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True Green Inc, a pharmaceutical company, is promoting a new drug for arthritic knee pain. With the help of its existing database of hospitals and private clinics, True Green is sending out sales letters to all its prospective customers. Which of the following would be an appropriate rhetorical question to be used in the sales letter?
 
  A. How long have you been suffering from arthritic knee pain?
  B. Would you like to be free from arthritic knee pain?
  C. What medications have you been prescribed for arthritic knee pain?
  D. What causes arthritic knee pain?

Ques. 2

Referring to the reader of your sales letter as you as often as possible will:
 
  A. offend the reader.
  B. guarantee purchase action from the reader.
  C. establish familiarity with the reader.
  D. fail to personalize the message.

Ques. 3

When writing a sales letter, which of the following practices is NOT likely to help a writer establish a familiar tone with the reader?
 
  A. Using short, informal sentences rather than long, formal sentences
  B. Complimenting the reader instead of blaming the reader
  C. Addressing the reader as Dear Reader even if the reader's name and gender are known
  D. Using informal punctuation such as exclamation points and dashes

Ques. 4

If readers find out that they have received a form letter, they may feel somewhat disappointed.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Ques. 5

Form letters are used to respond to identical situations.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Answer to #1

B
Would you like to be free from arthritic knee pain? would be an appropriate rhetorical
question to be used in the sales letter. A rhetorical question is a question that is posed solely
for effect, with no expectation of a reply or a clear yes or no. Rhetorical questions are asked to
stimulate thought about a specific topic.

Answer to #2

C
Referring to the reader of your sales letter as you as often as possible will establish
familiarity with the reader. To keep the sales prospect reading, the writer needs to establish a
familiar tone with the reader.

Answer to #3

C
When writing a sales letter, addressing the reader as Dear Reader even if the reader's name
and gender are known is not likely to help a writer establish a familiar tone with the reader. A
writer can establish a familiar tone with the reader in the first paragraph by: using imperative
sentences; using informal punctuation such as dashes, exclamation points, underscores,
ellipses, and parentheses; using contractions; using short, informal sentences; repeating the
reader's name once or twice in the letter; and complimenting the reader.

Answer to #4

TRUE
If readers find out that they have received a form letter, they may feel somewhat disappointed.
The purpose of the letter is goodwill, and the goodwill will be lost.

Answer to #5

TRUE
One very good way to reduce writing costs is to use form letters. Form letters are used to
respond to identical situations. They are letters in which the same message is sent to many
addressees.
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