Read Chapter 9.2 in Business Communication for Success. This reading discusses the purpose, format, and standard elements of business memos and letters, and provides a concise guide to effective writing strategies to produce professional documents using each format. What similarities and differences in rhetorical context, purpose, and cognate strategies, do you notice between business memos, letters, and other business documents?
Recommended: Do the chapter exercises that ask you to review memo and business letter samples, and compare them to the standard formats provided in your text. Do an online search for examples, if you don’t have any of your own on hand. Next, do the two exercises that encourage you to practice writing a brief memo, and a business letter to a prospective client.
