My narrative, which I have not named, as I could not think of a name suitable for the piece of writing. It was based around the theme of together but alone. Immediately, both my own and my sister’s past experiences at school came to mind. This allowed me to write a fictional piece, that was based on true stories. Compared to my persuasive oral presentation, which was solely based on evidence to persuade my selected audience, to take a specific line of action. The persuasive oral was based on evidence of how elderly are affected by social isolation, and what can be done about it. The …show more content…
The SA government would be more practical to provide more support via government funding, and statewide legislations to use my suggested solution for the issue of social isolation in elderly. In contrast to a local council, whose actions are limited due to the size of the area affected, unlike the SA state government, which could affect the whole state with a solution. The audience for a piece of writing is absolutely key, without an audience, the direction and effectiveness of the piece would be lacking. Therefore, my narrative has a different audience to the persuasive oral presentation. My narrative is a written piece of work, a small story, and can be physically published into an article online, or integrated into a book of short stories, for the young adult or teenage …show more content…
Not only are the intended audiences and purpose unlike, but also the structural features. A common narrative structure is as follows; introduction which is the when, where who and what, the complication and then the solution. This varies greatly from the Structural features on which I based my persuasive speech upon. The layout used throughout the persuasive oral presentation is the TEEL structure. The structure is used to provide evidence and supporting arguments to persuade your specific audience. Each section of the TEEL structure applies to each argument. So during my speech I had three arguments for, the rebuttal and finally the Solution. The audience by the end of your speech should be persuaded, and thus the conclusion just needs to be memorable, i.e keep it short, snappy and simple. Furthermore, the narrative structure does not need to follow the TEEL layout, as I wasn’t trying to persuade the audience, the narrative was written to instead entertain the audience.
Not only does the mechanical structure of both formats change the intended purpose, but also the selection of specific language techniques. Throughout both my narrative and my speech I made sure to use plenty of conjunctions to keep the pieces flowing and easy to