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Activity 3.3
Lesson: Standard English: Formal and Informal Style and Tone
Learning Targets
• Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others’ writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.
• Maintain consistency in style and tone.
Standard English is language that, by convention, is considered grammatically correct. Standard English can be formal or informal.
Formal standard English is appropriate in academic or serious speech and writing (such as in school essays or speeches). Using formal language helps create a credible, serious tone.
Informal standard English is grammatically correct but not appropriate in academic or serious situations. It is common in conversation and everyday writing.
Nonstandard English does not follow conventional grammar rules. It is generally appropriate only in very casual speaking situations. Writers sometimes use nonstandard English to create writing that sounds like casual speech—in dialogue, for instance.
Standard
Nonstandard
Formal
Informal
very impressive
Soon I will . . .
Do as you please. using a search engine
totally awesome
I’m fixing to . . .
Do what you want to. Googling it
2 gr8!
I’m gonna . . .
Do whatcha wanna. giving it a goog
Grammar Activities • Unit 3 3
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