Explore how language changes based on the situation. Imagine a situation in which one person is asking another person for a favor .

Journal: Language and Situation

This week you will explore how language changes based on the situation. Imagine a situation in which one person is asking another person for a favor .

Select three of the following situations:

Grandchild talking to grandparent
Two romantically involved people talking
Employee talking to boss
Student talking to professor
Two siblings talking
Two neighbors talking
Parishioner talking to a pastor
Parent talking to a child
Two colleagues talking

For each situation that you select, write a dialogue between the two fictitious people; the dialogue should focus on one person requesting a favor from the other person.

Reflecting on your dialogues, answer the following questions:

How did the dialogues change?
Why did the dialogues change?

You are practicing the ‘Drafting and Revising’ stages of the Writing Process this week. Review this process below.

Pre-Writing
Drafting
Revising
Peer Review
Editing
Publishing

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