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    The document discusses three types of letters: formal, semi-formal, and informal. [1] Formal letters are written to unknown authorities and use "Dear Sir or Madam" as the greeting and "Yours faithfully" as the closing. [2] Semi-formal letters are written to personal acquaintances in authority, like employers or landlords, and use gendered greetings like "Dear Mr." and close with "Yours sincerely." [3] Informal letters are for social circles like friends and family, and use first names in the greeting and closings like "Your best friend." The document provides templates and guidelines for each letter type.

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    The document discusses three types of letters: formal, semi-formal, and informal. [1] Formal letters are written to unknown authorities and use "Dear Sir or Madam" as the greeting and "Yours faithfully" as the closing. [2] Semi-formal letters are written to personal acquaintances in authority, like employers or landlords, and use gendered greetings like "Dear Mr." and close with "Yours sincerely." [3] Informal letters are for social circles like friends and family, and use first names in the greeting and closings like "Your best friend." The document provides templates and guidelines for each letter type.

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    The document discusses three types of letters: formal, semi-formal, and informal. [1] Formal letters are written to unknown authorities and use "Dear Sir or Madam" as the greeting and "Yours faithfully" as the closing. [2] Semi-formal letters are written to personal acquaintances in authority, like employers or landlords, and use gendered greetings like "Dear Mr." and close with "Yours sincerely." [3] Informal letters are for social circles like friends and family, and use first names in the greeting and closings like "Your best friend." The document provides templates and guidelines for each letter type.

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    Letter Writing

    1. Formal 2. Semi-formal 3. Informal

    Formal Letters

    If the subject is any unknown authority, the letter would be considered from formal category. For
    example, letter to airport manager, hotel manager, mayor of local council, newspaper editor etc. An
    additive identification of formal letter can be that if ‘Dear Sir or Madam,’ is written after ‘Begin your
    letter as follows’, it will be for sure a formal letter.

    Starting Salutation:

    Dear Sir or Madam,

    Dear Sir/Madam,

    Ending Salutation:

    Yours faithfully,

    Template:

    Dear Sir or Madam,

    The impetus behind writing this letter is to (Purpose of letter). Explain 1 st Bullet Point from question.

    Explain 2nd bullet point from topic.

    Explain 3rd bullet point from topic.

    Sign-off line

    Yours faithfully,

    Mark Anthony

    Semi-formal Letters

    If the subject is a person who you know personally but he/she is an authority too, then it will be
    categorized in semi-formal letter. For instance, your employer, your landlord, head of your
    department etc. In addition, colleagues and neighbors are also categorized in semi-formal letter as
    both of these are neither formal nor informal. If ‘Dear____,’ is written after ‘Begin your letter as
    follows’, then the letter would be either semi-formal or informal (depending on the subject).

    Starting Salutation:

    If the subject is male: Dear Mr (Surname),

    If the subject is female: Dear Ms (Surname),

    Ending Salutation:

    Yours sincerely,

    Template:

    Dear Mr Kevin,

    The impetus behind writing this letter is to (Purpose of letter). Explain 1 st Bullet Point from question.

    Explain 2nd bullet point from topic.

    Explain 3rd bullet point from topic.

    Sign-off line

    Yours sincerely,

    Mark Anthony

    Informal Letters

    An informal letter is written if the subject is part of your social circle. For example, your friend(s),
    family member(s), relative(s) or office friend(s). If ‘Dear____,’ is written after ‘Begin your letter as
    follows’, then the letter would be either semi-formal or informal (depending on the subject).

    Starting Salutation:

    Dear (Surname),

    Ending Salutation:

    Your best friend,

    With best wishes,


    Best wishes,

    With best regards,

    Best regards,

    Kind regards,

    Template:

    Dear Mark,

    I hope this letter finds you in good health. I’m writing to (Purpose of the letter). Explain 1 st bullet
    point.

    Explain 2nd bullet point

    Explain 3rd bullet point

    Sign-off line

    Your best friend,

    Anthony

    Important Note:

    1. Do not write addresses (even fake ones) in letter ever.


    2. Do not use contractions in semi-formal and formal letters.
    3. Use appropriate tone for letter.
    4. Do not write idioms in letter.
    5. Do not write religious, political and/or controversial comments in letter.

    Letter is graded on same criteria as of essays. Only difference is of examples which are replaced by
    purpose of letter, which should be clearly mentioned.

    Letter’s weightage is 1/3 of total writing bands and there should be minimum 150 words written in
    allocated time of 20 minutes.

    You should spend no more than 3 minutes for brain storming, 10 to 12 minutes in writing and rest of
    the time for revision of the task you wrote to make sure your score is up-to-the-mark.

    Better the brain storming, better the task will be. Focus on flow while writing to make letter easily
    understandable.

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