Guys everywhere i look i get a different definition of textual integrity :/ WHAT IS IT?? Is it the fact that a theme runs throughout the entire speech (im doing speeches) or is it the fact that the issues discussed are releveant today as such the text is timeless therefore high textual integrity?
THANKS!!
I can't help you that much seeing as I do prose fiction but I will tell you this metaphor which helps me understand textual integrity.
Textual integrity is like knitting a jumper. Everything needs to be correctly sewn, and if there is a third arm, or no head hole, it will not work. It is like having intro, problem, climax but no resolution. So as you are going knitting your jumper, remember that you must go in the certain order the text does. Why is the text structured like it is? What is the language, forms and features used? And why it is still relevant to us today as 21st Century Australian teenagers doing the HSC?
Hopefully someone can help a bit more, but I hope you get the jist.
Let me know if you need any help, or feel free to flick me a pm
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