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The purpose of this LAB Activity is to practice re-writing professional business emails AND using persuasive writing techniques.

The Scenario: Mr. Martin is an employee of Staples Business Depot who wishes to receive tuition reimbursement for university courses. He has written an email to Maria Johnson, who is the Human Resources Manager for his store, asking about the possibility of getting the tuition reimbursement. A copy of his email can be found below in the section called "Email to be Re-Written"

Your job is to re-write Mr. Martin's email in a style that, in your opinion, will give him a better chance to receive a favourable response from the Human Resources Department. Remember to present as many facts as you can to support Mr. Martin's case, in a logical sequence, and do not include any information that is not relevant to Mr. Martin's goal. Think about the prewriting stage before writing either message...what is my purpose? How am I expecting the audience to react?