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Personal and Impersonal Language Style
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Personal style
• Involves a more simple, direct and initimate writing style.• Express the writer's emotions directly.• Tend to have short lifespans.• Used in casual writing. (Text messages, e-mail messges,
certain assignments, diaries, social network posting)
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Impersonal style
• Excludes the writer's thoughts and experiences.• Deals with outward issues, treats, events or phenomena as
external instead of affected by the reflection of the observer.
• Used in formal and academic writing. (Official documents, computer documentation, scholarly articles, formal essays)
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Purpose of using personal and impersonal language
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Personal Language
•For self-expression.
•Persuade the readers' towards the author's point of view.
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Impersonal language
•For academic writing purpose.
•To increase the authority of an argument.
•To create a reasonable and justified conclusion in formal writing.
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Distinctive features of personal and
impersonal language
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Active and passive voice
•Personal language u ses active voice.•Example: How did y ou answer the questi on?
•Impersonal languag e uses passive voice.•Example: How was t he question answere d by you?
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Personal Pronouns• First person pronouns are used in personal style.• Example: I hurt my finger badly.• Third person pronouns are used in impersonal style.• Example: The finger was hurt badly.
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Subject of sentence
• Personal style utilizes people as subject of sentence.• Example: In this presentation I divided the chapter into
three sections.• Impersonal style utilizes things as subject of sentence.• Example: The presentation divides the chapter into
three sections.
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Uses of contractions
• Personal writing is acceptable in the form of contraction.
• Example: Don't, Can't, Shouldn't.• Words must be wholly expanded in impersonal writing.• Example: Do not, Cannot, Should not.
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Length of sentences
• Personal writing includes short sentences, slang and humour.
• Example: I let the handbrake off and the car ran away.• Impersonal writing includes lengthy sentences with
complex subordination and long verb phrases.• Example: The handbrake was released by the driver,
causing the car to run away.
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Run-on Expression (etc., so on)• Run-on expressions are used in personal style.• Example: Public transportations include vehicles for
public use on roads, airways, waterways etc..• Run-on expressions must be avoided in impersonal style.• Example: Public transportations include vehicles for
public use, such as buses, trains and aeroplanes.
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Rhetoric
• Personal style employs rhetorical questions.• Example: The question is, nevertheless, how does
transformational strategy facilitate in organizational management?
• Rhetorical questions are considered inappropiate in impersonal style.
• Example: It is questionable whether transformational strategy facilitates in organizational management.
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Adverbs
• In personal writing, adverbs occur as clauses in the start or ending of a sentence.
• Example: I explained my point of view briefly.• In impersonal writing, adverbs are placed within the
verb group.• Example: I briefly explained my point of view.
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Summary• Personal style is used in casual writings/for self-expression
as it express the writer's emotions.
• Impersonal style is used in formal/academic writings as it deals with issues while excluding the writer's opinion.
• There are distinctive features between these two such as active and passive voice, personal pronouns, subject of sentence and uses of contractions.
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Conclusion
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Q & A Session