In this assignment I am going to show how a charity letter tries to persuade us to support their charity, usually by giving money.

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Charity Letters - English GCSE

In this assignment I am going to show how a charity letter tries to persuade us to support their charity, usually by giving money. This letter is an appeal for us to give £2 a month to the NSPCC. Letters like this are coming through our letter boxes more and more because more people want to help people in bad situations and when you do get these letters they are very persuasive. Also the reason why they send us letters is because most of us seem to think the money we put into the lottery all goes to charity and it does not. This is why many charities try to appeal to us in a letter.

 

This letter came in an envelope. On it, it said "help me please". This looked like it was handwritten to make it look effective like a child had written it, so it would make you think that there is a child who needs your help. The writing isn't neat and is slanted, which makes me think of a child's handwriting. Also the envelope is brown, which would probably remind you of a bill or an important letter. It also doesn't have the name and address of the person it was sent to, so there is just them words you take notice of. The envelope was small, which made me think of a child, like a child would usually fold a letter a number of times to fit it in the envelope and because of the writing, it doesn't look formal. The envelope the letter came in is important because this is the first thing you see when it comes through the door.

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The contains two pieces of paper, which explains to you that there are poor, neglected children who need help from us by donating £2 a month. It makes you understand just how many children are being abused. It also contains an envelope so you can send your donation to them. This makes it seem a lot easier to do since all you have to do is put the money in the envelope and send it. This is a freepost envelope which already has its address printed on the front. It also includes a donation form and they reassure you ...

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