Formality

Students often have a simplistic understanding of formality as the difference between an email to a friend and a letter to a doctor.

However, formality in academic writing is a lot more nuanced. Students can find it difficult to get the tone right, as the appropriate level of formality will vary depending on the subject and the task.

These activities are designed to get teachers and students thinking about how to change the level of formality in a piece of writing.