Key Questions to Answer As You Plan

Answer these four questions.

1. Who is the audience for your letter? What are that audience's needs? What does that audience expect?

audience

needs

expectations

2. Why will you place your paragraphs in the order you will use?

3. What key word will appear at the beginning of each paragraph?

4. How will you make the letter look?

In terms of Business Letter Format? (what page of text will you use as a model)

In terms of chunks and white space? (On the back of this page draw a chunks diagram and fill in each chunk block with the name of the contents of that chunk

5. In this letter are you trying to be a person talking to another person, or are you trying to impersonally deliver information? Why do you think your way is the best for this situation?