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| Open Letter Topic Example | Keyword Examples |
| An Open Letter to NASCAR about how to boost their fan base. | NASCAR (Association), stock cars (automobiles), stock car racing, stock car drivers, automobile racing, fans (persons), spectators, |
| An Open Letter to my parents about why I should get a tattoo | tattooing, body marking, social aspects, history, philosophy, anthropology, body art, body image, human body symbolic aspects, health, health aspects, tattoo artists, United States |
| An Open Letter about distracted driving to the guy who nearly ran me over | Distracted driving, distraction, traffic safety, automobile drivers, automobile driving, cell phones and traffic accidents, attention, psychology, bicycles, cycling, pedestrian accidents, pedestrians, safety measures |
| An Open Letter to the Wal-Mart customer who would not wear a mask and why they should | Coronavirus; COVID-19 (Disease) - social aspects OR political aspects OR disease prevention; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; public health; medical policy; communicable diseases; epidemics; biomedical materials |
| An Open Letter to parents of the preschoolers I work with about how to get kids to behave |
Parenting; early childhood education; early childhood development; behavior modification; discipline of children; education, preschool; preschool children |
| An Open Letter to DMV employees about why they need to be more patient with people who do not speak English as a first language | English as a second language; customer services; customer relations; second language acquisition; second language learning; third language learning; English language - foreign speakers; intercultural communication |
| An Open Letter to my fellow Peruvians about why they need to vote in this next election | Peru; elections; voting; political participation; political science; political parties; politics and government |
