Letters -a way of communication-Power Point

7/30/2019 Letters -a way of communication-Power Point

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Though it's been eclipsed by newtechnologies, there is nothing as

valuable or revelatory as a good letter.


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For hundreds of years, or at least sincepens and paper became commonplace,


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people who wanted to get in touch withother people separated by distance hadonly one way to do it:


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they wrote letters, the only means of long-distance communication, at least until theinvention of the telegraph in the 19thcentury.


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We know what our ancestors ate, how theydressed, what they dreamed about love andwhat they thought about warfare, all fromtheir letters.


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What is a letter? A letter isa writtenmessage containing informationfrom one party to another.
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Historically, letters (in paper form) were theonly reliable means of communicationbetween two people in different locations.


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Letters exist from the time ofancientIndia, ancient Egypt and Sumer,through Rome, Greece and China, up to the

present day. Letters make up several of thebooks of the Bible.
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In ancient civilizations, letters were deliveredthrough messengers, who might be robbed,injured or killed on the way. Then for a longtime, mail was only a tool of governments,

militaries and kings.


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The Greeks, typically, employed athleterunners to deliver their mail Philonides,courier and surveyer for Alexander the Great,once ran from Sicyon to Elis 148 miles in a

day


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The Arabs had a system too usingpigeons.


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provides written communication

visual information is included

can range from one to many pages

doesnt use any electronic means so is a lotcheaper

a written record of the message will be kept

the message is communicated in written formatand therefore should be unambiguous

can contain detailed information such as figures enables long distance communication to take

place


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can take time to deliver

can be lost

not 100% sure of security , can easily beopened and read or sent to the wrongaddress

Takes time to produce letter and can beinconvenient if an urgent message has to bedelivered

No guarantee or assurance that messagehas been received unless feedback hasoccurred


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Sender writes letter and

places it in an envelope onwhich the recipient's addressis written in the centre frontof the envelope.

Sender ensures that therecipient's address includesthe Zip or Postal (ifapplicable) code and oftenhe includes his returnaddress on the envelope.

Sender buys a postagestamp and attaches it to thefront of the envelope on the

top right corner on the frontof the envelope.

Sender puts the letter in apostbox
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Application letter

Audio letter Begging letter Business letter Cease and desist

letter Chain letter Cover letter Dear John letter E-mail letter

Epistle Hate mail Introduction letter Letter of credence

Letter of credit

Letter of inquiry Letter of intent

Letter of marque

Letters patent Love letter

National Letter ofIntent

Open letter Recommendation

letter
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Writing a lot of letters will not turn you intoLincoln or Shakespeare, but if you do it enough,you begin to put your essential self on paperwhether you mean to or not. No other form ofcommunication yet invented seems to encourageor support that revelatory intimacy.


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Letters are still the best way to communicate

and express many different situationsdepending on where the letter is going and

what it is for.Although the Internet has taken much ofthe old fashion type of letter writing

etiquette away,many people still say theylike the old fashion letter writing especially

when it's personal to a friend, lover orfamily member.


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