Choose from the drop-down menu to identify who has written this letter. This is the first question we need to ask when we are analysing letters.
Who was the recipient of this letter?
Harry Clare
Frank Kelly
Harry Clare's widow
This letter was written on the 30th of April 1918. Choose all of the reasons why this is significant.
It was during the First World war
It was the final year of the war
It was Frank Kelly's birthday
Harry Clare was killed on this date
Choose from the drop-down menus to show why Frank Kelly wrote this letter.
What have we learnt by asking these 4 basic questions of Frank Kelly's letter?
Choose all the statements that apply.
He was an officer during the First World War
His attitude towards the men in his regiment was respectful rather than condescending
Kelly wants Clare to think well of him
Kelly is a humble man, grateful for the assistance offered by Clare
Kelly feels he acted childishly when injured and needs to apologise
Kelly is typical of the kind of man who served as an officer during World War I
Kelly is very conscious of the social and class divide between him and Harry Clare
Kelly is writing out of duty rather than because he feels genuinely grateful to Clare
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