Quiz 2 Partial 3

Question 1

Writing Guidelines Business Letters

Answer 1

PREWRITING
WRITING AND REVISING
EDITING AND PROOFREADING

Question 2

Writing Guidelines Business Letters Prewriting

Answer 2

1. Considering Your Audience…Who is your reader, and how will he or she feel about your message?
2. Determining Your Purpose…Jot down your reason for writing or what you want your reader to know or do.
3. Gathering Details… Collect the information you will need for your letter. Think about the best way to organize and present it.

Question 3

Writing Guidelines Business Letters Writing and revising

Answer 3

4. Organizing the Details… Organize your letter in three parts.

Beginning: Introduce the message by stating the topic and purpose of your letter.

Middle: Present whatever information is appropriate for the kind of letter you are writing. Use a voice that fits your purpose—persuasive, informative, and so on.

Ending: Focus on the outcome. What do you want the reader to do, and when, and how? Is there an action you will take?

5. Improving Your Writing… Revise your first draft, asking these questions:

Ideas: Is my main point clear? Are my details accurate and complete?
Organization: Does each paragraph develop one main idea?
Voice: Do I use a polite, respectful tone?

6. Improving Your Style… Revise for style, asking these questions:

Word Choice: Do I use clear, natural words?
Sentence Fluency: Have I written smooth-flowing sentences?

Question 4

Writing Guidelines Business Letters Editing and proofreading

Answer 4

7. Checking for Conventions… Check for errors in punctuation, mechanics, and grammar.
8. Preparing a Final Copy

Question 5

Parts of a business letter

Answer 5

1. Heading
2. Inside Address
3. Salutation
4. Body
5. Complementary closing
6. Signature
7. Initials, enclosures, copies

Question 6

Parts of a business letter: Heading

Answer 6

The heading gives the writer’s complete address, plus the date
Ex. Monroe Chamber of Commerce
105 Easy Bay Road
Monroe, LA 31404-1832
(Date could be here or you could put it after the 4 to 7 spaces. )

Question 7

Parts of a business letter: Inside address

Answer 7

The inside address gives the reader’s name and complete mailing address (including the company name). If the person’s title is a single word or very short, place it after the name, separated by a comma. Longer titles go on a separate line. 
Ex. Ms. Charlotte Williams, Manager
Belles Lettres Books
1617 Delta Mall Road
Monroe, LA 31404-0012

Question 8

Parts of a business letter: Salutation

Answer 8

Use Dear with people only. Place a colon after the name.

Question 9

Parts of a business letter: Body

Answer 9

NO INDENTS with double spacing between them
Parts:
(1) the beginning states why you are writing
(2) the middle provides all the needed details
(3) the ending focuses on what should happen next.

Question 10

Parts of a business letter: Complimentary Closing

Answer 10

Sincerely, Yours sincerely, Yours truly,—followed by a comma. Capitalize only the first word of complimentary closings.

Question 11

Parts of a business letter: Signature

Answer 11

The signature makes the letter official. It concludes the writer’s handwritten name and corresponding typed name.

Question 12

Parts of a business letter: Initials, Enclosures, Copies

Answer 12

EX: EL:tj (Writer’s initials)
EX: Encl. membership brochure
EX: cc: Peter Sanchez, Membership Chairperson or cc: Accounts Receivables

Question 13

Pronoun

Answer 13

a word that is used to take the place of a noun. Remember, you have antecedents. An antecedent is the noun that the pronoun refers to or replaces.
Ex: Ambrosch was considered the important person in the family. Mrs. Shimerda and Antonia always deferred to him, though he was often surly with them and contemptuous toward his father.
Subjective, objective and possesive

Question 14

Adjective

Answer 14

An adjective describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun. The articles a, an, and the are also adjectives

Question 15

Adverb

Answer 15

adverb describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Remember, an adverb usually tells when, where, how, or how much.

Question 16

Preposition

Answer 16

A preposition is the first word (or group of words) in a prepositional phrase. It shows the relationship between its object (a noun or a pronoun that follows the preposition) and another word in the sentence. The first noun or pronoun following a preposition is its object.
(under, to, from, above etc. indicates where, when and with)