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Email Etiquette: Email Parts

How to compose professional emails that get the job done and make you look good.

Parts of an Email

This module will focus on 5 key parts of a professional email, giving you information and strategies to compose each element. These elements include:

  1. An Effective Subject Line
  2. A Professional Greeting
  3. An Organized Email Body
  4. A Clear Call to Action
  5. An Appropriate Signature

With these parts brought together, a basic professional email will look something like the figure below, and each element will be composed to portray the sender and the message in the best possible way, so that the reader is more likely to understand the message and is motivated to respond in the desired way.  

Parts of an email