friendly letter

1. COMMAS
In A Friendly Letter

2. WHERE DO COMMAS BELONG?
 In the heading
 In the greeting
 In the body
 In the closing

3. SAMPLE FRIENDLY LETTER

4. HEADING
 The heading includes the name and address of the person writing
the letter as well as the date the letter is written.
 Use commas as you would with dates and addresses
 The comma goes after the city and before the state
 The comma goes after the day and before the year

5. GREETING
 Use a comma after the greeting and the person’s name to whom
you are addressing the letter.

6. IN THE BODY
 Remember to use commas as you normally would in a series and
to connect compound sentences.

7. IN THE CLOSING
 Use a comma after the closing
 The closing is a short expression that is always a few words on a
single line, and it ends in a comma

8. NOW YOUR TURN!
 You will write a friendly letter to a relative.
 If you want a greater challenge, imagine that you are either a
factory worker or a slave in the Civil War.
 Write a letter to your relative who is on the other side of the war.
 If you are a factory worker, write to your Confederate relative.
 If you are a slave, write to your Union relative.
 Include commas in all the right places. That means to use
commas in the heading, greeting, body, and the closing.