writing letter

                           PERSONAL  LETTER

Parts of a Personal Letter

1. Heading  : address (sometimes not included) and the date
 
2. Greeting   : always ends with a comma
        there are two types of greetings:
     a)  formal  i.e.) Dear
     b)  informal  i.e.) Hi, Greetings
 
3. Body  : heart of the letter
 
4.  Closing  :ends with a comma
 
5. Signature Line

 Example part of personal letter

 


A friendly or personal letter has 5 main parts

•HEADING: Includes the address and the date. In some cases, it is OK to just write the date.

•GREETING: The greeting usually starts with 'Dear' and is followed the person's name and then a comma.

•BODY: After skipping a line, you begin the body of your letter which is the main text of your letter. Indent for each new paragraph.

•CLOSING: The closing includes a short capitalized expression such as 'Sincerely' or 'Love' and is followed by a comma. Skip a line after the body before writing your closing.

•SIGNATURE: You sign your name beginning directly below the closing.

•Sometimes you may add POSTSCRIPT at the end of your letter. You write P.S., add a note and then end it with your initials.

Example of letter :

 

Yogyakarta, april, 1st 2014

Jl.Mahabarata no. 24

Dear Panji,

Hi! How is your life? I hope you are very well. My Brothers and I will go to Lombok next holiday. We will visit Senggigi beach, Gili Trawangan, Sekotong beach, Sendang Gila's Water fall, Rinjani mountain, Kuta beach, Narmada park, Mayura Tample, and Kura-kura swimming pool. I am very glad to go to Lombok, because I have never gone there before. How about you? Do you have planning to go to Lombok to enjoy your vacation?

That's all Panji. I will write letter for you again next time. Do not forget to write letter for me as soon as you can.

Cheerio

Retno