TYPES OF SPEECH STYLES

TYPES OF SPEECH STYLES

1) Frozen style
2) Formal style
3) Consultative style
4) Casual style
5) Intimate style
1) FROZEN STYLE
 Also known as fixed speech
 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 STYLE
– Casual or informal style have ellipsis, allows the
use 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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g o m a s e u b n i d a

Presented by:
LARGADO
TYPES OF SPEECH STYLES LOTILLA
GABITANAN
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
(10-15)
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF
SPEECH STYLES?
(16-20)
GIVE ONE EXAMPLE FOR EACH TYPES OF
SPEECH STYLE.
(excluding those given in the choices before)
GOOD LUCK