di yizu文体学 Personal Letters.ppt

 Characteristics of Personal Letters ⑴ short ＆concise words, directly express the purpose ⑵ courteous expressions, intimacy, honorary addresses ⑶ have set textual forms (beginning, salutation, body, close) ⑷ use short sentences (but no elliptical sentences) Definition: personal letters are written for communication between individuals, concerned with information about the matters that interest both sides. It has 3 types: ① family letters ②letters to intimate friend ③correspondence for scientific personnel Personal Letters Characteristics of Family Letters It is a type of personal letters, which is written for communication between family members and close relatives. The following are the main characteristics: ① quite informal intimate language ② more concerned with personal feelings ③ more colloquial in expressions Purposes and Main Ideas Husband to Wife is a letter written by a man to his wife, telling her about his trip on the train and the days he spent on another continent, thus to inform her of his condition and to show his care about her. Daughter to Father talks about a girl’s perplexity when she has to make decisions for her future. She writes to her father to seek for advice. Is the vocabulary of the family letters simple or complex Analysis of Vocabulary Husband to Wife Daughter to Dad small and plain words have been hard, being busy, a pleasant trip, need a record, be happy, studied hard, second to phrasal and prepositional verbs go over and see them , set apart a quarter of an hour, on duty, go through the stress, head for the classics slangs and colloquialism safe and sound, in a quandary (usu.sing) side-step shortened words exam –examination The Fog Index Family letters Husband to wife Daughter to father Total words 235 226 Hard words 16 Enjoyable; recollection; successful; loneliness. 24 Indecision; examination; Jo