Formal Style

                 
The Rules of Formal Writing

• Most sentences should be complex and add specific meaning to the writing.
• Keep a serious tone with literal meanings. 
• The piece should have a specifically-stated purpose, called the thesis in academic writing.
• Avoid contractions.
• The piece will be written in the third-person perspective.

The following pronouns CAN NOT be used in formal style:

• First Person          I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours

• Second Person      you, your, yours, you, (y’all), your , yours

The following pronouns CAN be used in formal style:

• Third Person he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, they, them, their, theirs, its