An important attribute for all professionals is the ability to communicate appropriately, both verbally and in 

An important attribute for all professionals is the ability to communicate appropriately, both verbally and in
writing. For this assignment, students will create a properly formatted, block style business letter. You can
choose the topic of the letter from the following:
1. Requesting a grade change from an instructor;
2. Requesting a recommendation from an instructor;
3. Ordering an item of your choosing from a vendor of your choice.
The letter will be typed using full block style – all lines begin at the left margin.
Assignment Specifications:
Your letter must contain, in this order:
Sender’s Name and Address – 5 to 6 lines from the top; You are the sender. Use your real name, but, not
your real address.
Date – written out completely, month, day, year – 2 lines below the last line of the sender’s address;
Name and Address of the recipient (Inside address) – it must contain the complete addressee
information; two lines below the date;
Salutation – two lines below the end of the address – this would depend on who the letter is being sent to.
If it is a company, you may choose to use, To Whom It May Concern, although many view this now as an
outdated form to use. Your instructor will give you more specific information in this area before you begin
the letter. If, however, it is to an individual, please be sure to use an appropriate form in addressing that
individual. If an instructor, you should use either their title, i.e, Professor, Director, etc, or you can use Ms.
or Mr. followed by their credentials, i.e., MD, RHIA, RHIT, Ph.D., JD, etc.
Body of letter – begin at the left margin as with all of the preceding information, two lines below the
salutation
Paragraph 1: State purpose of the letter;
Paragraph 2: Discuss specific information related to why you are writing the letter;
Closing: this can include your contact information and something to the effect that you are looking
forward to hearing from the recipient of the letter.
Closing – two lines down from the last line of the closing paragraph. You can use various terms: Sincerely,
Respectfully, etc.