Personal Letter
Invitation letters are of two types: formal invitation letters and personal letters. On the previous page, we discussed official letters and their structure and examples. Here are the definitions, structure, phrases and examples of a helpful personal letter. After listening to the explanation below, it is hoped that it will bring benefits. For example, you can exchange messages through pen friends from abroad, or try to write English letters for your idols. Interesting right?
Definition of Personal Letterππ
Personal letter is a letter written to people you know as friends, family members, classmates, pen, and to people who have a close relationship.
What can be written in
a Personal letter?ππ
In a personal letter, a letter can be written using everyday language such as when speaking or whatever language style the writer wants to use. There are no rules what you can and cannot say in a personal letter. The following are topics commonly written in personal letters.
- The latest news about the school, college, community you join, or the hobby you are currently working on.
- News about your friends, family or pets.
- What's going on around your house, as well as the city and country where you live.
- Holidays, birthdays, school camp activities, achievements, and anything else you think is a special day or any other fun day.
- Funny jokes, movies, games, favorite songs, and other cool things.
- The past.
- Ask the recipient of the letter to tell you how he is doing and other things he would like to share with you in this letter.
Types of Personal Letterππ
It turns out that
there are many types of personal letters.
1. Pen Pal
is a person who exchanges letters with other people to make friends with someone he has never met before.
2. Fan mail
is a letter addressed to the person you idolize, it could be a film actor, artist, writer, and not necessarily from famous circles, in essence someone you really admire and idolize.
3. Love
is a letter given to someone you really care about and care about, you can also express your feelings romantically.
4. Farewell
is a farewell letter containing goodbye and luck for someone who will move abroad, change schools, change jobs, and move away from us for a long time.
5. Get-well
is a letter of hope for people who are sick and wish them health soon.
6. Condolence
is a condolence letter which contains sympathy especially for the death of someone close to the recipient of the letter. You hope that they are given strength in dealing with the sadness, are sorry for their loss, or you can also share good memories with the person who died.
7. Congratulations
is a letter congratulating someone's happiness and achievements, such as a birthday, wedding, achievement, or award.
8. Thank you
is a thank you letter that contains your appreciation to someone who has given or done something nice for you.
9. Holiday /
Celebration
are holiday letters or
celebratory events such as birthdays, Eid, Christmas, New Years, and other
special days and holidays together.
Parts of the Personal Letterππ
1. The
heading
The head of this letter consists of two parts: 1) address of the sender, written on the top right; 2) the date when writing the letter which is usually written at the very top left after the sender's address is stated.
2. The
greeting
This section is write a greeting and the name of the recipient of this usually depends on how close you are with the person you write a letter. Examples are Dear…, Dearest…, Sweetheart, Darling, My love and many more.
3. The body
The content section consists of three parts: 1) introduction, as an introduction, for example, a response to a previous letter or an introduction; 2) the content of the letter, which is the core of the letter which contains the story you want to tell; 3) closing, indicating that the letter will end soon.
4. The
complimentary close
This section is a short closing phrase like, Best Regards, Sincerely, Best wishes, Cheers, All the best, Thanks, With love, Sincerely yours.
5. The signature
line
This section is under complementary close . In this section you can include your signature or you can just initials.
6. Postscript
This section is
additional words at the end of the letter as the incident is abbreviated as NB.
Linguistic Elements of Personal Letterππ
- Words and grammar raw
- Spelling and handwriting and print clear and neat.
- the word pressure, intonation , when presented orally
- Word reference
- Simple present
Phrases in Personal Letterππ
The characteristics of a personal letter are: 1) the part of the letter is not as complete as the formal invitation letter ; 2) the language is subjective according to the author's heart; 3) there are no binding regulations for the way it is written; 4) free to use lettering supplies such as paper, ink colors to cover letters.
The body of the letter is called the body which consists of three, as explained in point D. Parts of the Personal Letter: The body (body of the letter). Below are phrases in starting the contents of the letter, the core of the letter, to the ending.
πΊπΊ Starting letters
- Dear James, / Hi James, / Hello James.
- Best wishes, / Write soon.
- We have lost contact for too long.
- It's been a long time since the last met.
- How are you?
- Hope this letter finds you ...
- Thank you for your last letter.
- It was so good to hear from you.
- Sorry for answering late.
- I am sorry I should have written Earlier ...
- Have not heard from you in a while so I thought
π»π» Get to the heart of the letter
- I am sorry to inform you that ...
- I'm just writing to tell you about ...
- In your last letter you asked me about ...
- I'm very grateful for ...
- I'm sure you will be happy to hear that ...
- I'm sure you'ill be interested to know that ...
- By the way, did you know that ...
- I'm sorry but I have to tell you that ...
- I wonder if you could help me.
ππ Conclusion
- Let me know as soon as possible.
- I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
- I am looking forward to hear from you soon.
- My best wishes for the coming test.
- See you.
- I will write soon.
- I am waiting for a quick reply.
- Looking forward to see you again.
- Bye.
- Give my regards to your mother.
- Hope to hear from you soon.
ππ Sample Personal Letter in English for Mother
ππ S
ample of a personal letter to a friend about a vacation
ππ Sample Personal Letter for Teacher in English
ππ Sample Personal Letter for Brother in English
ππ Sample Birthday Invitation Letter in English and Its Meaning
ππ Sample Personal Letter For Teachers
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