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Characterıstıcs Of Formal Wrıtıng (part 2)

Characterıstıcs Of Formal Wrıtıng (part 2)

  • Characteristics of Formal Writing

Formal Writing

  1. Distant Language

  2. Personal pronouns are usually avoided.

  3. Passive voice is often preferred.

Informal Writing

  1. Personal Language

  2. Personal Pronouns are common.

  3. Personal feelings and views are expressed.

  4. Active voice is often preferred.

 

  • Formal Writing is ACCURATE:

- The precise evidence is presented.

- Facts are distinguished from opinions and feelings.

- Sources are carefully used and acknowledged.

- Sentences are clear and constructed carefully.

- Punctuation marks are accurately used.

  • Structure and vocabulary are formal;

- Full forms are used (What have, cannot...)

- More formal, abstract words with Latin or Greek origins are often preferred.

 

  • OFTEN IMPRECISE;

- A personal viewpoint is expressed.

- Statements are not necessarily accurate.

- Facts and opinions are not necessarily distinct.

- Sources are used rarely and carelessly.

- Sentences are shorter, and not so carefully constructed.

- Dramatic punctuation marks (?, !, ...) are common.

  • Formal writing is TENTATIVE;

-There are few definite statements.

-Quick conclusions are avoided.

  • Structure and vocabulary are informal;

-Short forms and contractions (I’ve, he’s, can’t...) are often used.

-Shorter, less formal language is preferred (e.g. phrasal verbs, compound words, idioms, slang, and colloquial language).