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Part.1

As we known, gun is a very serious problem in America and some other countries. It kills many people every year, so I have searched three letters to editor from The New York Times, and all of them are talking about guns. The first letter is "Tackling Gun Violence", the second letter is " Gun Violence and Fear in America", and the last one is "What Should Be Done About Guns".

Part.2

After I read these three examples, I found some genres from them:
  • " To the editor" at the beginning
  • Date
  • Re"..."(the title of the article) or just "..."(the title of the article)
  • Name of the author 
  • Location 
  • Individual resume 
  • Polite way
  • Real case about gun 
I detected that these three examples have the following patterns across:
  • " To the editor" at the beginning
  • Date
  • Name of the author 
  • Polite way
  • Location
  • Re"..."(the title of the article) or just "..."(the title of the article)
I think the polite way is the most consequential,  because writers express their own opinions to articles on the internet, and there are millions of people can see. If you use some bad words or extreme language, it give a bad impression to the readers. There is no absolute right or wrong, but if you want to convince people to admit your opinion, polite way can help you.

Part.3

Writer:Christian Heyne, legislative director at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.

 Goal/purpose: Agree with the editor, and point out people need to do more to make gun control come true.

 Audience/reader: Politicians, citizens 

 Context: gun control

 " Gun Violence and Fear in America"
Writer:Andrea Chasen 

 Goal/purpose: Point out the gun cause a lot of death, and appeal to create law about gun control.

Audience/reader: Politicians, citizens 

 Context: gun control

Writer:Theodore S. Voelker 

Goal/purpose: Comes up with a new way about gun control—— create a data base to catch mentally ill people who have gun or know what guns people have and the purpose of using guns.

Audience/reader: Politicians, citizens , goverment

Context: gun control

Part.4

They are showing their attitude to control guns. But Theodore S. Voelker  thinks that gun control doesn't mean to take away the guns.  Gun's problem happens everyday, citizens are concerned about it. They use empathy to win over people.

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