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Here is the letter to the editor about alcohol regulation that I found on Internet alcohol's dangers undersold to youth post- prohibition, alcohol regulation still makes sense alcohol awareness campaign Through these letters, I found some conventions about letter to the editor which answer the question "what makes the thing the thing?". Conventions of letter to the editor: 1. Attitude towards the opinion of the editor ; cons and pros of the editors's opinion 2. Address the name of writer on the bottom of the letter 3. give examples to support the writer's opinion and usually use real experience or personal thoughts. 4. writers always use the view if first person  I think that the third convention is the most  consequential one because an example can make the opinion more credible and well-founded. also, readers can be able to empathise with them.   Exigence: - contrast the harm of marijuana with that of alcohol to the youth. point that the edi...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/opinion/letters/working-class.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/opinion/letters/trump-fictional-character.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/letters/women-congress.html

Hi, my name is Ziyi Pan from China. I'm 19 years old. I am very honored to be a part of this class. This is my first post and also first homework this year. It is the third year that I have been studying in the US. After 2 years of high school life I finally became a freshman of penn state Abington and I enjoy living in the neighborhood. I attended high school in NY which provide a a busy and intense environment for me. However, the various of delicious food in NY eased my homesickness in some ways. My life in Pennsylvania is more comfort and settled but I can not help feeling lonely in my free time staying in my own apartment. So I plan to adopt a cat to live together with me. I am now major in engineering but I am not that interested on the major because it is just sounds tough and tedious. I’m taking this English class because it is a required course on my list. And I guess I can do well on it. I have four friends taking the same class with me and I believe they are reading...