Friendly letters
Business letters
Purposes for writing
Errors, errors, errors...
Hodge Podge
100
The first part of a friendly letter is:
What is the heading?
100
How many parts does a business letter have?
What is six parts?
100
Trying to convince someone to do something is called argumentative or ____________ writing:
What is persuasive?
100
Sincerely Yours, What is the error in this closing?
What is the "Y" in yours should NOT be capitalized?
100
The inside address of a business letter includes:
What is the person's name you are writing to, company name, position of the person, stress address, city, state, and zip code?
200
Describe the tone of a friendly letter.
What is casual and informal?
200
A business letter should be left-aligned; what does this mean?
What is everything lines up at the left margin. Paragraphs are not indented, etc.
200
What does it mean TO NARRATE?
What is tell someone the details of a story, detail by detail?
200
Dear Jasmine: This is the greeting of a friendly letter; what is the error?
What is the colon should be changed to a comma?
200
The last item on the page of a letter is:
What is the typed name?
300
What punctuation mark follows the greeting of a friendly letter?
What is a comma?
300
Which type of punctuation follows the greeting of a business letter?
What is a colon?
300
Explanatory writing means:
What is tell someone how to do something.
300
The business letter had a wonderful introduction an amazing conclusion and included a variety of well-researched facts. WHAT PUNCTUATION IS NEEDED IN THIS SENTENCE?
What is a comma after introduction, and conclusion? The business letter had a wonderful introduction, an amazing conclusion, and included a variety of well-researched facts.
300
If you are going to present a problem in a business letter, you must offer a:
What is a solution?
400
Name a synonym for the salutation of a letter:
What is a greeting?
400
Describe the tone of a business letter?
What is professional, but courteous and polite?
400
Informational writing is:
What is writing that factually informs the reader.
400
There car was on the road to long and it ran out of gas. WHAT THREE ERRORS DOES THIS SENTENCE HAVE?
What is: THEIR car was on the road TOO long, and it ran out of gas.
400
What is incorrect in this heading: (THREE MISTAKES) Anneda Nettleton 108 Jacksboro Street Somerset, KY 42501 Sept. 29 2011
What is do NOT include your name, do not abbreviate the month, and insert a comma after the date: 108 Jacksboro Street Somerset, KY 42501 September 29, 2011
500
Name all five parts of a friendly letter.
What is heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature?
500
Name all six parts of a business letter.
What is heading, inside address, salutation/greeting, body, closing, and signature?
500
Your reason for writing (your ____________) means that you must think about the needs of your readers (your ________________).
What is purpose, your audience?
500
Alot of help is needed for Andy and i to finish the housecleaning before the guestes arrive. WHAT THREE ERRORS DOES THIS SENTENCE CONTAIN?
What is: A lot (2 words) I (capitalize this proper pronoun) guests (mispelled)
500
Tell me one appropriate topic for a friendly letter and who your audience would be. Tell me one appropriate topic for a business letter and who your audience would be.
What is ANSWERS VARY: Friendly - write a to a friend discussing a movie Business - writing to a governor discussing a pollution problem
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