Mijal Kleinkopf

Ms. Breckenridge

Grammar and Composition

29-05-2018

Audience-Purpose
Note to friends

● The audience is my group of friends and the purpose is to let them be aware of my

current situation regarding my curfew.

● Their beliefs and attitude toward the situation will be that they’re understanding of the

situation and they believe that to avoid giving me more trouble, they will try their hardest to

mold the plans so that everyone can go and hang out together.

● The message they’re most likely to receive well would be assurance that I will still be

able to go out with them and that I will find a way around the problem.

● The message they will most likely receive negatively would be that I won’t be able to do

anything and give the impression that I don’t want to even try to come up with a solution to

the problem.

● What I’m trying to accomplish with my message is to let my friends know about my

current situation and that way we can all find a way to make plans that can adapt to my new

curfew while I try to strike a better deal with my parents.

Hi Guys!

Remember what we did last Friday at Olivia’s party? Apparently, my parents found out

about it and decided to give me an actual curfew. They told me that I can only hang out

only on Friday and Saturday evenings and I have to get back home at 9:00 pm. I know that

we have plans this Friday that is up till at least 11 pm, but hear me out on this.

I’ll try to get my parents to let me go out to this party, but if it doesn’t work, what we can

do for now is meet up at least a bit earlier so that we can spend some more time together. If

you guys can, we can also go to my house and hang out there. That way, we can all enjoy

ourselves and I get to be with you guys for much longer. So far, that’s all the plans I have

for now and I’ll keep you guys updated on whether or not I was able to change the curfew

hour. Let me know if there are any more ideas.

I hope you guys understand!

Sincerely,

Mijal
Letter to parents

● My parent’s beliefs and attitude towards the situation is that while they believe that it’s

important for me to socialize, they also think that by applying strict rules I will go down the

right path and they also worry that my friends may lead me down a bad path.

● The message they will most likely receive well would be the assurance that I will be

responsible this time around and that I will try my best to stick to the rules.

● On the other hand, they will most likely not want me to try and change their minds about

the curfew.

● What I’ll be trying to accomplish is to make a good deal with them that will both have

the curfew rule, yet change the time.

Dear Mom and Dad,

First of all, I want to start off by saying that I’m very sorry for my harmful actions caused

at last week’s party. After the incident that happened at Olivia’s, I must admit that it wasn’t

my proudest moment and I deeply regret it. During this time, I was able to reflect on my

actions of that night, coming to the conclusion that I definitely think that the curfew rule

was justified. I really am ashamed by my actions and I’m hopeful that your trust in me can

be restored when I’m going out with friends. However, I would like to make a deal that you

can hopefully consider since I really want to spend more time with my friends as two of

them are going to be leaving soon.

What I really want to get out of this deal is to be able to hopefully have my curfew time be

a bit later than 9:00. The reason behind this, is that our outings usually end at around 12

am, as you have probably noticed these past few months. However, they usually start at

around 8 and 9, so if my curfew is at this hour, I won’t have time to do anything. I propose

for my curfew to be at least 11:30. Of course, there will be a catch in my case.

If I act irresponsibly or break the curfew, feel free to bring it down once more with no

second chances allowed. All I’m asking is basically for a second chance and to be able to

prove that I have grown from my previous experience and I understand that my actions do

have consequences like in this case. I will not be asking you to ban this rule altogether,

since I know that rules must be set so that incidents like last time don’t occur again. Like

I’ve said before, I want to be given a last chance to prove that I can be responsible. With

all that said, I really hope you take this into consideration.
Your daughter,

Mijal