Friday, September 4, 2020

WRITING LETTER

 Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh.

Welcome back to my blog. 

In this blog I will submit an article about Writing Letter. And at the end of this blog, I will provide a dialogue video about writing letters that I practice with my friend named Lutfi Kharisma.


WRITING LETTER

Letters have two types, namely Formal Letter and Informal letter also known as personal letter.

A. FORMAL LETTER

  • A letter writen in a formal language with certain rules to achive certain goals.
  • Used for formal purposes such as a job application letter and inquiry letter.
  • Types Of Formal Letter
            *An Inquiry Letter                                    * A Rejection Letter

            * An Order Letter                                     * An Apology Letter

            * A Sales Letter                                        * An Invitation Letter

            * A Complain Letter                                 * A Collection Letter

            * A Job Application Letter

  • Language Features
            * No imperative and exclamation mark

            * Use appropriate connectors, such as furthermore and moreover.

            * Grammatically Correct

            * Politeness

            * Appropriate diction.

            * Clear, concise, precise

            * Avoid acronyms, such as A.S.A.P

  • Structure 
            * Sender's Address

            * Date

            * Name / Designation of the addressee

            * Adress of the Addressee

            * Salutation

            * Subject

            * Body

            * Complimenteray Close

            * Signature/Name of the Sender

            * Name/Designation of the Sender


B. INFORMAL LETTER ( Personal Letter )

  • A form letter sent by a person for another person in an informal context
  • Usage of personal letter
            * To Share information
            * To express gratitude
            * To give advice
            * To deliver good and bad news
            * To ask for help
            * To apologize
  • Social Function/main purpose in general
            Personal letters are letters that are written to people we know such as friends, parents, siblings, and cousins. Letters are not only written to inform but o strengthen the bond between two people writing to each other. To estabilish or maintain a good relationship with someone else.
  • Generic Structure
          * Receiver address
          * Salutatin/Opening remarks
          * Opening pasraraph
               Optional :
          * Signature ( before sender's name/initial )
          * Postscript/P.S (after sender's name/initial )
  • Sentence Structure
           * Accuracy of grammar is important
           * Complete sentences are expected
           * Slang can be used
           * Use the contractions such as "I'll", "I'm", "We'll'
           * Use personal pronouns such as "I", "We", "You"
           * Use active voice
  • Style :
        * Language use may be personal like first and second person pronouns.
        * Be warm.
        * Use the person's name you are writing to.
        * Vary sentence length.
        * Write in a natural, conversational style. 
        * Let your personality shine through in your writing.
  • Structure




  • Some usefull expressions for letter writing













































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  • A dialogue video about writing letters that I practiced with my friend Lutfi Kharisma.


That's the article about Writing Letter. Enough until this blog this time see you in the next blog.





2 comments:

  1. Your blog is very interesting and complete, has examples, structure, expressions, and video examples. and the material is also easy to understand

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  2. That's good job, in my opinion your blog is interesting because there are video examples, structure expression and complete

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