1. Heading (sender's address, but not the sender's name; that comes later)
2. Inside address (to whom and where the letter is going)
3. Salutation (followed by a colon, not a comma)
4. Body (content -- brief, professional, impersonal)
5. Close ("Sincerely,")
6. Signature (and online, there won't really be a signature, just the name of the sender)
2. Inside address (to whom and where the letter is going)
3. Salutation (followed by a colon, not a comma)
4. Body (content -- brief, professional, impersonal)
5. Close ("Sincerely,")
6. Signature (and online, there won't really be a signature, just the name of the sender)
Sample:
221 Baker Street
Apartment B
Trestleburgh, Texas 77777
2 January 2012
Mr. Mack Hall
Angelina College / Jasper Teaching Center
450 Bulldog Avenue
P. O. Box 278
Jasper, Texas 75951
Dear Mr. Hall:
May I see you briefly before class on Monday? You marked item 3 on my test wrong, but I think my answer is a good one based on the second paragraph on page 324 of our assigned text.
Please advise.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Nelson Snorkberger
Observe that everything hangs on the left margin, without indentation, and that there is exactly one space between parts, with the exception of the close, which features four spaces (so hit the return five times) between the "Sincerely" and the name of the sender.
Always write a business letter when communicating with your teacher because he won't respond to anything less.
In what we may laughingly call real life, always write a business letter in order to reflect your excellence and your seriousness of purpose.
For immediate purposes, learn by heart the six parts of a business letter in order; they are testable.
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