Curated OER
Further Improvements of Writing Skills
Improve writing skills by finding a personal writing style, using descriptive language effectively, and using precise language. Middle schoolers discuss individual style in writing and formal and informal language. They utilize figures...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Polish Tone, Style, and Figurative Language (English Ii Writing)
You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising the tone, style, and figurative language in an essay. W.9-10.1d & W.9-10.2e Style/tone/conv
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Formal Language
This slideshow lesson focuses on formal language. It reviews the basics of formal language and the need to know your audience. It explains how to change various types of informal language into formal language and provides examples....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Style and Technique
Use context to figure out how to use language appropriately--formality, irony, understatement, and overstatement.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Formal Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used to understand features of formal official language through, collecting and analyzing examples, discussing when, why they are used; and noting the conventions of the language,...