Informal Letter Format और Writing Style, जानें क्या है Informal Letters

Informal Letter Writing: Informal letter writing पत्र लेखन के format में से एक है और इस प्रकार का बैंकिंग भर्ती के मेंस परीक्षा चरण में आता है. कुछ बैंकिंग भर्ती  में descriptive writing का भी सेक्शन होता है, जहाँ पर हम इस टॉपिक से एक प्रश्न की उम्मीद कर सकते हैं मुख्य रूप से PO या  SO की भर्ती में यह  descriptive writing  का सेक्शन होता है.  जैसे: SBI PO Mains, RRB PO Mains, IBPS PO Mains आदि. इन सभी परीक्षाओं में इसके लिए अलग-अलग अंक आवंटित होते हैं. एसबीआई पीओ में 50 अंक  descriptive writing के लिए हैं जबकि आईबीपीएस पीओ 25 अंक हैं. छात्रों को सलाह दी जाती है कि वे इस सेक्शन को हल्के में न लें क्योंकि ये अंक फाइनल मेरिट लिस्ट के दौरान जोड़े जाते हैं. इस लेख के  माध्यम से हम Informal Letter Format और Writing Style की चर्चा करेंगे. 

Informal letter या अनौपचारिक पत्र उस पत्र को संदर्भित(refers) करता है जो किसी भी व्यक्तिगत संबंधों, दोस्तों आदि को लिखा जाता है. इन पत्रों में used language बहुत ही अनौपचारिक(informal) और मैत्रीपूर्ण(friendly) होती है. इस प्रकार के पत्र में हम मूल रूप से उस व्यक्ति को संदर्भित करते हैं जिसे हम व्यक्तिगत रूप से जानते हैं. अनौपचारिक पत्र आपके विचारों, विचारों या भावनाओं को किसी प्रिय व्यक्ति को बताने का एक तरीका है.

Date and Address: Here, the writer should mention their own address in the letter and  after the address make sure to  leave a line and write the date. The date shows when the letter was written.

Greetings or Salutation: This is the next and the most common way to start off an informal letter with a ‘dear’ and  put the name after that and then put a comma. e.g Dear Shreya.

Text or Body: This is the part where you actually start writing. It is the part where your intend of writing the letter should be mentioned. There are certain points which you need to keep in mind while writing the main content of the letter:

Informal language usage: Though you are writing this letter to your loved one’s but that doesn’t mean that you can go overboard with them. Do keep in mind to whom you are writing the letter. Don’t commit this mistake of writing ‘Hey dude! What’s up?’, to your father but at the same time don’t make the letter boring.

Punctuation, spellings and grammar: If you think that you had written well in the examination but still scored less it is because you must have done silly mistakes because while writing a letter, nothing can be worse than spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. It might seem small but wrong use of punctuation can change the entire meaning of what you are trying to convey.

Use active voice: Make sure that you use active voice because active voice makes your letter sound more conversational and makes it more interesting to read. It feel as if the person is conversing with you face to face.

Put in questions: Yes! questions which you asked in your letter act as a good base on which you can write your letter on. Also, it act as a  motivator to the reader to reply.

Close with a Compliment: It is always good to end something with a compliment so make sure that after writing the letter, sign off in a friendly manner such as ‘Love,’ or ‘Missing you loads’, ‘Love you forever,’, etc. Make sure to  put a comma after the compliment.

Given below is the format of the informal letter as discussed above:

Sample Letter: Letter to a friend inviting him to your birthday party.

H No-** West Jyoti Nagar,

Shahdara,

New Delhi

20th October 2020

Dear ABC,

How are you doing my friend? It has been a long time since we met. How was your trip to Banglore? Hope you enjoyed it. Lately, I received all the postcards which you had sent me from there. Thanks a lot! I loved each one of them.

Hey! Guess what? My Gradmother has organized an early birthday party for me, and she has asked me to invite all my friends. You know that no party of mine is complete without you. So please be at my place this Sunday. The party doesn’t start till 4, but try  come early so that we can play with my new play station as well.

I  Hope your parents are all right? Give them my love & regards and wish you all the best for your basketball match today. Miss you loads my friend. See you this Sunday.

Take care,

XYZ