Excerpt from no cons, all pros for reality showsdontavious tindellwhen i finally got the phone call from the producers of the reality tv show "the coolest kid in school" telling me i had been accepted as a part of the show's final cast, you’d think that my mom would’ve been happy about it—even proud. i’d shown more initiative in applying for the show than i’d ever shown in trying to improve my grade point average: i’d made an awesome audition tape, filled out a huge 15 page application (including four and done five different stressful interviews before a panel of producers in order to make the final cut. the phone call informing me that i was on the show was a dream come true for me. but for my mom? no way. this article’s use of language can best be described asa)informal—relaxed and conversational. b)formal-with slang to appeal to a young audience. c)formal—like the language used on a research paper. d)semi-formal—like the language used in a newspaper article.