PERSONAL

LETTER
MEMBER OF THE GROUP

◦Amanda Lolita
◦Karen
◦M Daffa S
◦Noza Putri
◦Rangga
◦Samuel Yoan
 Personal Letter
◦What is personal letter?

◦What is it Used for?

◦What is the structure of Personal Letter?

 Personal Letter
1. Meaning

2. Structure of personal letter

3. Example of personal letter

4. Linguistic Elements
 Meaning
◦Personal letter is a letter which is written for someone
you know. Example: friend, family, classmate, best
friend.
 Formating
◦Personal letter should be hand writing
 Common purpose to write a
personal letter
◦To tell good news
◦To give advice
◦Delivering bad news
◦Asking for help
◦Apologizing
 Structure of Personal Letter
1. Heading: Includes the address, and date
2. Greeting: always ends with command
3. The body of the main text Or content
4. The complimentary close: a few words on a single
line
5. Signature line: Type your name
6. postcript
 Heading/Date
◦The heading Includes your address and the date
◦Write the heading in the upper right-hand corner,
about 1” from the top of the page
◦Line up the leading edges, STOP the margin line
 Salutation
◦Usually begins with the word “dear” And is
followedby the person’s name
◦ place a comma after the person’s name
◦Leave one blank line after the heading
◦Write the salutation at the left-hand margin
 Body
◦The thoughts and ideas you want to share
◦Skip on line after the salutation, then single place
◦Indent each new paragraph
◦Keep paragraphs short for easy reading
 Closing
Skip on line, indent Twice
◦Capitalize only the first word
◦Follow with a comma
◦Common closing words:
Love, sincerely, your friend, respectfully,
regards,yours trully.
 Signature
◦Sign your letter beneath your closing
◦For personal letter, your first name os usually
enough, unless the person doesn’t know you very
well
 Linguistic Elements
◦Using simple present tense
◦Sometimes also use simple past tense if the
information conveyed occurred on the past
 Example Personal letter
Yogyakarta, 5 December 2017

Dear Vanessa,
Thank you so much for your last letter. Itu was great to hear from your
after so many months. You seem to be having a nice Time to Estonia.
Thanks also for the photos. I absolutely loves that snap of yours standing
beside a snowman. Estonia looks amazing. Someday, i would definitely
like to go there. There’s not much happening hear. I am busy with my
part time and college. By the way, Will you coming to indonesia anytime
soon? If you are, let me know the dates and we can arrange to meet up.
THANK YOU