You recently went on a trip with a friend and you both took some photographs. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: Ask your friend to send you a particular photograph Explain why you need that particular photograph Tell your friend what happened to your copy of it Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Brendan,

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Dear Brendan, How is it going after our vacation? I'm writing
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letter to ask you a favour! Can you send me one of our photographs? I would like to receive that one we took at the central beach when the sun was shining bright orange over the sea. We were so happy at that moment, but, fortunately, we remembered to take a photo. I'm asking
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because I really loved that one photo, the orange colour of the sun mixed with the blue sky resulted in a wonderful view.
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, I'm thinking about doing a painting of that to put in my room.
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, I'll be able to look at it every day when I wake up and remember that beautiful view and our trip. Badly, I had trouble with my computer yesterday and, to my bad fortune, I lost most part of the photos we took on the trip. I'd be so grateful if you do
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for me! Best wishes, Dani
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Greeting and Closing
The letter effectively opens and closes with appropriate greetings and sign-off, thus scoring high in greeting and closing. A small point of improvement could be to add a more personalized touch or expression of warmth at the start and end.
Logical Structure
While the letter generally has a logical structure, the flow can be improved with better transitions to guide the reader from one point to another seamlessly.
Single Idea per Paragraph
Focus on centering each paragraph around a single main idea to enhance clarity and impact. Some paragraphs can benefit from clearer topic sentences.
Complete Response
You have addressed the task's three points, but providing more detailed explanations or personal anecdotes could enrich your response.
Suitable Writing Tone
Your tone suits the conversational nature of a letter to a friend. For an even better score, you can incorporate varied sentence structures and more expressive vocabulary.
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