R E G I S T E R

FORMAL AND INFORMAL

DIFFERENT TYPES OF WRITING

•Informal

•Formal

INFORMAL VS. FORMAL

What’s up? my people

my name is Chris Brown

and

this ‘my boy Lil’Wayne

We’re rappers, we will

show you how you do it.

Good Morning students, I am

Mr. Smith and it is very nice to

meet you all.

Let me introduce you to

formal and informal register.

INFORMAL

Mr. Owner

• I can’t eat school dinners anymore. I think that

stuff’s nasty. Why do I have to keep eating chips,

burgers, sweets, etc I eat at school 5 days a week

and I am tired of it. Me and my friends are sick of

eating garbage. Also why don’t you give the

students more food?

• See U

• Juan

FORMAL• To the restaurant manager:

• I purchased lunch from your restaurant during the week. The diet at this high school should be healthier. It is Important nowadays to have a fat free diet. Food must be well-balanced and sufficient

• I have been a regular customer at your shop for several years. However, if this is to be the standard of the produce, I shall take my custom elsewhere in future.

• Yours faithfully

• Juan P.Lopez

• Juan P. Lopez

FORMAL REGISTER

• FORMAL

• Words are

• long

• rare

• abstract

• specific

• of French, Latin or Greek origin

• Jargon(scientific, technical language)

INFORMAL REGISTER

• INFORMAL

• Words are

• short

• common

• concrete

• general

• slang

• Colloquial style

DIFFERENCES

• FORMAL

• Formal texts are impersonal, objective and neutral

• Formal texts are tentative and indirect

• Longer paragraphs, tightly organised

• INFORMAL

• Informal texts are direct, straightforward

• Looser organisation, may rely on short paragraphs

• Personal, subjective and emotive

FORMAL AND INFORMAL

Informal to formal means moving from the kind ofspeech we would use when talking with friendscolloquial, Jargon, poetic. Less than informal=

Vulgar.I can’t go there because I got sick, I probably

end up going to the hospital

FORMAL Means sophisticated writing or speaking you use at your job, meetings, academic writing, cultural, business.

Good morning:‘I will be unable to attend this afternoon’s

appointmentas I have contracted an infection, for which I will

need to visit the doctor.’

You done a really bad job!!

Painting was incomplete e.g.

lots of equipment left lying

around – which took me 2

weeks to clear up!! I am totally

raging!! U owe me a refund

for the work you are done. I’ll get a lawyer to handle the

The job done was

unsatisfactory performed. The painting was incomplete and the

equipment was left

unattended. Furthermore, the situation took two weeks to address. This is completely unacceptable.

An immediate refund is requested or legal

action will be sought.

WHICH ONE IS THE INFORMAL?