Friendly LetterBy : group 3

♥ Aldy Christian Wanandi

♥ Angelika Julian Wijaya

♥ Christian Moritz L.

♥ Fransisca Yellow P.

♥ Jackline Laura

♥ Kristina Wanda D.C

FRIENDLY LETTER

FRIENDLY LETTERCHARACTERISTICS

PURPOSEEXAMPLE

What Is Friendly Letter?

Friendly Letter is a type of letter written to people who are your relatives, friends, peers, acquaintances or anyone with whom you have a relationship. It is not a prerequisite that the recipient has to be your friend; it can be anyone with whom you are friendly. That person can be anyone whom you know well enough to correspond. Friendly letters come under Informal Writing because there are no hard and fast rules for writing them. There is ‘Nothing Official’ about them. And you don’t actually need a solid reason to write a letter to a friend. You can write just to say ‘Hello’, ‘Gossip’ or ‘Share some memories’. Most of the times a friendly letter is written to convey best wishes, congratulations, apologies etc. It is a mean to communicate and remain in touch with each other. For some people it is socialising agent where you can confess, share a secret or misconduct, get views about certain topics, continue a chain letter and anything that pleases you.

FRIENDLY LETTER FORMAT

Date(can be positioned left, right or centre, before or at the start)

Your NameYour Address (as required)  Dear Recipient (Salutation)First Paragraph – Introductory lines Second Paragraph – Details of the topic - best wishes, congratulations, apologies, anecdotes, experiences etc.Subscription – Thanking you, yours sincerely etc.  Your Signature / Your Name (as required)P.S.  stands for Post Script (as required)

CHARACTERISTICS

♥The first paragraph consist of an introduction which will give the recipient an idea about why you're writing to them with a short summary of the main topic of your letter. If you don't know the person

you are writing to, you may want to introduce yourself in this introductory

paragraph as well.

♥ The next few paragraphs will usually consist of the message you want to get across along

with any details you may want to convey. ♥ The last paragraph will usually be the conclusion where you wrap everything up.

You can sum up your main idea in this paragraph, thank the recipient for their time,

wish the recipient well, and/or ask any questions.

Usually informal letters contain some of the

following : A friendly greeting as opposed to professional. “Dear, Mary” as opposed to “Dr.Martin Fisher.”

The grammar used in the body paragraph is looser. You can use contradictions and more personalized language. “Thank you so much!

This means a lot!” vs “I thank you for the opportunity.”

The letter is ended with a friendly closer and does NOT contain any p.s information. Usually in a professional letter you sign, rather than type,

your name and including your contact information.

PURPOSEA friendly letter (or informal letter) is a way of communicating between two people (sometimes more) who are usually well

acquainted.There are many uses and reasons for writing a friendly letter but friendly letters will usually consist of topics on a personal level. Friendly letters can either be printed or hand-written.

SOURCES

http://www.letterwritingguide.com/friendlyletter.htm

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080527103945AAgoka4

http://letters.targetstudy.com/friendly-letter/http://letters.targetstudy.com/friendly-letter/how-to-write-friendly-letter.htm#FriendlyLetterFormat