Tone And Register Flashcards
What is diction?
Diction is the choice of words
What is tone?
Tone is the attitude of the speaker to the subject or the audience.
What is register affected by?
The relationship between the communicators
The situation i.e. Where the communication is taking place
The message or the intention
The medium i.e. What is used to communicate
In what two ways can register be identified?
Diction and tone
What is formal language?
Formal language is used for more serious situations and is more polite. It has stricter grammar rules and often uses more difficult vocabulary.
What is informal language?
Is usually more spoken than written and uses different language tools to formal language. It is often simpler and easier to understand.
How can you identify informal writing?
Informal writing uses: Figurative language Informal diction Ellipsis Humour Direct speech Brackets Slang Colloquialism Contractions Exclamation marks
How do you write an explanatory paragraph concerning whether a piece if formal or informal writing?
You begin by stating whether the piece is informal or formal. This is very important, as if you do not say this, you will get zero.
You start your second sentence with, “The author used”. After this introduction, you say they either used or did not use one of the things that make a piece formal or informal. After stating which tool they used, quote an example directly from the paragraph. You start your third sentence much the same way, with, “The author also used”, then you state which tool they used, and give an example. Give about four explanations. The tool and the example must be written in the same sentence, otherwise you don’t get any marks.
What is slang?
Slang is very informal. Slang phrases change all the time, and the slang from one time will sound very strange in another time. So we say that slang is time based.
What are colloquialisms?
Colloquialisms are a form of informal language that change depending on where you are. A colloquialism from one place will sound completely strange in another place. So we say that colloquialisms are place based.
What is jargon?
People who share a particular occupation use jargon to refer to things within that occupation. It can be difficult for people who do not take part in that occupation to understand jargon.
