LETTER WRITING

 

    LETTER WRITING

Types of Letter :

• Informal Letter/Personal Letter
• Formal Letter

PERSONAL LETTER

Personal letter are letters that are written to people we know such as friends, parents, siblings and cousins. Letters aren't only written to inform but to strengthen the bond between two people writing to each other.

Structure of Personal Letter

Date
( Date when the letter is written (top left))
Address
(Place where you are writing from (top rigth))
Salutation & Name 
(Greeting and the person's name you are writing to)
Introduction 
(The opening of the letter usually starts with how are you or refers to previous letter)
Body

(The main part of the letter. it includes what you want to write to the other person)
Closure 

(The part indicates the letter is going to end)
Complimentary close 

(short expressions like "love you","sincerely yours","love")
Signature

(Signature or initials of the writer)
Postscript P.S 

(After thought in a letter. You begin with P.S and end it with your initials)

Example : 

35 Senggigi Raya

Lombok

75009 Nusa Tenggara Timur

12 th January 2014

My Dear Lovely Siti,

Hello!

How are you, sweetie? I know you're angry with me because i am writing to you after a long time. I'm so sorry, please forgive me. You know we're in Lombok right now. It's so beautiful beyond imagination. I'm writing to you from this really cute little cafe on the Senggigi beach. As you know, mum loves shopping, so she goes and will go for hours. I took a rain check from shopping and decided to write to you while i enjoy my cup of coffee.

You know, yesterday we went to Gili Nanggu Island; it's a beach on the southwest of lombok. The place is awesome. It;s so beautiful i couldn;t believe my eyes. There are beautiful coral reefs everywhere. We went for snorkeling and we saw the most amazing fish ever. I wish you were here; it would have been much more fun.

Mum was making sure that we didn't miss any sight in the whole city, so we had practically been everywhere.

I have to go, mum is here. I will see you soon.

Lots of love

XOXO

Lana

P.S I'm bringing you lots of souvenirs and pictures!!

Conclusion : 

Letter writing is a personal letter that are written to people we know such as friends, parents, siblings and cousins. The function is to strengthen the bond between two people writing to each other.

EXPOSITION TEXT

 

EXPOSITION TEXT

A series of sentences that aim to explain an idea from one point of view to the reader

Social Function (The purpose of an exposition test is to persuade your audience to look at an issue with your perspective)

Structure of Exposition Text

1.) Title

tells about the topic of the essay

2.) Introduction

- This is the starting point of an exposition essay

- Here you state the topic and establish the point view (thesis statement)

- Introductory statement should be an emotial statement or a question that is an attention grabber

- A preview of the points you plan to make to support your thesis

3.) Body

- A series of arguments to convince the audience

- Each paragraph starts with a new argument

- Each paragraph has a main point, reason for the main point and evidence to support the main point

- Use of emotive words, mental verbs, causal conjuctions to persuade the audience

- Each paragraph has to be logically linked to the previous paragraph and to the thesis statement

4.) Conclusion

- Reiterates or restates the thesis statement

- Summarizes what has been stated

Types of Exposition Text 

1.) Analytical Exposition

Analytical exposition is a text that elaborates the writers idea about the phenomenon surrounding. It's social function is to persuade the readers that the idea is important matter.

2.) Hortatory Exposition

Hortatory exposition is a written English text in which the writer persuades people that something should/should not be the case.The function of the hortatory exposition is to persuade the reader that something should or should not be the case.

Cramminng is Bad

How do you study when the test is coming? Do you start preparing for the weeks or moths before the test or leave things to the last hour? If you start studying weeks or months before the test, is great. However, if you study all the material in the last hour or minute, it’s not good for you and it’s called cramming.

Cramming is the situation when students stay up until morning to study before their test. This habit can lead to negative impacts for some reason. The first reason is that disruptions in the regular sleep cycle can cause temporary intellectual lapses. For most students, less sleep can make them could not focus in the class. Additionally, cramming can leave us with “something that I have seen before” in our memory. However, being able to recognize something is not the same as being able to recall it. Besides that, each person has their different sleeping time, so some of them often use a stimulant for cramming. Furthermore, that stimulant gives bad effect to its consumers.

