Formal vs. Informal Writing

1. Formal vs. Informal Writing With help from the Ezine @rticlesBlog http://blog.ezinearticles.com/2011/03/formal-vs-informal.html

2. Informal Writing Colloquial: This is when you write like you would speak. You use slang, and generally sound like you’re having a conversation. Simple: Using short, simple sentences. Contractions: This is where you can use “can’t” and “won’t.” Emotion: As the writer, you are free to express emotion toward your topic.

3. Examples of Informal Writing Journal writing Letters/postcards to friends and family Creative writing (poems, stories) Blog Autobiography Dialogue

4. Formal Writing Complex: Use longer, more complex sentences. Objective: Steer clear of obvious emotion and focus instead on supporting your ideas with facts and examples. Full Words: NO contractions! Third Person: Disconnect yourself from the writing – no using I, me, we, you, etc.

5. Examples of Formal Writing Essays and most other academic writing Letters to important people, especially when you’re asking for something Instructions Biography Workplace memos Newspaper writing

6. Formal or Informal? This summer, I am really hoping to go to Orlando, Florida. I want to visit the different parks of Disney World, but I also want to visit Universal so I can check out Harry Potter World.

7. Formal or Informal? Franco Zeffirelli’sHamlet was released in 1990 and starred Mel Gibson as Hamlet, Glenn Close as Gertrude, Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia, and proven Shakespearian actors Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, and Ian Holm as Claudius, Hamlet’s father, and Polonius.