Friendly Letter Writing Guide 1 An informal letter

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An informal letter or a friendly letter is a letter to a close friend or an acquaintance. There are many reasons for writing a friendly letter, but usually friendly letters consist of topics on a personal level. Friendly letters can either be printed or hand-written.

Friendly letters have five parts: 1. The Heading 2. The Salutation (greeting) 3. The Body 4. The Closing 5. The Signature

The Heading The first part of a friendly letter is called the heading. The heading includes the writer’s address and the date. The heading is written in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

How to write an address? Full address Flat 29, Block 1 20 Sofiyskaya Street St. Petersburg 197025 Russia Short address Moscow Russia

How to write dates? 09/18/2011 September 18 th, 2011 September 18, 2011 18/09/2011 18 th September, 2011 18 September, 2011

The Salutation (Greeting) The second part of the friendly letter is the greeting. It is written under the heading at the left margin. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a comma. The greeting usually starts with 'Dear' and is followed the person's name and then a comma. Dear Ann,

The body of the letter is the information you are writing in your letter. The body of the letter is in paragraph form. The first line of each paragraph is indented.

The Closing In the closing the first word is capitalized and you put a comma after the last word. Some examples of closings are: Your friend, Love, Best wishes, Yours,

The Layout of a friendly letter Heading 2 1 Body 3 4 Signature Greeting , 5 , Closing

Don’t forget When you finished writing your letter, reread it to see if grammar, punctuation and spelling is correct, and if what you wrote is clear to the person you are writing to.

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