Writing Correspondence
Modules:
 

Exercises - Email


Analysis

  1. Using Google or your favorite search engine, do research on proper email Netiquette. Then, putting the information in your own words, create a web page or an instruction sheet for an incoming university student explaining proper university email etiquette.

This section has covered the following areas:
  • The major purposes, advantages and drawbacks of email

  • Appropriate addressing and subject lines for email

  • Appropriately editing messages to their essential components

  • Unique features of email which contribute to the tone and formality of a message

  • Formatting messages for high readability

This concludes the section on email and the whole unit on writing correspondence.

 
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