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For Presenting and responding, which option best applies writing for audience and purpose to this objective: Avoid informal expression where it weakens clarity or formality.

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Style

Topic

Presenting and responding

Question

A. Plan the audience, purpose, form, tone and viewpoint before choosing vocabulary and structure for Avoid informal expression where it
B. Use the same register for every task in Spoken Standard English
C. Ignore form, paragraphing and argument for Avoid informal expression where it
D. Add descriptive detail without controlling tone in Presenting and responding

Answer

Avoid informal expression where it answer: Plan the audience, purpose, form, tone and viewpoint before choosing vocabulary and structure for Avoid informal expression where it.

Explanation

Avoid informal expression where it uses Plan the audience, purpose, form, tone and viewpoint before choosing vocabulary and structure for Avoid informal expression where it because it matches the writing for audience and purpose focus for Spoken Standard English. It separates the skill from weaker choices and keeps the response tied to the exact objective. Use AO5: choose audience, purpose, form, tone, viewpoint, content and paragraph structure before selecting vocabulary. AO check for Avoid informal expression where it weakens: explicit and implicit evidence, inference, language method, structure effect, compare both similar and different responses, evaluation judgement with support, audience purpose form tone, grammar punctuation sentence spelling vocabulary, formal presentation, speak, listen, respond, question feedback, Standard English.

Common mistake

clarity: summary instead of analysis

Students sometimes summarise Spoken Standard English instead of explaining how the objective works in the answer.

Correct this by selecting a brief detail, explaining its effect, and linking the point back to "Avoid informal expression where it weakens clarity or formality."

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For Presenting and responding, which option best applies inference from evidence to this objective: Avoid informal expression where it weakens clarity or formality.