Formal and Informal Language

Question 1

Influences what is said and how it is said.

Answer 1

Context

Question 2

Speaking/Writing for academic purposes.
Longer and more complicated sentences.

Answer 2

Formal Language

Question 3

Everyday/Personal communication

Answer 3

Informal Language

Question 4

Shortened form of a word and it uses an apostrophe.

Answer 4

Contractions

Question 5

Makes the tone of the writing subjective.

Answer 5

Personal Pronouns

Question 6

Replace (concept) with a single verb.

Answer 6

Phrasal verbs

Question 7

Provides a framework for clear expression of ideas. It also contains a subject and a predicate and has a complete thought and proper punctuation mark.

Answer 7

Sentence

Question 8

An incomplete sentence. It does not have a subject and a predicate or both.

Answer 8

Fragments

Question 9

Combining dependent clauses with an independent clause.

Answer 9

Subordinating Conjunction

Question 10

A sentence error is caused by running one sentence into another without putting conjunction in between.

Answer 10

Run-on sentences

Question 11

2 or more sentences that are not separated nor joined by any punctuation.

Answer 11

Fused sentences

Question 12

2 or more sentences separated only by commas instead of semi-colons and conjunctions.

Answer 12

Comma splice