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Speech Styles
Competency: Exhibits appropriate verbal and nonverbal behavior in a given
speech style.

Types of Speech Styles

Intimate Style
As what the word suggests, this style is used when you are close to the person
and you know him or her very well because you communicate in a regular basis.

An intimate style is used when you are with family members, best friend, close
friends, or your loved one. Usually you have a private language with these
 people which only you and they can understand and you do not share this kind
of language in public.

Examples
:

1. Telling your best friend about your secrets or your problems.

2. Confiding to your family serious matters or plans about your

future.

3. Telling someone special that you love him or her.

4. Private talks with the girls

You use informal language when you talk to your best friend. You use short
utterances and usually do not complete sentences when you talk with family
members. You use more of the nonverbal component of communication when
you want to show someone you love him. Your pitch is high when you share
experiences with your girlfriends.

Casual Style
When you use casual style, you are close to the person you are
communicating with but the situation does not need the use of formal language.
Your receiver is usually a member of the same subculture you have. The person
could be your best friend, family member, loved one, friend, peer from a shared
interest organization, your classmate, or a person of your same age. Because most
of the people you communicate with, using this style, are those from your age
bracket, you have common way of speaking, same set of words or phrases, and
you understand each other's nonverbal communication. Usually, the words
you use are slang or vulgo and there are a lot of jargons and contractions.

In some cultures, how you use words depends on the hierarchy of family
positions while in other cultures, it is the social status that would determine
your choice of words. In the modern world, the closeness you have for a person
regarded when you choose which words to use. Closeness will refer to how have
you known each other and how much of your personality have you shared with
each other

What do we mean when we say slang, jargon, and contraction? The word slang
has been misunderstood by many young people. Slang refers to a word or
words created by a particular group. These words are not part of the vocabulary
or language. It is predominantly used in speech rather than in writing.

There are four types of

slang:

1. Country slang. These are set of words used by those who are in the rural parts
of a country.

Example
:

Redneck means farmer since farmers spend most of the day under the sun and
their neck gets red because of the heat. Younguns means young people. Uppity
means snobby.

2 Urban slang. These are slang spoken by those from the

city.

Example: Awesome sauce means awesome than awesome. Baby bump refers to
the protruding abdominal region of a woman who is in the first trimester of
pregnancy Dawg is an expression used to address a close friend

3. Gay slang - used by gays, bisexual, homosexuals, or

transsexuals.

Example
:

Beat (adj.) means fabulous or extremely wonderful. Miss congeniality

may refer to someone unlikable or someone very friendly. Zhoosh
meaning style.

4. Common slang - used by almost

everybody,

Example
:
 Kudos is another word for respect or
recognition.

Blimey is an exclamation of surprise

Botch means clumsy workmanship.

Slang is primarily used by younger people to set themselves or their group from
the others, to gain popularity, or to creatively communicate

informally.In formal situations and in the academe, slang is discouraged.

Jargons are words or phrases that are used in a specific setting profession or
trade and might not be understood by people out of the setting,

or of different profession or trade. These words or phrases bear hidden

meanings assumed and understood by people with the same

profession or trade.

Examples:

The word pitch in music denotes the highness or lowness of a note.

In sports, specifically in baseball pitch means to deliver or serve the ball to the
batter.

In television or film production, pitch means to present an idea for the

screenplay.

The word peg which means a piece of wood, metal, or plastic used to hold the
ropes or comers of a tent.

It stands for "percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy", in the medical profession.

It is a surgical procedure that aims to feed those who cannot

swallow.

In business, peg stands for "price or earnings to growth ratio," This refers to the
price of the stock and earnings generated per share.

In Filipino slang. peg means a standard or source of inspiration.

 Jargons can also refer to the shorthand we develop to make communication
easier. In this text and computer generation where people

wanted fast communication, jargons are commonly used.

Examples:

FAQ - frequently asked questions

LOL - laughing out loud

BTW - by the way

BFF - best friends forever

Contractions are shorthand version of a word created by removing inten letters

and sounds. Contractions are not abbreviations or acronyms.

Examples:

‘re for are - They're my friends

‘ve for have - I should've done that

'o for of - cup o' coffee

Consultative Style
The consultative style is used when we talk to strangers or when we do not know
the person that well. In this style, the speaker uses

professional or mutually accepted language and the listener participates and

gives feedback. We use consultative style when we do group

discussion, talk to colleagues, are in a doctor - patient conversation,if we are in a

judge and lawyer conversation, and the like. Short sentences

and colloquial language are used in this style.

Examples:
 I believe we have matching ideas about the project. So, why don't we discuss this
over coffee?

Good morning Doctor Lopez. I am having problems with my back for the past
week.

Formal Style
Formal style is used in formal settings. It does not encourage feedback and does
not have considerable social significance. The main function

of this style is to impart information. A speech written in this style should have
complete sentences and words are carefully chosen.

Examples:

Sermons by priests and ministers

State of the Nation Address of the president

Speech in conventions or formal dinner party

Frozen Style
The frozen style is the most formal of all the styles. It is also called a speech
because the language used does not change in time. This style

is used in formal ceremonies or traditions. It is also used in the delivery of prose

or poetry.

Examples:

Pledge of Allegiance to country or flag

Preamble to the constitution

 Religious services Shakespeare's plays

Activities

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