The example stimulant is coffee. It causes many problems such as Caffeine Intoxiation Syndrome, anxiety, panic, headaches, and so on. To sum up, cramming is bad because it disturbs our regular sleep cycle which cause temporary intellectualn lapses and using stimulant for cramming gives bad effect to our health.

 

Conclusion : 

Exposition text is to persuade your audience to look at an issue with your perspective and the types of exposition text is Analytical Exposition Text and Hortatory Exposition Text

INVITATION CARD

INVITATION CARD

Invitation is a letter is usually in the form of a card asking the recipient to attend an event

Types of Invitations : 

1. FORMAL

2. INFORMAL

1.) FORMAL INVITATION

    is an invitation which follows a dignified from, tone or style in agreement with the established norms, customs or values

Example :     

An invitation to the opening of a school

An invitation to a graduation ceremony

An invitation to a wedding

Social Function ( inviting people to formal and social events )

Common Format of a Formal Invitation:

1. First line is the name(s) of the person(s) who invite(s)
2. Second line is the request for participation
3. Third is the names of the person(s) invited
4. Fourth line is the occasion for invitation
5. Fifth line is the time and date of the occasion
6. Sixth ine is the place of the occasion
7. Last line is the request to reply

Linguistic Characteristics:

Simple, precise, and concise words

Detailed information

The tone should be friendly and sincere. Words should be chosen carefully.

The style of writing should be formal.

Structure

Addresses of the addresser and the addresse

Salutation

Body

-State for whom the invitation is and by who it is given

-Reasons of invitation

-Date

-Time

-Place

-R.S.V.P (it's a French word "respondez s'il vous plait" 

which means "please reply")

Signature

The format of the envelope for the invitation is addressed the same way as the envelope of a letter

Responding to Formal Invitations

1. Acceptance

-Mr. and Mrs. Sanjaya accept the invitation with pleasure

2. Declining / Regretting

-Mr and Mrs. Sanjaya regret to decline the invitation due to health reasons

2.) INFORMAL INVITATION

    Informal invitations are used to invite someone on casual or informal occasions. 

Usually given to close friends or family.

Example : 

Birthday party invitation

Tea party invitation

Formal Invitation Dialog 

Nadila     :  Hello Mrs. i would like to invite you to my wedding party

Ismi         :  May i know when and where ?

Nadila     :  This sunday at 9 p.m at the Whiz Hotel

Ismi         :  Okay i will be there 

Nadila     :  Great! i'll see you then!

Ismi         :  My pleasure. See you then!

Informal Invitation Dialog

Ismi            :  What's in your hand? 

Nadila        :  Oh yeah, this is my birthday party invitation, here's yours.

Ismi            : The invitation card is good, who designed it?

Nadila        :  I made it, is it really good?

Ismi            : Yes, it is very good, I will attend your birthday party. 

Nadila        :  Alright I'll wait for you at my party.

Conclusion :

There are two types of invitation card that is formal invitation card and informal invitation card.

Example for formal invitation card is invitation to a wedding and informal invitation card is birthday party invitation.

OPINIONS and THOUGHTS

OPINIONS and THOUGHTS 

An opinion is the way you feel or think about something. Our opinion about something or someone is based on our prespective.

1.) Asking for Opinion

• Do you like your new school?
• What do you think about the new movie?
• What do you think about the news?
• Do you think he can do it?

2.) Expressions 

opinions can be expressed in the ways given below.

• What i mean is...
• In my opinion...
• I think...
• To my mind...
• By this i mean...

3.)Agreeing with an Opinions

• Of course.
• This is absolutely right.
• I agree, i never thought of that.
• Neither do i.
• I think so too. 

4.)Disagreeing with an Opinions

• I think you're wrong.
• I disagree with you.
• By this i mean...
• I don't believe that.
• That's not the same thing at all.

