Formal letter writing

Formal letters are considered

• Personal

• Professional

• Casual

• Interesting

Several characteristics of a formal letter include:

• Neat, typed, informative, well-punctuated

• Respectful, written in dialect, formatted multiple ways, informative

• Typed, has a signature, brief, respectful

• Formatted, respectful, informative but brief, uses standard English

Which of the following events or activities can you compose a formal letter for?

• Make an official complaint and invite someone to a graduation ceremony

• Invite someone to your sweet 16 and a cookout

• Apologize to your mommy and inquire about someone's age

• Apply for a discount on Shein and request an order cancellation

What are the parts of a formal letter (in order)

• Receiver's address, salutation, sender's address, body, printed name, complementary closure, signature

• Zip code, stamp, sender's address, date, receiver's address, complementary closure, signature

• Sender's address, date, receiver's address, salutation, body of the letter, complementary closure, signature, printed name

• Sender's address, receiver's address, date, salutation, body, complementary closure, printed name, signature

What are the three ways to format a formal letter?

• Block, round, square

• Block, semi-block, full-blocked

• Cursive, squared, block

• Full-squared, semi, blocked

The full-blocked letter format means that every part of the letter is aligned to or is on the

• Right side

• Middle side

• Varies

• Left

When composing the 'sender's address' it is important to separate every detail on a different line before skipping a line for the 'date'.

• True

• False

Which part of the letter you only put the receiver's surname?

• Receiver's address

• Opening salutation

How do you format the date in a formal letter?

• Year, month, day

• Day, year, month

• Month, week, year

• Month, day, year

Which statement is correct?

• Your signature is not the full spelling of your name, whereas as your printed name is.

• Your signature and your printed name are written the same way.