SPEECH STYLES

“..patterns of speaking
characterized by
distinctive
pronunciation,
vocabulary, intent,
participants, and
grammatical structures.”
 Scene 1:
You and your girl/boyfriend
fights because he/she was
jealous of someone else. How
will you portray this scene?
 Scene 2:
You are having a dinner with
your family. Your mom asks
your performance in school.
How will you respond?
How will you portray this
scene?
 Scene 3:
Recite the “Panunumpa:”
with conviction and poise
 Scene 4:
Your company was declared
bankrupt due to low sales. How
will you tell this to your
subordinates?
 Scene 5:
You went to a doctor to
consult about your health
condition. How will you talk
with the doctor?
 FROZEN
❑ A very formal style not really intended to
give message but to allow a reader to find
❑
❑
Style
Prayer
Pledge
s
many meaning for oneself
❑ Does not require any feedback from the
audienc
❑ s
Oath
❑ ea very formal style whose quality is
❑ The ritualistic,
static, and even be
Preamble ❑ Usually
archaic uses long sentences with
good grammar and vocabulary
 MARRIAGE
SIMULATION
MAN:
I , take you to be my wife, to
have and to hold from thisday
forward, for better, for worse, for
richer, for poorer, in sickness and in
health, tolove and to cherish till
death do us part.
 MARRIAGE
SIMULATION
WOMAN:
I , take you to be my husband, to
have and to hold from this day
forward, for better, for worse, for
richer, for poorer, in sickness and
in health, to love and to cherish till
death do us part.
 FORMAL
❑ Used for imparting information
Style
❑ Meeting
❑ Well-organized and correct grammar
and diction
❑ Interview
❑ Speech or utterance are planned
❑ court
advanc
in
❑ eAvoids using slang terminologies
 WHAT
IF?

YOU WERE IN AN
INTERVIEW FOR YOUR
DREAM JOB.
 CONSULTATIVE
Style
❑ Opposite of intimate style
❑ Doctor-patient ❑ People who do not share common
experience or meaning
❑ Teacher-student
❑ Used in semi-formal communication
❑ Regular ❑ Happens in two-way participation
conversatio ❑ Speaker does not usually plan what
n wants
he to
❑ Expert-apprentice say
❑ spontaneou
Sentences end to be shorter and
s
 WHAT
IF?
You were diagnosed witha
terminal disease and you have
only 3 months to live. How
will you respond?
 CASUAL
❑ Language used between
❑ casua ❑ Often
friendsvery relaxed and focused on
conversations
l with
Style
friends and family
members
just
getting the information out
❑ Slangs are quite often used in
instance
these
❑ Chat ❑ sThis style is used in informal situations
❑ phone
s calls and
language
❑ Relationship between speaker and
message
and
hearer
is
s closed
 Relate your
most
embarrassing
 INTIMATE Style
❑ Completely private language used within
family of very close friends or group
❑ Uses personal language codes
❑ Lover ❑ Grammar is
❑ s
Married couples ❑ Does not need complete language
unnecessary
❑ Certain terms of endearment, slangs or
expressions whose meaning is shared
with a small subset of persons to person
What will you say to convince
the girl/boy you love to choose
you.
Choose me because
….
 GROUP
Within ACTIVITY:
your group, create three different
scenes that showcase three different speech
styles. A script is not require but the
scenes/dialogue should be spontaneous. Be
sure to make your scene CLEAR because
the other groups will have to guess what
SPEECH STYLE was used.
Preparation time: 30
REFERENC
ES:
Oral Communication in Context for Senior
High School. Retrieved from
https://oralcom.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/ty
pes-of-speech-styles/
Pena, A. & Anudin, A. (2016) Oral Communication.
Araneta Avenue, Quezon City: Vibal Group Inc.