Letter Vocabulary 1
envelope
Letter Vocabulary 2
Greetings and Closings
Letter Vocabulary 3
100
What is your name on the bottom of the letter called?
signature
100
What goes on the right hand corner of every snail mail envelope?
stamp
100
What is the person getting a letter called?
a recipient
100
What is the most common greeting to start a friendly letter?
Dear
100
What are the paragraphs of your letter called?
the body of the letter
200
What is it called when you start your letter? Example: Dear Jim,
greeting
200
What goes on the first line of the left hand corner of the envelope?
your first and last name
200
What is the address called that you write on the left hand corner of the envelope?
return address
200
What are some other options for greetings beside using Dear ...?
Hello John, Hi John, Greetings John,
200
What 3 things (3 lines) are included in the heading of the letter on the top right? your street address your city, state, and zip ?
the date your write the letter
300

What goes on the right hand side and first in a letter?

the heading

300
What goes under your name (on the 2nd line) of the left hand corner of the envelope?
your street address
300
What is the address called that goes in the middle of the envelope?
the recipient's address (who is getting the letter)
300
What is the most common closing for letters?
Sincerely,
300
What title would you give a woman that is married?
Mrs.
400

What are the paragraphs in the letter called?

the body

400
What goes under your name and street address (on the 3rd line) of the left hand corner of the envelope?
your city, state, and zip code
400

When you close and sign a letter, does this closing go on the right side of the paper or the left side of the paper?

the left side

400
What are some other closings other than Sincerely, Kim?
Your friend, Love, Yours truly, Your friend always,
400
What title would you give a man?
Mr.
500

What does the heading of a letter have written?

My address and today's date

500
What is the 1st line that goes in the center of the envelope?
name of the person getting the letter (recipient)
500
What is the mark called that you place after the greeting and the closing? EXAMPLE: Sincerely, or Dear John,
a comma
500
What always follows a greeting and closing?
comma
500
What is it called when you start writing on the paper about one inch in?
indent
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