'Teddy Bear And Living Fully'

This essay discusses the structure of “narration in the form of stories or examples” in English text, with its function to engage the audience. The ASL videos, fall into the function category of informing and enlightening. In the first paragraph, I will highlight features that represent functions in English, followed by ASL text within the next paragraphs. For the purpose of this essay, I have chosen the Ted talk video on the “Teddy Bear” and “Living Fully”. The ASL videos are “Global Deaf community” and the Claudia Gordon interview. Within this essay, I have dissected each video to show structures in narration (the speaker) and videos that will captivate an audience by informing them.
Narration is one of many well-known genres in the world

In the Ted talk video, Jon Mooallem, opens with “it was the fall of 1902” at the time marker (0:14). He slightly looks down and back at the audience before his next utterance. “Once the story world setting is complete, the storyteller can begin to set up the storyline.” (Hatch, 1992). The presenter does not waste time before telling his story. From (0:15-0:50), he begins the story of Teddy Roosevelt and his break duties of presidency, to hunting bears in a town called Smedes. The goal of his presentation is to help people perceive animals in a different way. I’ve concluded this from the time marker 4:00-4:10. He further states (4:14-4:18) “that half the extinction of species could be gone by the end of the century.” After he states this, it almost seems as if he is sadden by the fate of these animals. I believe it’s true because of his vocal intonation. Our vocal intonations are high or low and can reflect our emotions. If you noticed the statement before, he spoke somewhat fast. However, when he address the issue of extinction, his voice lowers and utterance becomes slower. By doing this, it has a bigger impact and can sink into the minds of those who are listening, to show the seriousness of the matter. The problem he faces is a term scientist use today, which is “conservation reliance” (11:56-12:00). Mooallem, then explains the meaning behind the term and how

To add to this story, it’s a leaning towards persuasion as well. The presenter begins with her formal introduction before beginning her story. At 2:20, she begins with a story of three brick masons, who are approached by a young boy. From the video, its evident the speaker is either an interpreter or sign language teacher. How so? Well, first she quickly points (2:26) as if she has sent up an image of the story. Second, she looks down (2:29). And last, she lays the bricks (2:34) as if she is the brick mason. According to Hatch, in order to be good storytellers, one must use gestures, changes in intonation, repetition for intensity, superlatives, sound effects and so forth (Hatch, 1992). Moving forward, the presenter sets up the second brick mason in the middle, and looks down. (2:36) & at (2:44) she becomes the brick mason again and looks up at the boy. From the introduction, the story, and elaborations of the speaker, the goal is to allow the audience to live fulfilling lives. The problem will exist only if the person is unwilling and afraid