FOUR

FEATURES OF
LANGUAGE
 FORMALITY-
 Your dignified stance in writing
 Using exapanded forms over contracted
forms
 examples
- don’t, -----do not
- we’re-------we are
- you,re------you are
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Choose one- word verbs instead of two-
word verbs
Example :
- mess –up
- ruined/ damaged
- She messed up the party
- She ruined the party
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Avoid using contractions

do not use the word
ffg. for following
ASAP for as soon as possible
brb?
 FORMALITY-
Avoid using colloquial/idiomatic
expressions
-KINDA-------
-SORTA-------
-GONNA-----
 OBJECTIVITY-

the focus of the information

is on the topic rather than
the writer him/herself
 OBJECTIVITY-

AVOID USING
PERSONAL PRPNOUNS
LIKE
I,WE, MY, US,MINE, OUR
 OBJECTIVITY-

EX. WE NEED TO
FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS
MODIFY:
 OBJECTIVITY-
-avoid rhetorical questions
-academic texts aim to inform
-avoid emotive language
EX. The investigator were shocked to see the
result of the test.
The investigators did not expect the result of the
test
 EXPLICITNESS-
- the clarity of the writing structure
- clear and precise language
- using clear conjuntions and other
connectors
 EXPLICITNESS-
EX.
STATEMENT 1: SCHOOLS HOPE TO PROVIDE QUALITY
EDUACTAION TO THE LEARNERS
STATEMENT 2: HAVING THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC
REQUIRES A LOT OF EFFORT TO REACH OUT
STUDENTS.

SCHOOLS HOPE TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUACTAION

TO THE LEARNERS.
HOWEVER, HAVING THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC
REQUIRES A LOT OF EFFORT TO REACH OUT
STUDENTS.
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 CAUTION-
 CAREFUL ATTENTION TO AVOID
SWEEPING GENERALIZATION
 NO HASTY GENERALIZATIONS

EXAMPLE
-GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
CORRUPT
-SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MAYBE
CORRUPT.
 WRITING STYLES
 way of writing
 through stories, facts,
descriptions of arguments
 FOUR MAIN WRITING STYLES

-NARRATIVE- author tells a

story fictional or non-fictional
-related/relevant story
 FOUR MAIN WRITING STYLES

-EXPOSITORY – expose the topic and

providing facts to explain it
-requires extensive research and
unbiased information exposition
 FOUR MAIN WRITING STYLES

-DESCRIPTIVE WRITING –
describe the topic
- with the use of sensory images
such as sight, smell, touch,
hearing, and smell
 FOUR MAIN WRITING STYLES

-PERSUASIVE – also known as

argumentative writing
-argues an opinion on a debatable
topics
-requires extensive research for
evidences