Chapter 16 Review

A. Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank.

B 1. Yours truly, A. body
D 2. Contains the sender’s address
B. closing
C. greeting
A 3. Tells the purpose for writing
D. heading
F 4. Is always written by hand as well as typed E. inside address
E 5. Contains the recipient’s address F. signature
C 6. Dear Sir or Madam:

B. Fill in the circle next to each correct answer.

7. Which word best describes the tone of a business letter?
● personal ● persuasive ● polite
8. Looking for places to publish your work is called ___.
● market research ● submission ● publishing
9. When you mail a manuscript to a publisher, you are ___ it to
him for consideration.
● submitting ● selling ● editing
10. Editors are people who ___.
● write cover letters ● make publishing decisions ● sell manuscripts
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15. In which stage do you organize the details in each paragraph

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16. In which stage do you mail the cover letter to the editor?
publishing

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D. Read the letter. Then fill in the circle next to the better answer
to complete each sentence.
17. One line of the ___ has been left out.
● heading ● inside address
18. There is a capitalization mistake in the ___.
● heading ● inside address

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19. There is a punctuation mistake in the ___ line of the inside
address.
● third ● fourth
20. The greeting of this letter is written ___ for a business letter.
● incorrectly ● correctly
21. The title of the magazine in the body of the letter is written ___.
● incorrectly ● correctly
22. Does the letter use precise wording?
● yes ● no
23. Which detail is unnecessary to include in the second
paragraph?
● the writer’s age ● the fact that her friend liked her poem
24. What is left out at the end of the letter?
● the signature ● the closing

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