Question

Read the recipe. Chocolate Chip Cookies 1. Combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Mix well. 2. In a separate bowl, cream the brown sugar into the butter and add the eggs. 3. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. 4. Form dough into 1-inch balls and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Which aspects of the language make it appropriate for a recipe? Select each correct answer.
precise language
impersonal tone
imprecise words
slang
first-person point of view
contractions
expression of subjective feelings

Answer 1

Precise is what i would go with

Answer 2

The correct answers are A. Precise language and B. Impersonal tone

Explanation:

A recipe is a text that explains the steps required for preparing a specific food or dish, this type of text belongs to the category of instruction texts which are texts that help readers to complete a  task. Because of this, in terms of language instructions, texts and therefore recipes use precise, descriptive and impersonal language, which means recipes avoid the use of words that can express feelings or judgments or the use of the pronoun "I" that is personal. Besides this, formal language is mainly used and therefore contractions, slangs or colloquial words are avoided.

The previous features can be found in the excerpt presented that explains the process of making Chocolate Chip Cookies. In this text, the author organizes the process in different steps and uses description and precise details such as "Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix just until combined" through an impersonal tone and formal tone as the use of slangs, the pronoun "I" or similar was avoided. Therefore, the aspects of language that make it appropriate for a recipe are the precise language and the impersonal tone.