Nama : Nur’ain Anggrailina Pratiwi

Kelas : XI IPS 2

Personal Letter

1. What is personal letter?

 Personal letter is a type of letter that contains personal matter and for
personal purposes, usually from one individual to another such as friends,
family, close friends, etc.
2. Write the structure of personal letter.
 1. Date : The date and place when the letter is written
2. Address : The place where the writer wrote the letter
3. Greetings and Names : Greetings to you and the name of the person you are
writing in.
4. Introduction : Opening the letter usually begins with “how are you” or
refers to the previous letter.
5. Body : The body of the letter. It includes what you want the other person to
write.
6. Termination : The part indicates that the letter is about to end.
7. Respectfully intimate : Short expressions like “love you”, “sincerely yours”,
“love”.
8. Signature : Author’s signature or acronym.
9. Postscript PS : You are later in a letter. If you are a P.S. Start with and end
it with your acronym
3. What is the aim/social function of personal letter and to whom you write a
personal letter?
 The purpose of personal letter is to inform that the receiver that the sender
wants to tell an important thing like personal feelings, thoughts, or
experiences, which are meant to be read by a specific person.
4. List several language feature of personal letter.
 1. Sentence Structure  
Accuracy of grammar may be more important than an email. Most of the time,
complete sentence are expected

2. Style
Language use may be personal. For example, first and second person pronouns
may be frequently used. May not be as formal as official letter writing.

3. Allowed to use contractions

Example : he’s, she’s, haven’t, they’re

4. Altough the tone of your letter is informal, please take note

• Do not use offensive language
• Use gramatically correct sentences
5. Write your own personal letter (eg. email) and list new vocabulary that you have
written and give the scheme of its structure!

 Structure

1. Date : February 20th, 2021

2. Address : Jl. Karanglo Raya No.77, Yogyakarta
3. Greetings and names : Dear Rafa, Hi!
4. Introduction : How is it going? I hope you and our family are in the
best of health.
5. Body : How about your school there? Oh, I hope all goes well.
Neither do I. Everything is going well here. Every day I am always
busy with some assignments given by the teacher, that's why I can't
always notify you by writing and sending a letter. However, I will
make each letter meaningful. By the way, how's your town? are
many still affected by the corona virus? Sigh, I hope this all ends
soon. This is all getting sucks, don't you agree? Online school is no
good either! I feel my eyes burn every time I look at the screen.
But, we still have to live it, right? I think think my letter ends here.
And please tell me yours! I'll send you another letter later.
6. Termination : Hopefully you can be cheerful as always and I am
waiting for a quick reply.
7. Respectfully intimate : Your best friend
8. Signature : Ain