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What is register?
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How formal or informal a text is — its level of formality.
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What signals a formal register?
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Full words, no slang, polite and serious phrasing.
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What signals an informal register?
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Contractions, slang, exclamations, a chatty tone.
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Why analyse a register shift?
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It's deliberate — it changes the audience or the effect.
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Register vs tone?
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Register is how formal it is; tone is the writer's attitude.
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What does register tell you?
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Who the text is for and how it wants to come across.
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A signal of informal register?
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A contraction (‘you'll’) or slang (‘soz’).
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How do you score on register?
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Name it + quote a signal + link it to the audience.
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Is an exclamation mark formal or informal?
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Informal — it adds a chatty, excited feel.
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Commonest register mistake?
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Saying ‘it's formal’ without a signal or a link to the reader.
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