A Fictional Letter to President Lincoln

By Anonymous (not verified), 16 March, 2026
A Fictional Letter to President Lincoln July 25, 1863 Dear President Lincoln, I am writing to tell you that I think that you should make Thanksgiving a national holiday. Here are some reasons why this is a good idea. The first reason I think Thanksgiving should be a national holiday is because the Pilgrims taught the Indians about friendship with each other. They had a feast with the Indians. So the Pilgrims taught us how to develop friendships with people who are different. I think we should celebrate this. Another reason is that the Mayflower Compact drew up a plan on how they would govern themsleves. It gave us the idea for the U.S. Constitution which is our plan for our government. So please make Thanksgiving a national holiday. It’s the right thing to do. That’s why I think you should make it a national day to remember these important poeple and what they did for our country. Sincerely, Kelly Durban
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Structure

The writing . . .

  • begins by introducing the topic and stating an opinion about it.
  • supports the opinion in the middle part.
  • focuses on one main supporting reason in each middle paragraph.
  • ends by restating the opinion and calling readers to action.

Ideas

  • provides a clear, effective opinion statement.
  • provides a variety of reasons and strong evidence to support the opinion.
  • sounds sincere and knowledgeable.
  • uses precise nouns and active verbs.

Conventions

  • uses end punctuation and commas correctly.
  • correctly capitalizes first words and proper nouns.
  • avoids spelling errors.
  • correctly uses words (there, they’re, their).

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