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Writing a Letter

Writing a Letter. By : Nicole Bery , Ana Gabriela Apolo, Juan Francisco Beltrán, Isidro Dávalos, Adriana Montalvo and Oriana Moscarella. Parts of a friendly letter: Heading : Your street adress City, State ZIP Current Date (Month, Day, Year) Example: 1234 Any Street My Town, OH 45764

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Writing a Letter

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  1. Writing a Letter By: Nicole Bery, Ana Gabriela Apolo, Juan Francisco Beltrán, Isidro Dávalos, Adriana Montalvo and Oriana Moscarella

  2. Parts of a friendly letter: • Heading : • Your street adress • City, State ZIP • Current Date (Month, Day, Year) Example: 1234 Any Street My Town, OH 45764 July 12,2007 Friendlyletter

  3. Heading : • Your street adress • City, State ZIP • Current Date (Month, Day, Year) 2.Greeting: • Dear, Hi, Hello, Hey there • Comma after the greeting: Example: Dear Oriana, Friendlyletter

  4. Heading • Greeting, • Body: Intro Paragraph: 3-4 sentences explaining your purpose for writing. The number of paragraphs can vary since it is a casual response. No space between the paragraphs but you do have to indent the text to let the reader know it is a new paragraph. In friendly letters, you can omit the address and just specify the date of the letter. As well you might use block format (spaces between paragraphs and no indentation). Friendlyletter

  5. Heading • Greeting, • Body: Intro Paragraph: 3-4 sentences explaining your purpose for writing. The number of paragraphs can vary since it is a casual response. No space between the paragraphs but you do have to indent the text to let the reader know it is a new paragraph. In friendly letters, you can omit the address and just specify the date of the letter. As well you might use block format (spaces between paragraphs and no indentation). 4. Closing and signature (in a friendly letter there a lot of possible closings) Example: Best wishes, Nicole

  6. Sender’s address is optional • The structure of the body and the number of paragraphs can vary. • Since it is a friendly letter the register does not have to be formal. • There are a lot of possible casual closings. General aspects of a friendlyletter

  7. 1. Heading: • 1234 Any Street (Your street address) • Hometown, OH 45764 (City, State ZIP) • March 18, 2013(Current Date) • 2. Receipementinformation • Ms. Adriana Montalvo(Name of recipient) • Any Company (Business/Institution name, if there is one) • 5678 Not Here Avenue (Street Address) • Any Town, NY 10012 (City, State ZIP) Business letter

  8. 3. Greeting • Dear Ms. Montalvo: (the use of a colon afterthegreetingischaracteristic in businessletters) • 4. Body: (1-3 paragraphs) • Introductoryparagraph: 3 or 4 sentencesexplainingthepurpose of yourwritting. • 2nd paragraph: youhaveto single spaceit and avoidindenting in businessletterfollowingthe “block format,” thisparagraph can includeadditionalinformationaboutthepurpose of writting in a lenght of 3-5 sentences Business letter

  9. Closingparagraph: 2-3 sentencessummarizingthestatements in theotherparagraphs and alsothankingthereceipentforhis/her time. • Closing and signature • (Sincerely, Respectfully, TrulyYours) • (Leave 3-4 spacestosign) • Isidro Dávalos (Typeyourname) Business letter

  10. Heading: • Name of recepient Bussiness/ Institution name if applicable Street adress City/State ZIP 3. Greeting: 4. Body: Intro Paragraph: 3-4 sentences explaining your purpose for writing. There needs to be space between the paragraphs but you do not have to indent the text. Second paragraph: 3-5 sentences would be good for a second paragraph, in which you should include supporting details or additional information. Concluding paragraph: 2-3 sentences summarizing your previous statements and including any additional information. 4. Closing and signature (ex. Sincerely, respectfully) Example: Respectfully, Signature Typed Name.

  11. Your name needs to be typed beneath your signature • Possible closings include “sincerely”, and “respectfully.” • In a business letter one should include all the information of the recipient. • In a business letter the register should be formal. General aspects of a bussiness letter

  12. International Reading Association. Letter Samples. N.p.: Verizon Foundation, 2007. PDF. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1083/lettersamples.pdf 18/03/13 Works cited

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