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When was the first letter sent?
500 BCE
Who wrote the first letter?
Queen Atossa of Persia
Who made the first telephone call?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who created the telegram?
Samuel Morse
What do you call the ending of a letter?
The closing
Where do you put YOUR address on a letter?
In the top right corner.
What do you call the person you're writing to?
The addressee.
What is an electronic letter called?
An email.
Name a difference between an email and a letter.
Letters are more personal; emails are instant; emails have subjects; letters take more time; etc.
When was email invented?
1965 by MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
What are the first few sentences of a letter called?
The greeting.
You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I'm dead. What am I?
An onion ?.
How would you end a letter?
Ex. 'Sincerely yours, Anna'
Why was Samuel Morse so distraught about his wife's death?
He couldn't be there :(
_____ is a SKILL, which means you know how to do it.
Letter writing.
Punctuation is like _________.
Driving; Riding in a car.
