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The Five Parts of a Personal Letter

The 1stpart is called the heading. It includes the writers complete address and the date that the letterwas written. If your letter is full-block style (all flush against the left margin) then the heading and allother parts of the letter are flush left. In this style the paragraphs are not indented. This is how we will

write our letters in class. Just so you know, many people write their letters semi-block style, which means

that the heading and closing are tabbed to the middle of the paper and paragraphs are indented.

The ndpart of a personal letter is called the salutation. The salutation is the opening greeting in any

letter. In most personal letters we start the salutation with !ear (whate"er the person#s name is).

The3rdpart of a personal letter is called the body. The body is the $letter% part of the letter. It includes all

of the writers thoughts organized into paragraphs.

The4thpart of a personal letter is called the closing. The closing includes the closing greeting followed

by empty spaces or lines and then the writers typed or printed first and last name. In the closing

greeting only the first word is capitali&ed. 'ome eamples of good closing greetings are as follows *ours

truly+ 'incerely+ riends fore"er+ and o"e.

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part of a personal letter is called the signature. The signature is signed in the space between thetwo parts of the closing. The signature should be written in cursi"e and neat. It should include your first

and last name or you may sign your first initial and last name.

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Tar&ana, 3 41567'eptember , 00/

!ear Jasmina,

8i, how are things going9 I :ust got back from my "acation in laska. I

had a really great time with my family. irst, we flew on !elta irlinesfrom os ngeles to ;ancou"er, 3anada. It was so cool9

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