The poor people are very great people. They can teach us so many beautiful things. The other day one of them came to thank and said: You people who have vowed chastity you are the best people to teach us family planning. Because it is nothing more than self-control out of love for each other. And I think they said a beautiful sentence. And these are people who maybe have nothing to eat, maybe they have not a home where to live, but they are great people. The poor are very wonderful people.


Above is Mother Teresa's acceptance speech from the Nobel Peace Prize. The purpose of the speech is to educate people to not have a grudge against the poor and to emphasize to her audience that they are good people. In her first sentence she uses a hyperbole and generalization by stating how the poor are 'very great people.' It is not morally correct to say that ALL poor people are 'great people' but by using this technique, she outlines how serious she is in getting her message across. By using this statement it encourages people to disagree with her statement which means that they become gripped to her words and when they are enticed it makes it easier for her to get her message across. The audience is a superior audience which is portrayed when Teresa says 'They can teach us...' The format of the text is basic which is appropriate for the context as the reader is only interested in the message, nothing else. The features that make it a written text is by Teresa's use of anecdotes. It is more likely for anecdotes to be used in a text that is spoken not written. In addition writing is set out in a more complex format than speech is, the grammatical structure is much more complex than speech. This speech has short sentences and repetition which is less likely to be used in a written text.

Above is a speech from Mary Welch about death possibly found inside a church. The purpose of the text is to entice the reader into the meaning she is trying to convey. This is made possible by her use of euphemism on the first line, 'Recycled cardboard, paper, vines, rose petals...' By using this technical term it doesn't reveal the true meaning of the text at the beginning. This encourages the reader to read on as they want to find out more. In addition her use of short, abrupt sentences makes the reader latch onto every sentence as there isn't too much detail to absorb. This helps her achieve her purpose of getting her message across. The font of the text perhaps symbolizes the true morbid meaning behind the text. In addition the audience is most likely an older audience who question aspects of life whereas a younger audience wouldn't do so or much. The rhetorical question at the end 'Now what?' drawers the reader in and makes them think about the message. A younger audience most likely wouldn't understand this concept. The features that make this a written text is that there is clearly no interaction between two different people. The text is only between two people, the reader and the writer.

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The purpose of this speech is to entertain an audience, most likely a young audience. This is highlighted to the reader due to the diction used. The non complex language makes it easier for a younger audience to understand and therefore entices the audience. In addition the rhyming throughout the text adds an interesting concept to the play which makes the viewer more gripped to each line. Also the short sentences means that the viewer of the show won't get bored by a long monologue and also quickens up the pace of the play so that the target audience of young people won't get bored. The features that make the text spoken is the mode of the text. It is clearly a conversation between two people due to the questions and also the repetition of some words portrays they are in the process of a song. Also the fillers make it a speech as one generally doesn't use fillers when writing.