Lesson 5 Speech Styles Flashcards
5 Types of Speech Style
language registers.
- Intimate
- Casual
- Consultative
- Formal
- Frozen
Factors to Consider in Choosing a Speech Style:
a. Audience
b. Topic
c. Purpose
d. Location
- absence of social inhibitions
- used by participants who share a very close
relationship - participants share a completely private vocabulary
Intimate Speech Style
Conversations are usually done in private.
Participants usually use short, incomplete utterances.
Grammar and proper word choice are not given importance.
Nonverbal cues are often used to convey messages
Participants share inside jokes.
Words that signal intimacy are used.
Intimate Speech Style
- a relaxed or informal dialogue between friends,
peers, colleagues, or family - Participants may use group language so only
members of the group can understand it.
Casual Speech Style
a. The tone is conversational.
b. General words rather than technical one are
used.
c. Interruptions are common.
d. Nicknames are used in addressing one another.
Casual Speech Style
- most operational styles
- used in semi-formal situations in which a speaker
needs to provide background information
Consultative Speech
Style
Used in ordinary or routine transactions that lead to
an outcome or result
Used in business or in other professional situations
Interruptions are allowed.
Titles are likely to be used when using this speech style.
Speaker chooses words with some care, but the flow of
conversation is still instantaneous.
Consultative Speech
Style
- lack of listener participation
- Often used in formal situations wherein there is
only one-way communication. - The speaker needs to plan ahead his or her
utterances.
Formal Speech Style
Interruptions are not allowed.
Pronunciation is very clear.
Words are carefully chosen, and grammar rules are followed.
Sentence structures are more complex and varied.
Extensive and technical vocabulary is required.
Ideas are cohesive and organized.
All background or necessary information is clearly given.
Formal Speech Style
- sermons, speeches, and announcements
- academic and business writing
Formal Speech Style
a. It uses “frozen” language.
b. It has a symbolic or historical nature.
c. It is typically prescribed by law, custom, or ritual.
d. It involves certain fixed or stock expressions that
are rarely or never altered or changed.
Frozen Speech Style
