Personal
Letter
If we talk about the definition of a personal
letter then we can say simply that the personal letter is a letter sent by a
person individually to other persons or agencies. The bottom line is this
letter was sent by an individual and not a letter from an institution,
organization or company.
The purpose of the letter he sent was to the
things that are personal or private matter of the mailer. Then it anything that
could be sent over the kind of personal letter? Some things that could be the
contents of a personal letter were:
1) An apology (apologies)
2) Acknowledgements (Thank you's)
3) congratulations (Congratulations)
4) Invite (Invitations)
As the name implies, a personal letter of course
contain any personal or private so it is very different from the kind of
official letters. With a personal letter like this of course we can use them
for example to express your feelings to who sent the letter. While the problem
of language used was not using formal rules or formal language but free as you
wish.
Rule
Writing Personal Letter
The above has explained that "personal
letter" does not have to use standard writing conventions but uses writing
as desired. But there are still some things that we can adjust as a reference
in making good personal letters.
Do not have to follow the syntax, but at least
the parts of the personal letter may be referenced in the writing good. To be
more clear about the general shape of the letter writing format let us consider
the following layouts!
Form
of the General Writing Personal Letter
Form of the General Writing Personal Letter
It is clear that there is no fixed rule in
making a personal letter in English but it helps us use the layout or shape of
letter writing over so we could be better. Some things to note in writing the
letter ie such as the address, greeting and closing. To be more clear, let us
discuss them one by one part - the part of the personal letter!
writing address
Although it is a personal letter but let us not
forget to write down the complete address of us. This address point is to
provide an opportunity for the recipients to be able to reply to the letter
that we sent. If we do not write our address how people can write to us, right?
How to write the address to correspond to the layout above is at the top right
of the letter.
Also do not forget to also write the recipient
address, clear and complete, Personal Letter, Definition and Examples. The
recipient addresses can be written in the upper left with the recipient's name
also write his letter.
writing the date
Although this is a personal letter, but still we
should include the date of the letter for information when the letter has been
made. Writing is important as a reference date for senders and recipients. Form
of the date of writing can be seen as an example of "1st January
2016"
Writing greeting
Salutation or (Salutation and Greeting) should
also be written properly. Examples of writing a personal letter salutation such
as "Dear Mr. Jones,". Some of the abbreviations used in salutation,
namely:
Mr - for men
Mrs - for a married woman
Miss - for unmarried women
Ms - for women whose status is unknown
Dr - for people whose status doctor
In a personal letter of greeting usually be
adjusted to the closeness of the relationship between the mailer and the recipient
of the letter, for example in our language frequently used words - words that
intimate and romantic.
The final part personal letter will be closed
with the conclusion that using the words "Yours sincerely,". For the
closing sentence we can also use other words such as "All the best",
"Best regards," and so on. Once the cover is then followed by the
name and signature of us as the mailer.
Examples of Personal Letter
Already we have discussed at length about what
and how personal letter in the English language. Of course the above
explanation, we sduah get a clearer picture about one of the English-language
letters. That way we are expected to make a personal letter all the more by
considering many of the above.
What we can know and understand only by studying
the course material or theory? Yes, sure, I guess it will be more quickly and
easily understand if we could see immediately and directly study the personal
example of the English letter. By looking directly example we will not only
determine how the shape of the letter, but we also can learn vocabulary that
used . And for that lets see the example of personal letter .
Jakarta, 1st
December 2015
Thomas
Jln. Cendana. No.
16
Sukabumi 54111
Hello my friend,
how are you doing, there? I hope you are in good condition. I am sending this
letter to give you some good news.
It’s been one year
we separated, since you moved to Sukabumi. I miss you so much. I’m really
looking forward to meeting with you soon. After waiting for so long, I finally
granted permission to visit you in Sukabumi. Maybe next month I will go to your
home. When i got there, you have to take me around to the best tourism spot. I
really wanted to visit all the beach. See you there buddy.
Your friend,
Caroline
QUESTIONS
1
Kupang, April 2, 2013
Dear Paula,
Hello Paula, how
are you? It’s been a month since I last heard from you. Well, I just wanted to
tell you that I was in a hospital last week. According to the doctor; I was
infected by dengue fever.
At first, I felt my
body became weak then I fainted when I was studying in the classroom. Then, I
was taken to the hospital because of the high fever.
At the hospital, I
was brought into the emergency unit. The doctor immediately gave some
treatment. Finally, I had to stay there for one week. Everyday the doctor kept
me on a drip.
At the seventh day,
my condition was getting better. After the final check, the doctor gave me
permission to go home. Now, I’m okay and because of my illness, I am now more
careful about keeping in my house clean especially my room, I don’t want to get
the same illness again.
OK, I think that’s
all from me, write to me soon ok?
Regards ,
Nadira
Answer the
questions below!
1.What is the topic
of the letter above?
2.What did the
writer do she felt her body became weak?
3.What was the
disease that she got?
4.Why the writer
was taken to the hospital?
5.How long she was
taken care in the hospital?
Key answers:
1.getting fever
2. she went to the
hospital
3. dengue fever
4. she got high
fever
5. seven days
QUESTIONS
2
Dear My friend,
Salsa
Hello Salsa, how
are you? Salsa, I have new friend. he is Tora. He live next to my house. He is
twenty years old. He is handsome and smart. He likes Math. It is so different
with me. I prefer Science than Math. As you know, I like Science from junior
high school, right? By the way, how’s your mother? Is she in healthy condition?
I so miss her and also miss you so much! I miss Indonesia. Sometime when I walk
around Melbourne suddenly I remember you. I miss you there. The last, I put our
picture in this letter, Tora and me.
Reply my letter
soon. I’m waiting for it. See you…
Love,
Reza
Say T if it’s True,
and False if it is false :
1 . _____ The
letter is for Reza
2 . _____ Reza
lives in Singapore
3 . _____ Salsa
lives in Melbourne
4 . _____ Reza
misses Salsa and Salsa’s mom
5 . _____ Reza
forget salsa
6 . _____ Salsa
misses Indonesia
7 . _____ Reza
misses Indonesia
8 . _____ The
receiver is Tora
9 . _____ The
sender is Reza
10 . _____ Tora is
Salsa’s friend
11 . _____Tora is
Reza’s friend
12 . _____ Salsa
and her Mom lives in Indonesia
13 . _____ Reza has
new friend in Australia
14 . _____ Tora’s
house is next to Salsa’s house
15 . _____ Tora’s
house is next to Reza’s house
Key answers:
1.F
2.F
3.F
4.T
5.F
6.F
7.T
8.F
9.T
10.F
11.T
12.T
13.T
14.F
15.T