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Functional styles of the English language 
Activity 1. 
Match the name of the style to its feature. 
Style
 Feature 
Answers 
1.
Scientific style 
a. It preserves cast-iron forms of structuring and 
uses syntactical constructions and words long 
known as archaic and not observed anywhere 
else. 
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2.
Publicist style 
b. Its most conspicuous feature is the abundance 
of terms denoting objects, phenomena and 
processes characteristic of some particular field 
of science and technique. 
2__ 
3.
Belles-lettres style 
c. It is famous for its explicit pragmatic function 
of persuasion directed at influencing the reader 
and shaping his views, in accordance with the 
argumentation of the author. 
3__ 
4.
Newspaper style 
d. Besides informative and persuasive functions, 
also found in other functional styles, this style 
has a unique task to impress the reader 
aesthetically. The form becomes meaningful and 
carries additional information. 
4__ 
5.
Official style 
e. It contains vastly varying materials, some of 
them being publicist essays, some — feature 
articles, some — scientific reviews, some — 
official stock-exchange accounts etc. 
5__ 
 
Activity 2. 
Read the following extracts and define the style and sub-style of each.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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