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The document discusses five different speech styles: frozen, intimate, formal, casual, and consultative. It provides examples of scenarios and contexts that correspond with each style. Frozen speech is the most formal and is used for things like ceremonies and pledges. Intimate speech is between close relationships. Formal speech involves prepared remarks without slang. Casual speech is informal between friends. Consultative speech is semi-formal, with shorter sentences. The document includes activities to match examples to styles and provide sample dialogues for each one.

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Lesson 4

The document discusses five different speech styles: frozen, intimate, formal, casual, and consultative. It provides examples of scenarios and contexts that correspond with each style. Frozen speech is the most formal and is used for things like ceremonies and pledges. Intimate speech is between close relationships. Formal speech involves prepared remarks without slang. Casual speech is informal between friends. Consultative speech is semi-formal, with shorter sentences. The document includes activities to match examples to styles and provide sample dialogues for each one.

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What’s In

You are one of the top students in your class, how do you say/share the good news with
your parents? With your peers? Copy the table below and create a short dialogue between:

Teenager and Parents Teenager and Peers

What’s New

According to Jooz, speech style is identified into five types: frozen, formal, consultative, casual,
and intimate.

Five Types

1. Frozen style

2. Intimate Style

3. Formal Style

4. Casual Style

5. Consultative Style
What is it

The Different Speech Styles

1. Frozen

It is the most formal communicative style that is usually used during respectful events and
ceremonies. It also used when one shows hesitation, disinterest or prejudice. Frozen speech is
used generally in a very formal setting, does not require any feedback from the audience, most
formal communicative style for respectful situations.

EXAMPLE: Pledges, anthems, marriage ceremonies, laws, etc.

2. Intimate

For very close relationships like couples, family, and best friends. It is also used for self-
addressed questions or self-talk, etc. Intimate speech is used in conversation between people who
are very close and know each other quite well because they have the maximum of shared
background information.

EXAMPLES: Couple talking about their future plans, family sharing ideas, very close friends
sharing secrets, etc.

3. Formal

Formal speeches are straightforward speeches. In this speech style, the speaker avoids using
slang terminologies, what the speaker says is something that has been prepared beforehand, its
complex sentence and noun phrases are well structured, logically sequenced and strongly
coherent.

EXAMPLES: Announcements, SONA, welcome addresses, etc.

4. Casual

This is an informal communication between groups and peers. Casual style is used in
conversation between friends and insiders who have something to share and have shared
background information but don’t have close relations.

EXAMPLES: phone calls, everyday conversation with friends, chats, etc.

5. Consultative

This is used in semi-formal communication, sentences end to be shorter and spontaneous, the
speaker does not usually plan what he/she wants to say, most operational among others.

EXAMPLES: regular classroom discussions, doctor-patient, etc


What’s more

Activity 1

Inside the box are different types of speeches. In a separate sheet, arrange them
according to their correct category.
chats husband and wife’s plans welcome address
phone calls preamble of the constitution teacher-student discussion
SONA close friends’ secret doctor-patient conversation
laws announcements anthems

FROZEN INTIMATE FORMAL CASUAL CONSULTATIVE

ACTIVITY 2

Identify what is being defined in the following statements. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

________________1. In this speech style, the speaker avoids using slang terminologies, what the
speaker says is something that has been prepared beforehand. formal

________________2. This speech is used generally in a very formal setting, does not require any
feedback from the audience, most formal communicative style for
respectful situations. frozen

________________3. This is used in semi-formal communication, sentences end to be shorter


and spontaneous. Consultative

________________4. This is used in conversation between friends and insiders who have
something to share. Casual

________________5. This is used in conversation between people who are very close and know
each other quite well. intimate
ACTIVITY 3

Look at these five types of language styles. Can you think of an example for each of
them?

1. Frozen
 Language that does not change: Prayers and pledges, "set" speech which is often
scripted

2. Formal
 Complete sentences and specific word usage: Formal English often used to show
respect used in places such as work, school and public offices

3. Consultative
 Formal register used in conversation: Language of conversations with colleagues,
peers, etc.

4. Casual
 Language used in conversation with friends: Idiomatic and often full of slang, used to
signal belonging to a given group

5. Intimate
 Language between close family members: "Private" language full of codewords only
known to the member

TRY THIS

Give at least one sample dialogue for each type of communicative style. Copy the table
below and write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

FROZEN INTIMATE FORMAL CASUAL CONSULTATIVE


Answer key:

Activity 1

FROZEN INTIMATE FORMAL CASUAL CONSULTATIVE


Laws husband and welcome Chats teacher-student
wife’s plans address discussion
preamble of the phone calls
constitution close friends’ SONA doctor-patient
secret announcements conversation
anthems

Activity 2

1. Formal
2. Frozen
3. Consultative
4. Casual
5. Intimate

Activity 3

Answers may vary.

https://philnews.ph/2019/08/21/what-are-the-five-types-of-speech-style-or-communicative-style/

A Journey through Anglo-American Literature—Grade 9 LM

https://offene-hochschule.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/06_Worksheet-Styles.pdf

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