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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

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

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SOME EXERCISES
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