Question

Style is a way of writing, a manner of expressing one’s thoughts and feelings in words. The matter remaining the same, the manner may change. It may be high sounding. It may be simple and yet emotional. It may be plain, just a brief statement without feeling. It may show a lack of decency. The same fact may have a different effect on a different reader because of variations in styles.

(2) Some simple people think that style, or what they might call ‘good style' or 'literary style’, is something that can be added to plain thoughts or plain statements of facts, as icing can be put on to a cake. A student once said to me, “I have written my report, but I have brought it to you to put some style into it.” I could not put style into it. It was already written in a certain style, though it may not have been written in a very good style. I could have re-written it in a different style. Then it would have been my arrangement of facts, my choice of words, my style. As a man thinks and feels, so will hewrite. If his thoughts are muddled, his style will also be muddled. If his thoughts are sharp and clear, his writing will also be sharp and clear.

(3) There is another common use of word ‘style’. You may have been told at some time by history teacher when he returned your essay, “your facts are quite correct but your style is poor”. He probably meant by this, not that your essay did not adequately express your personality, but that your facts were not well expressed and not arranged in a logical sequence of apt and agreeable words. In this sense, the word ‘style’ is often used to mean good clear English. Raymond Chapman states , “Bad writing is caused not so much by mistakes in grammar as by weakness in style .” Weakness in style here means clumsiness in expression, lack of precision and accuracy.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage answer the following questions:

(i) What change takes place when we add style to writing?
(a) the manner changes (b) The matter changes (c) The meaning changes (d) All of these three

(ii) What influences a man's style?
(a) His thinking (b) His feelings (c) Both a and b (d) None of these three

(iii) What is the main reason of bad writing, according to Chapman?
(a) Mistakes in grammar (b) Weakness in style (c) Use of agreeable words (d) Lack of precision and accuracy

(iv) Style in writing adds………………………………………………..….….
(a) Expression (b) Information (c) Facts (d) All of these three

(v) Another sense of the word ‘style’ used by the teachers in the writing is…………………………………
(a) simple words (b) Good clear English (c) Poetic way (d) Variation in styles

(vi) Complete the following sentence choosing the correct options.Style can be described as………………………….
1. Using correct facts 2. Expressing your personality 3. Changing the matter 4. Plain thoughts 5. Manner of expressing one’s thoughts 6. Way of writing (a) 1 and 4 (b) 5 and 6 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 4 and

(vii) Which word in the para 2 means 'put things in the wrong order or mix them up'?
(a) Muddled (b) Mistakes (c) Clumsiness (d) Decency

(viii) which word in the para 3 is the antonym of ‘unsuitable’?
(a) apt (b) Adequately (c) Precision (d) Muddled

(ix) The suitable title of this passage is ………. ..
(a) Variations in communication (b) Good clear English (c) Style -A way of writing (d) Literary style

(x) The adjective form of the noun ‘decency’ is ……..
(a) decent (b) descant (c) decease (d) descend7​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) the manner changes

2)both

3)muddled style

4)both

5)all of these three

6)more information

Answer 2

Answer:

here's what u want

Explanation:

Answers

A) The manner changes

B) Both a and b

C) Weakness in style

D) ExpresSion

E) Poetic way

F) 5 and 6

G) Muddled

H) apt

I) decent

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