Communicating or Expressing an Idea in a Personal and Professional Manner.

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Communicating or Expressing an Idea in a Personal and Professional Manner

What is TONE?  the overall attitude a writer projects toward the reader and the subject matter. How do we create a FORMAL tone?  Sentence structure, formality and specificity of vocabulary, and neatness all contribute to a letter's tone.

Business Letter in Block Style (notice that you don’t indent at all in a block style business letter)

 Due Monday.  Brainstorming, Rough Draft, Peer Editing, Final Draft.  Typed, 12 Font, Times New Roman