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Unit 16Formal and Informal Style CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. CHOICE OF WORDS 3. FLOW OF THE PAPER 4. PARALLELISM 5. TONE 6. ECONOMY 7. PRACTICE OBJECTIVES To know： The meaning of style in writing; The distinction between formal and informal style in aspects of： Word choice Discourse flow Parallelism Tone Economy 1. INTRODUCTION What does style mean to you? Here style means： a way of writing; a manner of expressing one’s thoughts and feelings in words; The style of a particular piece of writing must： be consistent, be proper for the message being conveyed and for the audience. Generally two kinds of style: formal style and informal style, or academic style and non-academic style. What is style related to? choice of words flow of the paper length and structure of sentences tone economy Etc. A formal research paper written in informal English may be considered too simplistic, even if the actual ideas and/or data are complex. 2. CHOICE OF WORDS VERBS E.G. Which of the sentences below is more suitable for academic writing style? A1. Researchers looked at the way strain builds up around a fault. A2. Researchers observed the way strain accumulates around a fault. A single verb is more formal than a phrasal or prepositional verb. TASK 1 p169 NOUNS AND OTHER PARTS OF SPEECH What does the underlined words mean in the following sentences and which of the two is formal. Mr Davice is a computer geek. Mr Davice is a computer expert. Task 2 p170 FORMAL GRAMMAR Tasks 3, 4, and 5 p171 Formal writings usually follow certain conventional rules in grammar. I. e. ： 1. Avoiding contractions 2. Using more appropriate formal negative forms 3. Limiting the use of ‘run on’ expressions like ‘etc. and so on, and so forth’ 4. Avoiding addressing the reader as ‘you’ (except if you are writing a text book) 5. Limiting the use of direct questions 6. Placing the adverbs within the verb Task 6 p172 3. FLOW OF THE P