WRITING CARDS AND MESSAGES
WRITING CARDS:
Cards are written pieces of information we send to our parents, relatives or friends.
They help us to invite our friends or relatives to parties or any other social functions. Cards are also used for giving information about a variety of events like deaths, sickness and the like. In addition, cards are used for exchanging greetings and expressing certain feelings to our friends or relatives. Such feelings include sympathy when friends are in trouble or congratulations when they succeed in a variety of life stages. Events like death, birthday, wedding, graduation and Examinations are the one for which cards are mainly written. Unlike in letters, the information written on Cards should be short and clear.
There are several kinds of Cards. But we can categories them into three major types which are postcards, greetings and invitation cards.
INVITATION CARD
Are these one which people normally send to their friends or relatives to invite them to certain functions or parties. Below is an example of an invitation cards.
Accepting
1 st November 2006.
Dear Mr. Juma,
Thank you very much for your kind invitation to the graduation ceremony on Saturday 3 rd .
I have pleasure to tell you that I will come on that day I do not have any other commitment
Your sincerely
A.A Jamii
Regretting
The following is a layout of an invitation cards.
Writing messages
Messages are immediate information we send to our parents, relatives and friends. Messages are usually shorter and clear than other forms of conveying information like letters. Messages do not offer online conversation instead the information is communicated in written form.
The sender of the message must indicate clearly, where the message is from and to who it is sent. Therefore, the words or phrases like from …… to …. Date …., to me …. Signature. …… etc.
Message layout
Example
Leaving a written note message
Written messages are especially important in organizations or working places like offices, schools and hotels. These messages are equally.
Important at homes. Most often we leave messages or notes to let people know about our whereabouts when we happen to be absent.
Short messages are written to quickly pass information notify somebody of something or make arrangements for something. You can put at an open space, on the table on the door or anywhere you think your addressee can easily see and read it.
