Types of Speech Styles
Types of Speech Styles
Types of Speech Styles
STYLES
TYPES OF SPEECH
STYLES
1) Frozen style
2) Formal style
3) Consultative style
4) Casual style
5) Intimate style
1) FROZEN
Also known as fixed speech
STYLE
It is most the most formal communicative style that
is often used in respectful situation or formal
ceremony
As most highly formal style, it uses the complex
grammatical sentence structure and vocabulary
known only to experts in a particular field
It invites the reader to enter into a personal
experience of creative discovery such as literary
texts like poetry
The writing reflects the efforts of revision
2) FORMAL
STYLE
– It uses formal words and expressions
Example:
Formal
“Toyota’s sales bounced back in March as substantial
discounts helped to win back customers who had been
shaken by the firm’s mass safety recalls.”
Casual/ Informal expressed counterpart:
“Did you see Toyota’s sales figures? Looks like the
discounts have actually worked.”
2) FORMAL
STYLE
– Most often seen in writing than in speaking
– This speech style is expected to be presented in
complete sentences with specific word usage
– Its usually elaborate complex sentences and noun
phrases are well structured, logically sequenced, and
strongly coherent
– It does not allow ellipsis (like omissions),
contractions, qualifying modal adverbials (like
probably, possibly, evidently, surely, certainly and
subjectively markers )
“This whole blogging thing is getting kind of
3) CONSULTATIVE
STYLE
–Known as the Third Level of language
–It is unplanned speech
–This speech style uses listener participation and
feedback
–The two defining features of this style are:
(a)the speaker supplies background information
(b)the listener participates continuously
–Less appropriate for writing
4) CASUAL OR INFORMAL
STYLE
– This style is used in conversations between friends
and insiders who have something to share and
have shared background information
– There is free and easy participation of both
speaker and listener
– It is marked by various degrees of implicitness
because of intimacy between speaker and listener
– The use of language is general
4) CASUAL OR INFORMAL
STYLE
– It is appropriate to use casual language in
situations where speech is improvised and
not prepared ahead of time, or when the
writer is writing quickly without editing
– You also use casual language when you
want to get to know someone on a more
personal level, or you want the person to
feel at ease.
4) CASUAL OR INFORMAL
STYLE
– A simple greeting with those you know well
might probably be the causal:
– “Hi”
– “Hey”
– “What’s up?”
– “How is it going?”
– “How do you do?”
– “Nice to meet you, Mr./Mrs./Ms., Dr., Rev.”
– “ Will you please excuse me for a moment?”
– “Excuse me”
4) CASUAL OR INFORMAL
– Casual or informal style have ellipsis, allows the
STYLEuse of slang, profanity, and unconventional
English words
– The diction or vocabulary is informal (colloquial)
– Some of the vocabulary used only in casual
situations are:
– “dude” (a person)
– “freaking out” (getting scared)
– “nope” (no)
4) CASUAL OR INFORMAL
STYLE
– Its casual language uses words or phrases
that are shortened like:
– “I’m doin’ it my way” (doing)
– “Lemme go!” (let me go)
– “Watcha gonna do?” (What are you going to
do?)
– “Whassup?” (What’s up?)
5) INTIMATE
STYLE
– This style is used in conversations between
people who are very close and know each other
quite well because having a maximum of
shared background information
– It is characterized by an economy of words,
with a high incidence of significant nonverbal
communication, such as gesture, facial
expression, eye contact and so on.
– There is free and easy participation of both the
speaker and listener, and is far more elliptical
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Presented by:
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TYPES OF SPEECH LOTILLA
GABITANAN
STYLES
1) It is also known as fixed
speech.
a) Frozen Speech
b) Formal Speech
c) Consultative Speech
d) Intimate Speech
e) Casual/ Informal Speech
2) It is the type of speech
style that uses formal words
and expressions.
a) Frozen Speech
b) Formal Speech
c) Consultative Speech
d) Intimate Speech
e) Casual/ Informal Speech
3) This speech style uses
listener participation and
feedback.
a) Frozen Speech
b) Formal Speech
c) Consultative Speech
d) Intimate Speech
e) Casual/ Informal Speech
4) This style is used in conversations
between people who are very close and
know each other quite well.
a) Frozen Speech
b) Formal Speech
c) Consultative Speech
d) Intimate Speech
e) Casual/ Informal Speech
5) This style is used in conversations
between friends and insiders who have
something to share and have shared
background information.
a) Frozen Speech
b) Formal Speech
c) Consultative Speech
d) Intimate Speech
e) Casual/ Informal Speech
6) Frozen speech is the most______
__________style that is often used in
respectful situation or formal
ceremony.
a) formal communicative
b) fixed speech
c) complex grammar
d) creative discovery
7) The following sentences describes
casual or informal style EXCEPT ONE.
Which is it?
a) Casual or informal style have ellipsis,
allows the use of slang, profanity, and
unconventional English words.
b) This speech style uses listener participation
and feedback
c) A simple greeting with those you know
well.
d) Its casual language uses words or phrases
that are shortened like “I’m doin’ it my way”
8) In consultative speech style,
the speaker______ background
information while the listener
______ continuously.
a) sends; receives
b) gives; receives
c) supplies; participates
d) produces; share
9) Which one is an example of
Formal Speech Style?
a) Use of simplified grammar
b) When a student recites in class
c) Weddings
d) Job Interview
10) Which one is an example of
Consultative Speech Style?
a) When a student recites in class
b) Use of simplified grammar
c) Weddings
d) Job Interview