Question

The little one-cylinder water-cooled motors weren't real dependable; they'd take you out but seldom brought you back. So Dad started looking for a better one. The Sears catalog offered a little one-horsepower, lightweight, air-cooled motor. It wasn't much bigger than an old-time coffeepot, but Dad finally got up enough nerve to order one. from Totch: A Life in the Everglades by Loren G. "Totch" Brown Which word best describes the style of this passage? A. serious B. informal C. formal D. scholarly

Answer 1

B. informal

This passage is informal, it is just someone describing the process his dad went through with finding a water heater. The use of casual phrases like "wasn't much bigger than an old time coffee pot" and "Dad finally got up enough nerve" show that the writer is being informal in this piece.