PERSONAL LETTER (Kelas XI)

PERSONAL LETTER

1. MEANING
Personal letters are letters you write to people you have already known
well or been familar with, such as family members, friends, classmates or
pen friends. (Surat Pribadi adalah surat yang kamu tulis untuk orang-
orang yang telah kamu ketahui secara baik atau orang yang telah familiar
denganmu, seperti anggota keluarga, teman-teman, teman kelas, atau
teman pena).

2. PURPOSE
There are some functions/purposes for people to write personal letter (Ada
beberapa fungsi/tujuan orang menulis surat privadi). Those are:
 To express Apology (permintaan maaf)
 To express Gratitude (terima kasih)
 To express Congratulations (ucapan selamat)
 To give Invitation (undangan)
 To ask for Help (meminta bantuan)

3. TYPES OF PERSONAL LETTER
There are some types of personal letter. (Ada beberapa jenis surat pribadi)
Those are:
 Family letter : Written to a family members to share recent news
(ditulis untuk anggota keluarga yang bertujuan membagi berita
terbaru)
 Farewell letter : Written to say goodbye to someone who is going to
move overseas or school (ditulis untuk mengucapkan selamat
tinggal kepada seseorang yang pindah ke luar negeri atau juga
pindah sekolah)

 Get well letter : Written to wish someone a speedy recovery from
illness. (ditulis untuk mengharapkan seseorang sebuah pemulihan
yang cepat dari sakit).

 Pen friend letter : Written to a pen friend (ditulis untuk sahabat
pena).

 Fan Mails : Written to someone you idolize or admire (ditulis untuk
seseorang yang kamu idolakan atau sukai)

 Congratulation letter : Written to express congratulations to
someone (ditulis untuk menyampaikan ucapan selamat)

 Love letter

 Thank you letter
4. STRUCTURE OF PERSONAL LETTER

Structures or parts of personal letter consist of:
1) Heading : containing date and address of a letter. (Berisi tanggal dan

alamat surat)
2) Greeting (Salutation) : containing words of greeting (ucapan salam),

e.g.
Dear Rina,
Rina,
Hi, Rina.
3) Body : the main part of a letter. It contains messages expressed by the
writer (Bagian utama dari sebuah surat, terdiri dari pesan yang ingin
disampaikan).
4) Complimentary close : This is the closing of a letter (penutup surat).
For example,
Love,
Best regards,
Best wishes,
Lots of love,
5) Signature : the writer adds his signature as his identity. (Penulis
membubuhka tanda tangan)

5. EXAMPLE OF PERSONAL LETTER

(Heading)
Gajah Mada street,
Denpasar-Bali

24 May 2020

(Greeting)
Dear Praba,

(Body)
Hello Praba, how are you today? Hopefully you are fine. It's been a while

since you left me here alone, huhuhu so sad. My family and I here are missing
you a lot.

How is Paris? I guess it's very beautiful. Winter is coming soon right? Ah, I
really want to know how the winter is. But, most Importantly, please wear
warm outfits and don't get sick.

And how is your college life? Does it run smoothly as you expect. I guess
you will be the best in the class because you are the smartest one. Oh, by the
way I will be starting my study in January. I'm very excited about it, because it
is the first college class. I take English Education as my majority.

Okay, I think that's all for now. I want to hear everything about your new
life in Paris. Please don't forget to reply my letter! See you and good luck.
(Complimentary close)
Lots of Love,

(Signature)
Alina

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