TAILIEUCHUNG - – ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE – A: I couldn’t believe it. I mean, who would have guessed? I

– ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE – A: I couldn’t believe it. I mean, who would have guessed? I sure didn’t! I had no clue, no clue at all. And I was the last person to find out, too. It figures. B: I was deeply shocked; I had never suspected such a thing. Not surprisingly, I was the last person to become aware of the situation. These two examples are drastically different in style and in the level of formality. Though they both tell the same story and both use the personal first-person I, there’s clearly a different relationship to the reader | ----------------------------- ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE -------------------------------------- A I couldn t believe it. I mean who would have guessed I sure didn t I had no clue no clue at all. And I was the last person to find out too. It figures. B I was deeply shocked I had never suspected such a thing. Not surprisingly I was the last person to become aware of the situation. These two examples are drastically different in style and in the level of formality. Though they both tell the same story and both use the personal first-person I there s clearly a different relationship to the reader. From the word choice and style the short sentences the very casual language we can tell that the writer of passage A has a more informal more friendly relationship with the reader than the writer of passage B. The emotion of the writer in passage A is much more transparent too because the language is more informal and natural. You get the idea that passage A is addressed to a friend while passage B might be addressed to an official. On the ACT you probably won t be asked directly about level of formality. But you can use your awareness of level of formality to draw conclusions about audience and to determine which revisions or additions would best fit the text. Practice 15 Rank the sentences below according to formality. Put a 1 next to the sentence that is most formal and a 3 next to the sentence that is most casual. 1. Move faster. Pick up the pace. Increase your speed. 2. Gimme a hand would you Would you please assist me _ Would you help me out here Answers 1. 2 Move faster. 3 Pick up the pace. 1 Increase your speed. 2. 3 Gimme a hand would you 1 Would you please assist me 2 Would you help me out here 97 ------------------------------ ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE ----------------------------------------- Figurative Language and Imagery An important aspect of style is figurative language and imagery. Figurative language includes similes and metaphors. A simile compares .

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