Personal Letter PPTX
Personal Letter PPTX
Personal Letter PPTX
LETT
ER
Formal letter
Types
of
Letters
Informal
letter also
known as
personal letter
SUB-MATERIALS
Definition
Structure of Personal Letter
Types of Personal Letter
Examples
DEFINITION
Personal letters are the letters that are
written to people we know such as
friends, parents, siblings, cousins.
Giving advice
- Well, I thought about it and if I were you, I would .
- Have you thought about ...
- In your last letter you said you weren't sure what course of action to take, I
suggest ...
- I think you shouldn't ...
- In your last letter you asked me about ..., I think ...
Delivering good news
- I'm sure you will be happy to hear that ...
- By the way, did you know that ... ?
- OMG!! You'll never guess what happened!
- I am totally ecstatic to hear about ...
- I was happy beyond limits to read that ...
Apologizing
- I would like to apologize for...
- I'm so sorry that...
- Words are not enough to erase the pain I have given
you but I want to say how sorry I am for...
Structure
Structure of Personal Letter
1. Sender’s address: place where you are writing
2. Date : Jakarta, August 23rd 2014 (sometimes it is omitted)
3. Greeting : usually starts with the word “dear,” followed by name of the
recipient, and it ends with a comma; Dear Hiroshi,
4. Introduction : this is the opening of a letter. It usually in the form of
greeting such as “How are you.” Sometimes you may refer to a previous
letter. For example, “As you asked in your last letter, I’m going to tell you
about …”
5. Body of the letter : the main part of the letter, includes the message that
the writer wants to tell to the recipient.
6. Closure : this is where writer usually says something to end the message.
For example, “bye now.”
7. Complimentary close : a short expression before signature; it ends with a
comma. For example, “Best regards,” “Sincerely Yours.”
8. Signature : the signature of write
Parts of Personal Letter
The sender’s address
• Place where you are writing from. All that is
needed your street
address, city,
province/state and post code.
Date
“Reply soon”
“I’m waiting for a quick reply”
“see you”
Complementary close
Short expressions like “love you”, “sincerely
yours”, “love”, “kind regards”
Signature
Signature or initials of the writer
P.S. (postscript)
Complimentary close
Personal letter can be typed or hand written
LET’S DO
EXERCISES!
EXERCISE 1
Exercise 2 Kompleks Tiga Tujuh no. 48
Text No 1 Surabaya
10 December 2016
Didi
Jln. Rumah Baru no. 13
Surabaya
Dear Didi,
Hi Didi. What’s up? I am now inviting you to attend our Christmas party in my house in Kompleks Anggur. I’ll be having
the celebration on the 23rd of December 2016 at 12 p.m.
Even though you don’t celebrate Christmas, I would ask you to join the fun as you have been a very special relative to us.
Please bring with you your siblings because my sister has prepared special activities and games. And you must miss my
father’s cooking. He’ll cook again this year.
See you there.
Love, Question:
Elizabeth
What is the purpose of the text?
Text No 2
Question:
What is the purpose of the text?
TEXT NO. 3-5 Kompleks Tiga Tujuh no. 8
Surabaya
10 June 2016
Restoran Indah Jaya
Jln. Rumah Baru no. 13
Surabaya
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to complain of the service I received from your restaurant, Indah Jaya, on June 1, 2016.
My family and I were standing in line during lunchtime, which were crowed. After half an hour, I had noticed that
your staff took several groups of people to their tables. The problem was that those people arrived after us. I
confronted your staff, but the staff said that they had reserved the tables.
As I was waiting, I started to notice a pattern. I could see that your staff received some tips from people. After
receiving some gratuities, your staff would take those customers to the tables. I hadn’t know that your restaurants
had a fast lane. Because I felt furious after knowing the truth, I wrote down the staff’s name, which was Lisa Cole,
and decided to write you a letter instead.
I trust this is not the way your restaurant conduct business. This treatment is unfair. This needs to stop. I would like
your restaurant to do something about it.
Yours,
Mrs. Tina Gonzales
Question no. 3
What is the purpose of the text?
Question no. 4
What is the problem stated in the text?
Question no. 5
The underlined word ’gratuities’ from the third paragraph most likely
means ...
Write your personal letter based on
the lesson we have learned today!