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HS 304
BCE
HINA
MANZOOR
CREATIVE TECHNICA
WRITING L
WRITING
• Written to entertain and • Written to serve business
educate an audience purposes.
• Many different genres and • Types include copy writing,
sub-genres letters, pitches, ads, news
• Sometimes follows a certain set of articles, emails, memo
rules, sometimes breaks all of them. • It has a set of rules, conventions,
do's and don'ts.
WRITING A BUSINESS LETTER
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The Heading:
2 3
The body,
The introduction,
which establishes the which
which
sender, often including articulates the
establishes the purpose
address and message
date,
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The conclusion, which
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The signature line,
restates the main which sometimes
point and may includes the
include a call to contact
action information
FORMAT OF A BUSINESS LETTER
FORMAT OF A BUSINESS LETTER
ELEMENTS OF A BUSINESS LETTER
• SENDER’S ADDRESS:
• It is usually given in the letter
head, but if there is none, the
sender’s name, address and
Contact
2. REFERENCE
Include a reference line to identify a file
or case number, invoice number or any
other internal identifying information,
if your company requires one.
REF.HMT/25/2005/114
WA UNIVERS ITY OF H
3. DATE:
• Date consists of the date, name of the month and the
year.
• If the letter sheet includes a letterhead, type the date
from 2 to 3 lines under the letterhead, else type it
under the return address.
• Never send a letter without a date.
• The date is written in two styles:
The
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