Composition-Rhetoric eBook

Stratton D. Brooks
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 464 pages of information about Composition-Rhetoric.

Composition-Rhetoric eBook

Stratton D. Brooks
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 464 pages of information about Composition-Rhetoric.
| (Miss) Jennie R. McAllister. | | |
(4)
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|                                    May 5, 1905.      |
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|  Daniel Low & Co.,                                   |
|      232 Essex St., Salem, Mass.                     |
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|    Dear Sirs;                                        |
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|                  (Body of letter.)                   |
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|                                    Mary E. Ball      |
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|    Mrs. George W. Ball,                              |
|             415 Fourth St.,                          |
|                     La Salle, Ill.                   |
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(5)
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|                             Marshalltown, Iowa.      |
|                                     Oct. 3, 1905.    |
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|   My dear Miss Meyer,                                |
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|                  (Body of letter.)                   |
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|                              Sincerely yours,        |
|                                  Dorothy Doddridge.  |
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EXERCISE

Write suitable headings, salutations, complimentary endings, and signatures for the following letters:—­

1.  To Spaulding & Co., Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill., ordering their rules
    for basket ball.

2.  To your older brother.

3.  To the school board, asking for a gymnasium.

4.  To some business house, making application for a position.

5.  To the governor of your state.

6.  From one stranger to another.

7.  From an older brother to his little sister.

8.  From a boy living in New Orleans to the father of his most intimate
    friend.

+99.  The Envelope.+—­The direction on the envelope, commonly called the superscription, consists of the name and address of the person or persons to whom the letter is sent.  This direction should be written in a careful and courteous manner, and should include all that is necessary to insure the prompt delivery of the letter to the proper destination.

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