The document discusses the characteristics and elements of business letters. It states that business letters refer to any written communication that begins with a salutation and ends with a signature, with professional contents. It lists characteristics like completeness, correctness, conciseness, coherence, courteousness, consideration, consistency, clarity and credibility. It identifies the three main elements of a business letter as the sender, the message, and the receiver.

1. CHARACTERISTIC AND
ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS
LETTER
MASCARA JUNAID A
BSED
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2. CHARACTERISTIC AND ELEMENTS OF
BUSINESS LETTER.
• The term “business letters” refers to any
written communication that begins with a
salutation, ends with a signature and whose
contents are professional in nature.
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3. •
BUSINESS LETTER
CHARACTERISTIC
ELEMENTS
Completeness
Correctness
Concesness
Coherence
Correctness
Courteousness
Consideration
Consistency
Clarity Credibility
SENDER
M
E
S
S
A
G
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4. RECAP QUESTION
1. This refers to the tone and
style of the Letter.
Courteousness
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5. RECAP QUESTION
2. This is translating abstract
to concrete terms.
Clarity
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6. RECAP QUESTION
3. The letter must be
mechanically perfect.
Correctness
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7. RECAP QUESTION
4. This correctly arranging the
words and sentences.
concreteness
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8. RECAP QUESTION
5.This anticipating the reader.
Consideration
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9. RECAP QUESTION
6. All important information
must be included
Completeness
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10. RECAP QUESTION
7. This refers to the status of
the writer as himself.
Credibility
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11. RECAP QUESTION
8. It is using more Simple
words.
Conciseness
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12. RECAP QUESTION
9. The writer should be polite
in writing the letter.
Courteousness
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13. RECAP QUESTION
10. Used common words that
can be easily be understood.
Coherence
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14. WHAT ARE THE THREE
ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS
LETTER?
•SENDER OF THE LETTER
•MESSAGE
•RECIEVER OF THE LETTER
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