INTRODUCTION AND PREFACE for communication studies

INTRODUCTION
This portfolio is on the theme "environment". The researcher's study however, was based on how climate change affects the environment. In accordance with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, the term 'climate' refers to the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period, while the term 'change' is defined as to make or become different. The portfolio also incorporates an original piece, written in the prose type, in the form of a narrative.
The portfolio also consist a preface which gives an analysis of the purpose of writing the story entitled "How the Climate Stole Christmas". The preface also looks at the intended audience, the circumstance and the basis of selecting them. There is also an analysis that evaluates the original narrative, amidst detail emphasis on dialectal variation and language registers. The exposition will assess how climate change affects the environment. The researcher discussed the effects of climate change what affects it. An overview of the effectiveness of the source, and analyzed the context and medium on the reliability and validity of the information.
The portfolio serves to enlighten the audience about what causes climate change and the effects of climate change on the environment. Personally, it interests the researcher because of the condition in the environment; the researcher also wishes to inform the audience that such an issue exist.
Academically, the portfolio satisfies the criteria of the internal assessment of the communication studies course the portfolio has also enlightened the researcher and is anticipated that the theme and topic selected will not only be entertaining but informative to the readers.


PREFACE
The narrative "How the Climate stole Christmas" is about a young boy, Thomas who loved and enjoys Christmas with his mother but because of the change in climate he could not have the same experience he wanted to have like the previous years. The story reaches its climax when Thomas's mother, Marcia, died while Thomas and Marcia went at an old pond to ice fishing.
The researcher wrote the story with the objective of bringing a few important points. The first purpose is to provide an understanding of the effects climate change has on the environment, negatively. Finally, it provides encouragement to everyone who might treat the environment harshly to take care of the environment and it will take care of us.
The targeted audience is intended to be from teenagers and adults. Considering that all they contribute widely to the change in the climate. Both would be liable to be aware of the situation, as most of them may have experienced some effects of climate change.
The reflective piece entitled "How the Climate Stole Christmas" will be presented at a general gathering of both teens and adults. There are a number of reasons why the researcher chose this method; first, it provides a non-verbal, as well as verbal message, using visual and auditory means to better bring across the story. Also it would be more entertaining as opposed ro printed documents or just a speech.