201csuspected thief\u201d. That is, something must have made them so angry that had made them beat him to death and \u201csuspected thief\u201d means that there was no real proof to show that the thief actually stole.<\/p>\n

Since it is a formal letter, it must contain some important features. First is the writer\u2019s address which is followed by a date at the right corner of the beginning of your essay.<\/p>\n

No. 5 Market Road,<\/p>\n

Igbokoda,<\/p>\n

Ondo state.<\/p>\n

11th<\/sup> November, 2018.<\/p>\n

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After this, you must write the recipient\u2019s designation in the left corner and follow it with the address. See:<\/p>\n

The Divisional Police Officer,<\/strong> – this is the designation, i.e the title of the recipient<\/p>\n

Igbokoda Police Station,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -this is the address, remember that the D.P.O is in \u201cyour area\u201d as the question dictates,<\/p>\n

Igbokoda,<\/p>\n

Ondo State.<\/p>\n

Note: The whole address must not be written in capital letters.<\/p>\n

Dear Sir\/Madam, (as the case maybe)<\/p>\n

Then you write the topic of your essay, read SUITABLE TITLE <\/strong>here on how to form suitable titles.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget that in formal letters, you end the body of your letter with Yours faithfully, and not Yours sincerely which is for informal letter. Also note that the first letter in \u201cYours\u201d is capital while \u201cfaithfully\u201d is preceded with a small letter. Then your signature and finally, your full name (i.e your surname and name).<\/p>\n

Yours faithfully,<\/p>\n

Signature<\/p>\n

Hassan Abdulbaqi<\/p>\n

That\u2019s for getting good marks under Organization, you\u2019ll surely get good marks here too, if your paragraphs are well-developed and properly linked.<\/p>\n

Now back to the body of your letter, your language must be formal. Employ the use of all the types of sentences. You may want to show the exact ways the traders spoke and the way they react to issues, in order to make it known that they are illiterates or uncultured, you should explain these as you write them in your letters. Your words may carry emotions while describing the incident or the carelessness of the policemen in handling the issue but it must not be abusive.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to cross check your work for grammatical mistakes, spelling mistakes and punctuation marks.<\/p>\n

You can also read about the length of your essays<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0THE BIG FOUR IN SSCE ENGLISH ESSAYS<\/a>\u00a0and Four Tips for Scoring High in Your SSCE English<\/a>\u00a0before trying your hand on this question. Get ready now!<\/p>\n

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