LETTER WRITING
Letters remain hugely important in our everyday lives. People still feel the need to have something confirmed in writing and a letter can add the all important personal touch. But there are pitfalls to letter writing. The following links provide top tips for getting your letter right:
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/letterwriting/
http://www.englishplus.com/grammar/letrcont.htm (Letter writing rules)
http://www.tamug.tamu.edu/sserv/letter_writing.html (Types of letters)
http://jc-schools.net/write/letter-write.htm
Types of letters
Do you need to write a letter but are not quite sure how to write it? Do you need to write a personal letter? A letter for a job? How about a letter for school? The following information can help you write the type of letter that you need.
A letter is a written message from one person to another. The role of letters in communication has changed significantly since the 19th century. Historically, letters were the only reliable means of communication between two persons in different locations. As communication technology has diversified, letters have become less important as routine communication. The development of the telegraph, telephone, fax and the Internet have all had an impact on the writing and sending of letters. In modern industrialized nations, the exchange of personal letters has become less common, being replaced by technologies such as the telephone and also e-mail. With the advent of the compact cassette, tape letters became a novelty… Read more on [different types of] letters here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter
http://www.ais.msstate.edu/AEE/Tutorial/letter_table.html
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/buswrite/persuasive_letters.html
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/letter/writingletters.html
http://www.tamug.tamu.edu/sserv/letter_writing.html
What is an essay?
An essay must be well structured (ie organised) and presented in a way that the reader finds easy to follow and clear: it must look tidy and not present any obstacles to the reader. It must have a clear readable interesting style. But, above all, it must consist of your ideas about literary texts. This is the centre of it: this, and this only, gets the marks. Not quotes from critics, not generalisations at second hand about literary history, not filling and padding…
The general question is, How can I write a good essay? Simple. By following these links:
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/general/essay/index.xml (Highly recommended)
http://www.english.bham.ac.uk/staff/tom/teaching/howto/essay.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/
http://www1.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers/
And now, ask yourself, What is a well written answer to an essay question?
Look here for a highly recommended answer:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_essay.html
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