Style Selector

This worksheet helps students in Grades 6, 7, and 8 develop advanced control over tone, vocabulary choice, grammar usage, and audience awareness. Learners read individual sentences, identify whether the tone is formal, neutral, or casual, and then decide whether despite or in spite of best fits the sentence. By linking grammar choices to stylistic intent, students gain a clearer understanding of how contrast connectors shape voice and register in writing.

Skills Reinforced

• Tone Identification (Grades 6-8): Distinguish between formal, neutral, and casual writing styles within sentences.
• Choosing Appropriate Contrast Connectors: Select despite for formal contexts and in spite of for more conversational tone.
• Vocabulary & Style Awareness: Understand how word choice affects professionalism, clarity, and audience perception.
• Writing for Different Audiences: Practice matching grammar and diction to purpose and reader expectations.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with middle school ELA grammar and writing standards.
• Style-Focused Grammar Practice: Goes beyond correctness to emphasize tone, voice, and register.
• Clear, Structured Format: Sentence-by-sentence analysis keeps the task focused and accessible.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for grammar lessons, writing workshops, revision units, or enrichment activities.
• Low-Prep Printable: Easy to use in both classroom and homeschool environments.

This printable worksheet helps students refine their writing by connecting grammar choices to tone and audience. By labeling style and selecting between despite and in spite of, learners strengthen stylistic judgment, contrast usage, and academic writing control. Whether used in a classroom writing unit or a homeschool language arts lesson, this resource supports polished expression, thoughtful word choice, and confident adaptation to different writing contexts.

This worksheet is part of our despite vs. in spite of worksheets collection.