1. Letter Formatting
9th grade
HSCC

2. Informal letters written to your friends
Personal Letters
Informal letters written to your friends
Format varies depending on situation

3. Formal letters written from a person working for a business.
Business Letters
Formal letters written from a person working for a business.
Usually on stationary which contains return address info called letterhead.
Does not require typing the return address

4. Central Bucks School District
Letterheads
Miss Christyn Kelly
5051 Old Easton Road
Doylestown, PA
Phone:
Central Bucks School District
a sheet of stationery with contact information printed at the top (and sometimes the bottom)

5. Examples of Letterheads

6. Personal-Business Letters
Formal letters written from an individual to a business
Not written on letterhead
Must include the return address

7. Styles of Letters
Block
Modified Block

8. Everything is lined up at the left margin
Block Style
Everything is lined up at the left margin

9. Parts of a Business Letter
1. Date
Inside Address (The receiver of the letter)
Down 4
Colon
3. Salutation (followed by a COLON)
Down 2
Down 2
4. Body
Down 2
5. Closing (followed by a comma)
Down 2
Comma
Down 4
6. Signature Line
7. Title

10. Modified Block
The return address, date, closing, name, and title are indented to the center

11. Parts of Letters Return Address Date Inside address
Salutaion (greeting)
Body
Close
Name/Title
Typist’s initials

12. Types of Punctuation
Open or Closed?

13. No marks after salutation or close Dear Bob Sincerely
Open Punctuation
No punctuation
No marks after salutation or close
Dear Bob
Sincerely

14. Use a colon after salutation and comma after close Dear Bob:
Closed Punctuation
Use punctuation
Use a colon after salutation and comma after close
Dear Bob:
Sincerely,

15. All letters must be vertically centered on the page
Remember
All letters must be vertically centered on the page
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