Activity 1

1. Direct
2. Direct
3. Direct
4. Persuasive
5. Persuasive
6. Persuasive
7. Direct
8. Persuasive
9. Indirect
10. Direct
11. Persuasive
12. Persuasive
13. Indirect

Activity 2
Positive (Direct)
• You are the owner of a construction company. You need to write a letter for the approval of
your loyal contractor's request to increase his monthly salary.
• You work in a cable company. And you have been assigned to write to a subscriber that she/he
is one of the luckiest customer that has free internet connection for one week.
• You’re a professor In college and you need to write a letter to a student that she passed the
entrance exam in engineering.

Negative (Indirect)
• You’re a high school principal and you need to write a letter to a parent that their child did not
able to pass the grade 12. However, you must consider their feelings in writing this letter.
• You work in a law office. You have been assigned to write on behalf of home credit to a buyer
who has not paid the monthly bill for the last five months.
• You’re an assessor/interviewer of a company and you need to write a letter to an applicant that
did not pass the interview. The company expect your letter to be cordial.

Persuasive
• You are plan to open a business and you need to write letters for those people you want to be
part of it. You need to persuade them to buy shares/stocks of your company.
• You’re a manager in a shoe factory. You need to write a letter to those company who sell
authentic shoes. You need to persuade them to buy/purchase the shoes from the factory and sell it in the
market.
• You received letters from your target customers regarding to your services in Cable Company.
You need to persuade them to purchase the different services in your company. The company expect your
letter to be factual.