REGISTER Definition : Register is the degree of formality in any either spoken, visual or written text.

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REGISTER Definition : Register is the degree of formality in any either spoken, visual or written text

THE REGISTER CONTINUUUM INFORMAL NEUTRAL FORMAL A text may have parts which occur at different places on the continuum, but there will be an overriding register

Documentaries (films) FORMAL TEXTS INCLUDE WRITTEN: Newspapers Academic writing Discursive essays Formal letters Text books Reference works Novels Programmes Reports Minutes Instructions VISUAL: Charts Graphs Diagrams Documentaries (films) SPOKEN: Speeches Interviews Consultations News Documentary Lectures

CHARACTERISTICS OF FORMAL STYLE FORMAT Follows strict rules of format Paragraphs Salutations DICTION: Jargon Sophisticated vocabulary (Look at parts of speech Adjectives+Adverbs (descriptive writing) Denotations Emotive languuage Persuasive Language Figures of speech SYNTAX Full sentences Simple, complex and compound sentences (variety) Rhetorical devices – climax, anti climax, rhetorical questions Deep strucutre TONE WORDS Serious, critical, analytical, sombre, mocking, officious, imperious, clinical, neutral, exhorting, encouraging, gentle, judicious, sarcastic, cynical, ironic, sceptical

INFORMAL TEXTS INCLUDE WRITTEN: Advertisements Dialogues Magazine articles Friendly letters VISUAL: Cartoons Comic strips Films SPOKEN: Conversations Informal interviews

CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMAL STYLE FORMAT Dialogue Loose format DICTION: Colloquialisms Accents Dialect Contractions Slang Simplistic language Connotations Emotive language Persuasive language TONE WORDS Flippant, casual, conversational, intimate, biased, hollow, sincere, insincere, sarcastic, ironic, cheeky, sardonic, derisive, scornful, haughty, proud, disbelieving, incredulous SYNTAX Incomplete sentences Conjunctions joining sentences Words left out Surface structure

THINGS TO NOTE The questions is whether the register is appropriate or not 2. That will depend on the intention of the speaker or writer and context.

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