PERSONAL LETTER

A personal letter is a type of letter which provides communication between a small number of people, usually two. There are many types of personal letters and they are written for a wide variety of reasons:

• One person wishes to attain information from an individual or a business.
• One person wishes to tell somebody about themselves, as in pen pals.
• One person wishes to present to an individual or a business a social note, such as    a thank-you or a congratulation.
• One person wishes to communicate with an acquaintance - friend or family, for example in order to maintain and reinforce the bond between them

Surviving personal letters are often an important source of information about the lives of historical figures.

MESSAGE

Message is information which is sent from a source to a receiver. Some common definitions include:

1. Any thought or idea expressed in a language, prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication.
2. An arbitrary amount of information whose beginning and end are defined or implied.

In communication between humans, messages can be verbal or nonverbal:

•  A verbal message is an exchange of information using words. Examples include face-to-face communication, telephone calls, voicemails, etc.

• A nonverbal message is communicated through actions or behaviors rather than words. Examples include the use of body language and the actions made by an individual idea.

 ANNOUNCEMENT 

An announcement is a public statement which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen. Statement made formally and publicly to the press for mass distribution. Announcements can be made in response to something such as rumors, or can be made for positive reasons. Announcement can be spoken or written.

INVITATION

 

• Invitation is a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take in part in an event.
• Invitation can also be classified in a noun denoting communicative processes and contents.
• Invitation is used to expressing, inform or expect someone or people's attendance in an event or the other.

 Invitation can be classified n to type.

1. Formal invitation
2. Informal invitation

 ~~Formal Invitation~~

 

Formal invitation are usually intended for those people who are older than us, or people who have formal importance.

 Example: 

1. I'd like to invite you to my sister's wedding.
2. Would you like to have a dinner with me tonight?
3. I was wondering if you'd like to join us for a trip to Malang next week.

A formal invitation letter is generally written in third person, and contains no heading, no salutation, and no complimentary close. The writer's name should appear in the body of invitation. The address of the writer and the date should be written to the left.

~~Informal Invitation~~

 

Informal invitation are usually used for people who have a close relationship. Informal Invitation seem more casual and close for other people. Informal invitation usually used in birthday invitation, weddings, garden parties, farewell parties, etc. Formal words usually not used in informal invitation for aims to create the close impression interpersonal.

Example:

1. Are you free on Sunday? How about going to the beach?
2. Let's go to the cafeteria now for breakfast.
3. Will you join us for lunch today?
4. Come to my birthday tonight.
5. Would you like to go shopping with me?

 If you accept the invitation, you can respond with these expression:

1. Thank you, I'd love to.
2. That would be wonderful.
3. That would be fun.
4. Oh, that would be great.
5. Yes, thank you. What time?
6. Thanks, I'd love to.
7. Sounds great.
8. OK.
9. All right.

If you refuse the invitation, you should also include the reason for your refusal. Here's an examlpe of refusal the invitation:

1. I'm awfully sorry, but I have other plans.
2. I wish I could, but I have already made plans.
3. I'd really love to, but I have to help my mom that morning
4. That's very kind of you, but I have to accompany my mom at the time.
5. If you don't mind, I'd rather not. I've lot of work to do.