Parts of a Business Letter letter.

It provides information such as

number of enclosures and what kind of
 Heading material is enclosed. The word enclosure
 Date or its acceptable abbreviations are typed
 Inside Address two lines before the reference initials or
 Salutation signature
 Body
 Complimentary Closing
 Signature
Full Block Style
- No indentions
- Aligned left
Modified Block Style
- Heading, complimentary close, and
signature are on the right side
Semi Block Style
- Body has indentions
Intended Style
- All parts of the letter are indented
- Stairs like indention
- Heading, inside address, and
complimentary and signature are the
most indented
Hanging Indented Style
- First line of the paragraph is indented
but the 2nd to last are all indented
Simplified letter
- No return address / heading, salutation
- Used when you write a letter and you do
not know the name and title of the
person to whom you are writing the
letter
- The salutation and the complimentary
closing are not used in this style

Optional Parts of a Business Letter

Attention line
- Used if the sender wants a specific
person to read the letter and to take
charge of the message.
Subject line
- To give the receiver the idea of what the
letter is all about
Enclosure notation
- Used when an enclosure, either a
document or material, is sent with the