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Formal Language                                   Informal Language
                 Complete sentences with use of standard English   Casual way of speaking with use of
                 words                                             incomplete sentences and frequent use of
                 [ An impersonal Style]                            colloquialism.
                      Polite                                       [ A personal Style]
                      Respec ul                                         Informal
                      Complicated Language                              Casual
                      Difficult to understand
                                                                         Simple language
                                                                         Use of contrac ons
                                                                         Use of Exclama on
                                                                          Easier to understand






                          "I must be ge ng                                  “Curiouser and
                        somewhere near the                                    curiouser!”
                       center of the earth. Let
                        me see: that would be                           “Who in the world am I?
                         four thousand miles                              Ah, that's the great
                           down. I think-”.                                     puzzle!”












                                                                               “I can’t go back
                                                                                to yesterday
                                                                               because I was a
                                                                              different person
                                                                                   then.”
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