Dialog 1

Ismi              :   What do you think about the corona virus 

                          outbreak?

Nadila          :    I think it's bad, because the virus can spread 

                         very quickly !

Ismi              :    I think so too, this virus is really bad.

Nadila          :    I told you, we must be careful and  take 

                          care our health.

Dialog 2

Ismi         :    What would you do if you fell in a crowded place ?

Nadila      :    That i might get up quickly and leave the place.

Ismi         :    That i would fake fainting to avoid embarrassement.

Nadila      :    Hmm may also be like that to reduce embarrassement.

Exercise :

Conclusion : 

An opinion is an idea that comes from our mind about something that is asked

We can use what do you like or what you think to ask an opinion.

SUGGESTION and OFFERING

SUGGESTION and OFFERING 

1.) SUGGESTION

 Suggest
means to give a suggestion that is to introduce or propose an idea or a plan for someone's        consideration.

Suggestion 
are abstract and can be in form of solution, advice, plan and idea. it can be accepted or refused.

a. Asking Suggestion

• Shall we finish it ?
• Do you have any suggestion ?
• What you recommed ?

b. Giving Suggestion

• COULD    =  We could be there if we were invited
• MIGHT     =  She might visit the botanical gardens
• SHOULD  =  You should sleep immediately

c. Accepting Suggestion

• Why not ?
• What a great idea
• Let's try that
• Not bad
• yes, i'd love that

d. Refusing Suggestion

• Bad idea !
• I'd rather not !
• Maybe next time
• No, let's not

Dialog 1

Me            :    It's raining outside.

Person      :   Yes, the weather is so cold and i'm so boring.
                      Do you have any suggestion ?

Me            :    I know ! Let's go outside and play rain !

Person      :    I'd rather not ! It can make me sick !

Me            :    You right, let's watch movie then

Person      :    Okay, let's watch movie !

Dialog 2

Ismi             :    Hi Nadila! Where are you going?
Nadila         :    I want to go to the bookstore, there's something I have to buy
Ismi             :    You should wear a mask when you go out and 
                         don't forget that you should keep rarely with
                         others okey?
Nadila         :    Well thanks for reminding me.
Ismi             :    You're welcome.

2.) OFFERING 

Offer 

Means to give something physical or abstract to someone, which can be taken as a gift or a trade.

Can be given in terms of food, money, solutions, friendships or a bargain. It can be taken or refused.

a. Giving Offering

• Would you like me to help you ?
• How can i help you today ?
• What if we learn together ?

b. Accepting Offering 

• Yes, please !
• Sure, thank you !

c. Refusing Offering

• Sorry, i can't
• No, thanks for the offers

Dialog 1

Me                  :   Where do you want to go?

Person            :   I want to go to the library

Me                  :   What do you want to do ?

Person            :   I want to borrow several books

Me                  :   Would you like me to help you ?

Person            :   Sure, Thank you !

Dialog 2

Nadila             :   Where do you want to go with all those paper ?

Ismi                 :   i want to go to the teacher's office

Nadila             :   It looks like you're having a trouble.
                            Would you like me to help you ?

Person             :   No, thanks for the offers.
                            I will bring it by myself.

Conclusion :

Suggest means to give a suggestion that is to introduce or propose an idea

we can use shall we or do you to ask suggestion

Offer means to give something physical or abstract to someone

we can use would you or how can to ask offer

INTRO

HI! My name is Nadila Febrianti, i'm eleventh grade now. I'm the oledest sister on my family. I have one little brother, now he ia studying in 10 grade.

Sadly now i have to study at home because of the corona virus outbreak.

To be honest i have a bit of trouble studying at home because indirect communication requires a lot of time for me to understand the assignments given.

But i'm sure behind this plague there is meaning that we can take. So while learning at home, i try to maximize myself to work and study like at school.

Meanwhile in home i like to do activities like drawing, painting or watch a lot of movies. What are you guys do?

For all friends while maintaning health and hygiene, use a mask if you're out and eat healthy foods.

This is poster i've Made for new normal

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BYEE SEE YOU!!