Letter Endings

Letter Endings

LETTER ENDINGS are probably the most important part of your business letter because this will be the last thing your reader will read therefore will be remembered the most. Writing a LETTER ENDING is quite difficult sometimes as it should summarize the entire letter without sounding repetitive.

Your LETTER ENDING should be carefully crafted with a summarization of each supporting fact of the idea and then a call to action statement. A call to action statement used in a LETTER ENDING is requesting the desired action or reiteration of the point you are trying to make. This is especially important in form letters, resumes, business letters and requests for service. If there is one part of a letter to focus on, it should be the LETTER ENDING.

Salutations are also important for your LETTER ENDING and should be well thought out. You should consider you audience when crafting this LETTER ENDING salutation and think about your relationship with the reader. If it is your boss you should consider using something formal like thank you or sincerely. If it is a letter to a friend or an informative letter in an informal setting you can use things like best wishes, best regards, lovingly or something less informal.

LETTER ENDINGS sometimes should make use of rhetorical questions to inspire thought by your reader. A rhetorical question is a question that has no yes or no answer and inspires thought and reflection on what you have written. This is especially important for academic letters and papers written by students.