vu fin623 Mid Term Subjective Solved Past Paper No.1

It's the message that tells you unpleasant news. It's usually written in indirect approach and following some other rules so the writer looks more polite. If you have bad news, try to put it somewhere in the middle, cushioned by other, more positive ideas.

Business letters are commonly either full-block formatted, with every line starting at the left margin and usually a business letterhead at the top of the page, or modified-block formatted, with the heading and the closing aligned at the center of the page.

Types of Letters

The following are some of the most common types of letters written by people in technical fields.

1. o Job application letters
2. o Acceptance letters
3. o Transmittal letters
4. o Inquiry letters
5. o Technical-information letters
6. o Letters of recommendation

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AIDA is a plan and it is the specialized version of persuasion It has four phases:

1. Attention
2. Interest
3. Desire
4. Action

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Definition

An analogy is a comparison of certain similarities between things which are otherwise unlike.

Discussion

In education, teachers commonly use analogies to introduce something new to students. They compare the new material to something the students already know and understand.

Example

Here is an example of an analogy:

A Street light is like a star. Both provide light at night, both are in predictable locations, both are overhead, and both serve no function in the daytime.

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In a coherent sentence the words are arranged so that the ideas clearly express the intended meaning. Place the correct modifier as close as possible to word it is supposed to modify. In the examples which follow, notice that 'unclear' sentence conveys the wrong meaning.

Example: Unclear

Being an excellent lawyer, I am sure that you can surely help us.

Example: Clear

Being an excellent lawyer, you can surely help us.

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Coherence underlies a variety of physical phenomena, such as interference and diffraction. Coherence is also responsible for many of the remarkable properties of laser radiation; laser light is coherent, which is to say that the light waves from a laser are all in phase.

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Conventional Superstructure for Instructions The conventional superstructure forinstructions contains five elements o Introduction o Description of the equipment (if the instructions are for running a piece of equipment) o Theory of operations o Lists of material and equipment o Guide to trouble shooting The simplest instructions contain only directions. Most complex instructions contain some or all of the other five elements, the selection depending upon the aims of the writer and the needs of the readers. Many instructions also contain elements found in longer communications such as reports and proposals. Among these elements are cover, title page, table of contents, appendixes, list of references, glossary, list of symbols and index. Because these elements are not particular to instructions,

A document that is written in formal style and uses formal language is called a formal document such as circulars, business letters and CVs etc.

Concreteness:

Communicating concretely means being specific, definite, and vivid rather than vague and general. Often it means using denotative (direct, explicit, often dictionary-based) rather than connotative words. Page 35

Definition of your objectives tells you what the implicit claim of your resume should be. That is, you are the kind of capable, responsible and pleasant person that employers want to hire. you identify the specific facts you can mention as evidence to support the claim about yourself. Page 13