EMAIL WRITING

Dakshita Bansal
FORMAT
 Add the greeting- Dear + Name,

 Introduction- Use a short introduction.

 Start the Body- First set the scene by describing where you were. Describe something that is routine which will
provide a contrast to the main event and make the story more interesting.
 More information- Here we add the next sequence of events.
 Paragraph 2- Here we start to bring one of the main characters into the story.
 More information- here we are including how we are felling at the time which is very important to say.
 Paragraph 3- Here you are saying how you felt and ending the story

 Conclusion- This will need to be brief because of the words needed to tell the story
PHRASES
INRODUCTION Paragraph 2

 You’ll never guess…  I was surprised to see that…

 It’s been long since…  I was amazed to find out that …

 How are you?  I was disappointed to realise that…

BODY  We were delighted to learn that…

Paragraph 1  We were horrified to hear that…

 You know… Paragraph 3

 Suddenly…  You know how frightened I am of…

 After what it seemed like ages…  I don’t need to tell you exited…

 The minute I walked into the door…  As you I can’t stand…

 It wasn’t some time later…  As you might have guessed

 Just as we were about to… CONCLUSION

 As I opened the door, I heard…  Don’t you wish…
IN YOUR EMAIL
Include Time sequence phrases
‘When’ ‘Just as’ ‘Before’
Include connecters
‘And’ ‘But’ ‘Until’
Include feelings
P urpose
‘Relieved’ ‘Excited’ ‘Amazed’
A udience
Include personal phrases
F ormat
‘You know how’ ‘As you can imagine’
T one
V oice
PRACTICE QUESTION