Message
Writing
§ Message
is written, spoken information to be given by a person or a group to another
person or a group.
§ Message
writing is done in the Reported Speech form.
§ A
message should be written in short and should not be written as an essay or a letter.
§ We
should not mention the greeting like ‘Dear ….’, ‘Respected ….’, etc.
§ We
should directly write what message we are supposed to give.
Sample Message:
Read the conversation given below
and convert the conversation into a message:
Aakash: Hello?
Rashi: Hi! Can I talk to Yami?
Aakash: May I know who is this on line?
Rashi: This is Rashi, Yami’s college friend. Can I talk
to Yami, please?
Aakash: I am really sorry. Yami is not at home. She has gone
out with mum for shopping.
Rashi: Oh … Can you please tell her that she is supposed
to come at my place at Banjara Hills Road by 6.30 in the evening? All the other
girls who have participated in the College’s Annual show in dance are also
coming to practice at my place today. And yes, also ask her to get her tape
recorder.
Aakash: Yami is not here. But I will give your message to her.
The conversation mentioned above
is written as a message in the following manner:
MESSAGE
February 14, 2014
5:00 PM
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leave a line ----------------
Yami,
Your
friend Rashi has called up and has asked you to come to her home at 6.30 PM at
Banjara Hills today to practice dance for the College’s Annual Show. She has
told that all the other participants in the dance program would also be
present. She has asked you to carry our tape recorder.
Aakash
Format of message writing
The format to be followed in the school
and board examinations is as given below:
Always Remember
·
Write a title in Capital and bold letters as
MESSAGE
·
In the actual body, don’t mention that this is
a message.
·
Don’t use figurative language.
·
Make it short, sweet and easy to understand.
·
Don’t make paragraph.
·
Don’t forget to make a box.
·
The rule of WWWW (Who, Why, When, What)
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