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All of the following describe formal writing language except _______.

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Which of the following statements regarding writing for an audience is true?

The audience of your writing impacts the style of your writing but not the content.

Regardless of your audience your writing should always be formal with standard English conventions.

The audience of your writing impacts the content but not the style of your writing.

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The audience of your writing impacts the content and style of your writing.

A writer should adjust both the content and style of his/her writing to fit the audience for whom they are writing.

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Which of the following is not a way an author adjusts his/her language in order to match the audience for which they are writing.

Using conversational language including slang when writing a letter for a friend.

Including definitions for any technical vocabulary words for younger students.

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Using simple words and sentences when writing for an academic, educated audience like a teacher or professor.

Using dialect when writing a regional story about a character growing up in the outback of Australia.

When writing for an older, educated, and mature audience a writer would not want to use simple words and sentences. The style of writing in choice C does not match the audience and therefore is the best answer. Choices A, B, and D all appropriately adapt to the audience.

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Read the following passage and identify the intended audience.

Red Adair was born in 1915 in Houston, TX. Growing up poor, Adair was a hard worker and established himself as a military hero during WWII. In 1939, Adair began working for Myron Kinley putting out oil fires. In 1962, Adair made a name for himself and earned a reputation as a fearless fire fighter when he worked diligently to put out a fire at a cigarette lighter company that had been burning for six months. In 1991, Adair and his crew went to Iraq to fight the oil rig fires set by Saddam Hussein during the Desert Storm War.

Who is the intended audience?

Young students interested in learning more about Red Adair.

Fire fighters who want to learn new techniques for putting out fires.

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High school students interested in learning more about Red Adair.

Oil companies who want to prevent fires at their facilities.

The passage is giving background information on Red Adair so we can conclude that the audience is someone who wants to learn more about him. Given the language and sentence structure the passage is better suited for a high school audience than a younger audience.

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All of the following describe formal writing language except _______.

avoids slang and dialect

used in situations where the writer needs to sound like an expert

academic style of writing

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written as you speak

Formal language is academic style of writing in which the writer sounds like an expert and gives the reader knowledge about a topic. Formal language avoids slang and dialect, sticking to the standard conventions of English.

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Answer 2

Answer 3. Writing as you speak can sound informal