Invitation

Definition: Invitation is a text containing an invitation to an event for someone to come.

Purpose: the purpose of invitation is to invite someone to come to some event.

Generic structure:
1. Title or type of event: including the purpose or type of event will be held.
2. Orientation: inform about what will or who will come.
3. Date and time: including when or where the event will be held.
4. Closing: including hope of the writer to the reader to come to his/ her event.

Specific text:
1. Using simple future tense.
2. Including detail time, date, and place of event.

Example:

Title
Birthday Party

Orientation
Dear my friend,
I hope you well so I will held my 14th birthday party can you come to my party. It will be held
on

Place, date and time

place: my home sweet home bougenvile street number 54
date: april 22nd 2012
time: 16.00 until end

Closing
so I will wait for you to come to my party, I will be happy if you come to my birthday party.
Regards
Andi

There are 2 types of Invitation :

1. Formal Invitation 
2. Informal Invitation

1.  FORMAL INVITATION

Formal invitation is usually originate from institutes, companies and a kind of it. Usually,
formal invitation is written invitation in form of office invitation, etc

Komponen dari formal invitation

1) Name of person who invites

2) Phrase of Inviting
3) Name of person Invited
4) Occasion ( event )
5) Time/ date of event
6) Place of event
7) Request for reply
8) Special Instruction
 FORMAL INVITATION

The Host (S)

The Guest

The Event

Detail of Date,
Time and
Place

STUDENTS ORGANIZATION (OSIS)

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1 LEMBAH GUMANTI Heading
Jln. Kebangsaan, Alahan Panjang
Telp/fax. 777897967
 

To: Adam “ The chairman of OSIS administration”

We invited you to attend our meeting that will be held:

On Tuesday ,September 14th 2013 at 3.00 pm until 5.00 pm in the OSIS Room
agenda: Preparation farewell party for XII class

Please come on time. Thank you

Sincerelly,

OSIS chairman
 Receiver

Detail of date, time,

place and agenda

Closing

Signature
2. INFORMAL INVITATION

Informal invitation is an invitation that given by personal to friends, family, etc. (birthday
invitation,wedding invitation,etc)