The Five Parts of a Personal Letter

The 1st part is called the heading. It includes the writers complete address and the date that the letter was written. If your letter is full-block style (all flush against the left margin) then the heading and all other parts of the letter are flush left. In this style the paragraphs are not indented. This is how we will write our letters in class. Just so you know, many people write their letters semi-block style, which means that the heading and closing are tabbed to the middle of the paper and paragraphs are indented. The nd part of a personal letter is called the salutation. The salutation is the opening greeting in any letter. In most personal letters we start the salutation with !ear (whate"er the person#s name is). The 3rd part of a personal letter is called the body. The body is the $letter% part of the letter. It includes all of the writers thoughts organized into paragraphs. The 4th part of a personal letter is called the closing. The closing includes the closing greeting followed by empty spaces or lines and then the writers typed or printed first and last name. In the closing greeting only the first word is capitali&ed. 'ome e(amples of good closing greetings are as follows) *ours truly+ 'incerely+ ,riends fore"er+ and -o"e. The 5th part of a personal letter is called the signature. The signature is signed in the space between the two parts of the closing. The signature should be written in cursi"e and neat. It should include your first and last name or you may sign your first initial and last name.
1./ 0 -innet 'treet, 1pt 210 Tar&ana, 31 41567 'eptember ., 00/ !ear Jasmina, 8i, how are things going9 I :ust got back from my "acation in 1laska. I had a really great time with my family. ,irst, we flew on !elta 1irlines from -os 1ngeles to ;ancou"er, 3anada. It was so cool9 <y mom had to get all of us kids passports and stuff like four months in ad"ance because 3anada is a whole other country. =e spent the night in ;ancou"er and went to the cruise ship the ne(t day in time for lunch. <an, the cruise ship was humongous and spectacular. >nce we got onboard we went straight to our room. It was huge. <y mom and dad had their bedroom with an enormous bed. <e and ?ick shared a bedroom that had a bunk-bed, a dresser and a mirrored closet. -ittle 1ndr@ slept on the sofa-bed. The room had a huge porthole window and a ledge where you could sit and look out o"er the ocean. The bathroom had a shower and a toilet that made a sound like it could suck you down and spit you out into the sea. =ell, I don#t want to tell you e"erything. I#ll sa"e the rest for when we see each other face-to-face. *our friend,

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