Business Letter Review

If you add a resume, applications, or something else with you letter, what notation do you have to write on the letter to indicate that there is something else in the envelope?

• Attachment

• Enclosure

• Resume Added

• Postscript

The part of a letter that greets the person you are writing to is called:

• Solution

• Opener

• Greeting

• Salutation

The main part (message) of a letter is called the:

• Body

• Salutation

• Paragraphs

• Letter

The date line should be formatted as:

• Dec. 15, 2018

• 12/15/18

• December 18, 2018

• 18 December 2018

If there is something else in the envelope other than the letter, what do you type at the bottom?

• Enclosure

• Attachment

• Enclosed

• Your initials

Modified block format has which parts start at the center?

• Date and Closing

• Date and Salutation

• Salutation and Closing

• Inside Address and Closing

All business letters should be typed on:

• Letterhead

• Blank paper

Open punctuation means:

• No punctuation after the state abbreviation

• No comma in the date

• No punctuation after the salutation

• No punctuation after the salutation or the closing

The inside address belongs to the:

• Recipient

• Typist

• Sender

When you do not know the exact name of the individual receiving the letter, use the salutation below:

• Dear Sir or Madame

• To Whom it May Concern

• Ladies and Gentlemen

• Just skip the salutation all together and go straight to the body paragraphs