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You are the chairperson of the creative Writing Club in your school. The club would like assistance in publishing the winning entry in a recent...

You are the chairperson of the creative Writing Club in your school. The club would like assistance in publishing the winning entry in a recent competition. Write a letter to a publisher asking them to consider the book for publication. Remember to write through the head teacher.

In your letter, include the following

- The title of the book and name of author
- A brief description of what the book is about
- Why it is important for the book to be published

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Martin
Format

The Creative Writing Club,
Bidii Secondary School,
P.O. Box 05234-00100,
Nairobi.

22nd September, 2007.
The managing editor,
Macmillan Publishers,
P.O. Box 234267-00100,
Nairobi.

Through

The Principal,
Bidii Secondary School.

Dear Sir/Madam.

RE: PUBLICATION OF A BOOK

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

Yours faithfully,

Maneno M.N

Chairperson.

Marks allocated as follows

i. Addresses (3)

ii. Salutation

iii. RE: (Subject of/with regard to) must be written in capital letters and either underlined or written in bold type or both.
iv. Body

The body must communicate the purpose of the letter, in this case a brief description of what the book is about and why it is important for the book to be published.

E. Valediction: Yours faithfully is appropriate and is written at the bottom left-hand side since recipient is unknown to the sender.

F. Name and signature.

NB:

- The letter should be formal.
- The letter should be written in grammatically correct English.
- One should go direct to the point
marto answered the question on April 2, 2019 at 06:21

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