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Writing - Important Aspects

The document provides guidelines for writing informal emails, emphasizing the importance of structure, style, and clarity. It advises on greeting, organizing content into paragraphs, using contracted forms, and ensuring all questions are answered simply. Additionally, it highlights the need to review the email for correct tenses and spelling before sending.

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Writing - Important Aspects

The document provides guidelines for writing informal emails, emphasizing the importance of structure, style, and clarity. It advises on greeting, organizing content into paragraphs, using contracted forms, and ensuring all questions are answered simply. Additionally, it highlights the need to review the email for correct tenses and spelling before sending.

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Gigi Guastella
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WRITING  When you write an informal email you must pay attention to:

STRUCTURE

 Greet your friend:

 Say “Hi…”/ “Dear…” This greeting is followed by an optional comma. You can
write it or not. You decide.

 Organise your email into paragraphs: paragraphs are the main body of your email.

 Start writing the body of your email under the greeting you’ve chosen.

 Start the body of your email with a suitable beginning “Thanks for your
letter”/”It was nice to hear from you”, etc.

 Paragraphs always start with a topic sentence. Topic sentences express the
essential idea of a paragraph. The rest of the paragraph gives more details
about the topic sentence.

 If you change the topic, change the paragraph.

 Suitable ending:

 Write it under the last paragraph you’ve written.

 Say “See you soon” / “Best wishes”/ “Love”, etc.

 Choose only one.

 Signature:

 Write your name under the suitable ending you’ve chosen.

 Always Sign emails with your name.

STYLE

 Use contracted forms:

 Emails to friends are informal.

 Always use contracted forms

 Say “I’m” / We’re”/ “I’ve had”.

IDEAS
 Questions:

 You must answer every question you’re asked.

 Keep it simple:

 Answer all the question writing easy structures. Don’t write anything too long
or complicated.

 Connectors:

 Connect your ideas using a variety of connectors (and/ because/ but). Your
sentences will sound much better!

WHEN YOU FINISH…

 Read your email again carefully. Pay especial attention to:

 Tenses  did you write all the verbs in the correct tense?

 Spelling  did you write all the words correctly?

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