Correspondence
Definition Correspondence is a written form of communication. It is purposeful writing used to convey information to someone, groups, organizations, staff, etc. It is a means of contact between two or more persons which conveys the writer’s opinion, ideas, message, directives, or information. Correspondence encompasses the different means of passing information to others in a
1.5 State appropriate uses of jargon
Jargon Definition Jargon is a universal and specialized vocabulary. It is the technical language of professionals. It embraces the use of words to show expertise and experience in a profession. Jargon is used by people that practice the same trade, work in a particular area, or people that have a common interest. For example, the
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1.4.1 Identify items of register in a given passage.
Exercise Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Pain in the Heart (pg. 60 – 61) – by Eugenia Ekwesi The next crop to be harvested was cassava, but when my father noticed that the tubers were not mature enough, he postponed the harvest. This made things easier for us because
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1.3 List some items of register peculiar to different professions.
Education Examination, curriculum, average, result, assessment, faculty, scheme of work, syllabus, course work, secondary school, tertiary institution, lesson, period, textbooks, primary school, lecture, teacher, faculty, lecturer, department, research, graduation, etc. Law Adoption, advocate, agent, case, court, appeal, bail, annulment, admission, amnesty, counsel, access, acquittal, arbitration, adjourn, amendment, justice, accomplice, the aggrieved party, annulment, witness, alibi,
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1.2 Factors that influence register
Register describes the choices made by the user. These choices depend on three variables. These are the field, tenor, and mode of discourse. Field of discourse Field refers to the subject matter or content being discussed. It is what the participants are engaged in discussing. In every discourse, there must be a subject matter or
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1.1 Explain Register
Definition The term register is a technical term used to describe variation in language according to use. It encompasses varieties of English that can be identified as a result of differences in the subject matter.
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