Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Lugar y Fecha
Nombre de la ciudad donde se escribe la carta y la fecha en que fue escrita (da,
mes y ao)
Saludo
El saludo dice a quin va dirigida. Es una llamada para solicitar la atencin del
destinatario (la persona a quien se escribe).
Se escribe dos puntos (:) despus de su formulacin. (ver ejemplos ms abajo)
Unos ejemplos de saludos para una carta informal (personal) son:
Estimado amigo:
Mi querido amigo:
Queridsima amiga:
Hola amigo:
Cuerpo
El cuerpo es el contenido principal de una carta y es el desarrollo de lo que se
desea comunicar al destinatario.
Cada idea nueva debe presentarse en prrafo aparte. Deber haber un espacio
entre un prrafo a otro.
Despedida
Una despedida es una frase para terminar el mensaje y despedirse del receptor
de la carta.
En una carta personal (informal) es en tono amistoso que equivale al adis de la
expresin oral.
Hasta pronto
Besos y abrazos
Con afecto
Saludos
Un abrazo
Un beso
Un fuerte abrazo
Un saludo
Firma
Al terminar la carta, el que la escribi anota su nombre. Normalmente en una
carta personal (o familiar) no se escribe apellido. Incluso se puede usar el apodo o
diminutivo del nombre.
Postdata
Cuando se ha olvidado decir algo en el cuerpo de la carta se puede agregar una
postdata debajo de la firma. Comienza con la abreviatura P.D. antes del mensaje
adicional.
Signos de puntuacin
Qu son los signos de puntuacin?
Son herramientas que representan grficamente los rasgos que se dan en el habla
por medio de pausas, de matices de voz, de gestos y de cambios de tono y que
fueron creadas para ayudar a los lectores a comprender el significado de los
textos.
Para qu se utilizan ?
Estructurar el texto.
Eliminar ambigedades.
El punto .
La coma ,
El punto y coma ;
La interrogacin ?
La admiracin !
Los parntesis ()
Las comillas
El guin -
La raya _
La diresis
La barra /
La coma
En trminos generales, la coma se utiliza para hacer pausas entre palabras,
frases u oraciones.
Cada persona puede hacer estas pausas donde prefiera al escribir y, por lo tanto,
organizar las comas como lo prefiera. Es lo que llamamos el "estilo" de redaccin
de cada quien. Sin embargo, hay algunas ocasiones en las que se debe utilizar
comas. Estas son:
Parntesis ( )
Signos que encierran elementos incidentales o aclaratorios intercalados en un
enunciado.
Los parntesis se usan en los siguientes casos:
Diresis ( )
Son dos puntos que se aplican sobre la vocal u de las slabas gue y gui cuando
la u debe ser pronunciada.
Parts of a Letter
Place and date
Name of town where the letter and the date it was written (day, month and year) is
written
Santiago, May 4, 2013
Buenos Aires, January 27, 2013
Greeting
The greeting says to whom it is addressed. It is a call to request the attention of the
recipient (the person to whom you write).
Colon (:) after formulation is written. (See examples below)
Examples of greetings for an informal letter (personal) are:
Dear Friend:
My dear friend:
Dearest friend:
Dear + name of man - Dear Daniel: Dear Dad,
Dear + name of woman - Dear Angelica: Dear Mom,
Hello Friend:
Body
The body is the main content of a letter and the development of what is to be
communicated to the recipient.
Each new idea should be presented in a separate paragraph. Must be a space
between one paragraph to another.
Farewell
A farewell is a phrase to complete the message and say goodbye to the receiver of
the letter.
In a personal letter (informal) it is amiably goodbye equivalent to speaking.
Examples of farewells for an informal letter are:
With affection
With love
Cheers
A hug
A kiss
A hug
A greeting
Firm
After the letter, which was written note its name. Normally in a personal (or family)
letter name is written there. You can even use the nickname or diminutive name.
Postscript
When you have forgotten to say something in the body of the letter you can be
added a postscript below the signature. It begins with the abbreviation P.S. before
further message.
Punctuation marks
What are the punctuation?
They are tools that graphically represent features that occur in speech by breaks,
nuanced voice, gestures and tone changes that were created to help readers
understand the meaning of texts.
What do you use?
They are used to aid the understanding of written texts, give more meaning and
clarity.
Point .
Comma ,
The semicolon;
The colon:
Ellipsis ...
The question ?
The admiration!
Parentheses ()
Quotation marks ""
The script -
The line _
The umlaut
The bar /
Are the graphic signs that contain information that means emotion, feeling or
surprise. They are used to indicate the character of exclamatory prayer.
Script ( - )
It is a sign spelling is put at the end of the line when it ends with part of a word, the
other hand, not fit on the first line should be in the second.
When you are connecting two parts of a compound word.
The dashes are used to separate the more necessary that the prayers incidental
enclosed in parentheses.
Ellipsis ( ... )
They are used to indicate, in writing, the suspension of a word or an idea. Usually
when it is understood what comes next.
Ellipses are used in the following cases:
At the end of open or incomplete enumerations, with the same value as the word
like.
This punctuation is used when playing a direct quote, statement or saying,
omitting a part.
When we leave the meaning of the phrase in suspense, unfinished, in order to
express nuances of doubt, fear, irony.
When interrupted what is being said because we know its continuation, especially
in proverbs, sayings, etc.
When to reproduce a text, an unnecessary portion is deleted. In this case, the
dots are usually placed in brackets [...] or parentheses (...).
Parenthesis ( )
Incidental or signs that enclose explanatory elements interspersed in a statement.
Parentheses are used in the following cases:
When the sense of speech is interrupted with an explanatory paragraph or
incidental, especially if it is long or little relation to the earlier or later.
To collate some data or precision: dates, locations, meaning of acronyms, the
author or cited work