writting letter

  Hello friends, today I want to explain about writing letter, my name is Citra Febryani and let’s get started.

 

A letter is a written message that can be handwritten or printed on paper. It is usually sent to the recipient via mail or post in an envelope, although this is not a requirement as such. Any such message that is transferred via post is a letter, a writtenconversation between two parties.

There is so much types of wrting letters, for example

·     Formal Letter:  These letters follow a certain pattern and formality. They are strictly kept professional in nature, and directly address the issues concerned. Any type of business letter or letter to authorities falls within this given category.

·       Informal Letter: These are personal letters. They need not follow any set pattern or adhere to any formalities. They contain personal information or are a written conversation. Informal letters are generally written to friends, acquaintances, relatives etc.

·       Business Letter: This letter is written among business correspondents, generally contains commercial information such as quotations, orders, complaints, claims, letters for collections etc. Such letters are always strictly formal and follow a structure and pattern of formalities.

·       Official Letter: This type of letter is written to inform offices, branches, subordinates of official information. It usually relays official information like rules, regulations, procedures, events, or any other suchinformation. Official letters are also formal in nature and follow certain structure and decorum.

·       Social Letter: A personal letter written on the occasion of a special event is known as a social letter. Congratulatory letter, condolence letter, invitation letter etc are all social letters.

·       Circular Letter: A letter that announces information to a large number of people is a circular letter. The same letter is circulated to a large group of people to correspond some important information like a change of address, change in management, the retirement of a partner etc.

·       Employment Letters: Any letters with respect to the Employment Process, like joining letter, promotion letter, application letter etc.

 

Let's tackle how to write a letter in proper order, from top to bottom. 

These steps will mostly be directed toward a formal letter. The good news is that an informal letter is even easier. You can dial back or remove a few of the elements we're about to discuss when writing an informal letter.

-       To start, place your full address -- including your full name, street address, city, state, and zip code -- in the upper left-hand corner.

 

-       Skip a line and include the date.

 

-       Skip a line and place the recipient's full address. Here, you'll want to include the company name, the recipient's name and title, and mailing address.

 

-       Skip one more line to insert the greeting. This is called the salutation. In a formal letter, you can use a generic, "To whom it may concern:" or, "Dear Mr. Henry:" Formal letters tend to require a colon after the greeting, and informal letters take a comma.

 

-       Skip a line and begin the letter. In the body of your letter, separate your thoughts into paragraphs. You never want to draft one big block of text. For each new set of thoughts or ideas, begin a new paragraph.

 

-       Skip one of your final lines to include a complimentary close. The closing can be as simple as, "Sincerely," "Yours truly," or "Gratefully." This should end with a comma.

 

-       Skip three lines (where you'll insert your handwritten signature), and type your full name. You may also include your title on the next line.

 

-       If you're including any attachments with your letter, skip one more line and type "Enclosure." If there's more than one attachment, indicate how many there are in parentheses, as in "Enclosure (4)."