Personal Letter ( surat pribadi )

PERSONAL LETTER
A personal letter or friendly letter is a
letter that is usually addressed to people you know personally.
The format of the letter :
1. Heading
2. Salutation/greeting
3. Body of letter/message
Ø Opening
Ø Sharing current and past personal news
Ø Responding the expected, unexpected, and
personal news
4. Complimentary sign/closing
5. Signature
HEADING
It is written in the upper right-hand corner
of the page. The heading contains
1. The address of the sender or the person
writing the letter.
• It can be omitted
when the addressee knows the sender well and the sender’s address
2. The date when the sender writes the
letter.
SALUTATION/GREETING
1. It is written in left hand corner. You can
begin with the word:
Ø Dear
Ø Hi
Ø hello
2. Then, followed by first name of receiver
and ended with comma.
BODY OF LETTER/MESSAGE
1. You state your message in the body.
2. You can begin with telling your experience
and tell your aim / reason of writing the letter in the first
paragraph.
3. Your second paragraph is your message.
4. Then, you can end the letter with clear
ending stating what you expect and your feeling.
COMPLIMENTARY SIGN/CLOSING
1. Your closing can be written as follows:
·
Your
friend,
·
Yours
truly,
·
Yours
lovingly,
·
With
love,
2. It is followed by comma.
SIGNATURE
It refers to the sender’s first name and it
is put after closing.
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