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13. Include your typed name and contact
information
• horse-and-buggy
14. If necessary, include “enclosures” ▪ old expressions
• jargons
15. Edit the letter
▪ words used by a
16. Post the letter certain set of people
with common
Types of Business Writing
interest or in the
Instructional same profession
c. maintain short sentences and
- directional and aims to guide the reader
paragraphs
through the steps of completing a task
d. express yourself in the active
Informational voice
2. Conciseness
- recording business information o complete without being wordy
accurately and consistently o eliminate wordy expressions,
Persuasive avoid unnecessary repetitions,
and include only relevant matter
- to impress the reader and influence their 3. Consideration
decision o you-viewpoint
Transactional o looking at the situation from the
standpoint of the reader
- day-to-day communication 4. Courtesy
Written communication o attitude of the mind that cultivates
goodwill and friendliness
- important medium for passing 5. Concreteness
information o the use of descriptive words or
mental pictures about the product
6. Cheerfulness
LESSON 4 o polite, courteous, and friendly
words
8 CS OF A BUSINESS LETTER
o use of positive words
1. Clarity 7. Correctness
o use of precise, concrete, familiar o right level of the language
words o accuracy of figures, facts,
o construction of effective grammars, spelling, punctuations,
sentences and paragraphs and lay-out
a. think first before you write 8. Character
b. express yourself in simple and o written through the writer’s own
familiar words style of expression
• avoid using high-falutin
The Writing Process
▪ complex words
• avoid using verbal dead Phases of Writing
words
1. Composing
▪ words with no
- creating, inventing, discovering, and
significance
molding your topic
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a. Pre-writing Scratch Outline
o researching, reading, and
- sketch your ideas on paper before
discussing a topic to gain
you begin to write
insights, taking notes and
mapping Brainstorming Sessions
b. Planning
o organizing and prioritizing key - brainstorming an opportunity for
ideas writers to share thoughts and
o clarifying purpose and audience generate ideas without fear of
2. Editing criticism
- making stylistic changes Note Taking
3. Revising:
- restructuring, rethinking, or - keep track of your ideas in a pocket-
reorganizing content sized notebook
Tools For Organizing and Prioritizing
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Forced writing Basic Semicolon Rules
- producing something you plan to use 1. No Conjunction (NC)
- a great activity when you are up o Use a semicolon to separate two
against a deadline or practicing independent clauses that are
taking an exam joined without a conjunction.
o sometimes referred to as
LESSON 4 THE MECHANICS OF WRITING
“semicolon in place of period.”
Basic Comma Rules 2. Transition (TRANS)
o Place a semicolon before and a
1. When in doubt, leave it out comma after an adverbial
o If you don’t know why you are conjunction when it acts as a
putting in a comma, leave it out. transition between independent
2. The Cardinal Rule clauses.
o Do not separate a subject and
verb with only one comma.
3. Conjunction
o Use a comma to separate
independent clauses when they
are joined by a coordinating
conjunction
4. Introductory (INTRO)
o Place a comma after a word,
phrase, or dependent clause that
introduces a main clause.
5. Nonessential Elements (NE)
o Use commas to set off
nonessential elements.
6. Direct Address (DA)
o Use commas to set off the name
or title of a person addressed
directly.
7. Independent Comment (IC)
o Use commas to set off a word or
phrase that interrupts an
independent clause.
8. Appositive (AP)
o Use commas to set off a word or
phrases that describes or
identifies a preceding noun or
pronoun.
9. Address/Date (AD)
o Use commas to set off an
address or a date.
10. Series (SER)
o Use a comma to separate three
or more items in a series.
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