As I walk down the dark and dreary road on the cold, winter morning, I can feel the chill travelling through my spine. My shoes, worn down to the soles and my socks almost immediately following suit are freezing the water that is seeping into the cracks of my shoes, like a WW2 soldier whose feet are slowly rotting due to the dreaded trench foot. My one ton rucksack dragging along the rough road behind me, feeling as if its weight could, at any minute, snap my shoulders in two and rip the bones from their sockets.
As the feeling of death comes closer, there is another threat, the witch, the troll at the bottom of the road waiting to pounce on me with intent to harm... She attempts to stop me upon my travels almost every day, but as quiet as a ninja and as fast as a cheetah I travel, this is what I need to do in order to avoid being caught upon the trolls bridge. If and only if I can escape the witchs grasp, then it, from there is safe sailing, well, in comparison at least.
All of this in just an average; daily walk down the road; something no man, especially a teenager, should have to endure.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Monday, 3 October 2011
Italy writing piece
1. The narrative voice is spoken by a person who is visiting Italy, we do not get told the name of this person but it seems as if they are writing to someone of whom they are very close with(either a friend or themselves most likely). This is because they are talking very informal with a little bit of phatic writing.
2. The piece uses a lot of intelligent vocabulary such as soliloquies, this shows that the person is most likely smart, but also chatty with use of words like immense. The word is formal, however, the way it is used in context by a lot of the younger generation suggests the narrator is maybe a teenager and the word was used in its informal context.
3. The register of the extract is much like either a very long letter to someone of high importance in your life, such as a best friend or a very close sibling, or a diary entry to herself.
4. A lot of descriptive language is used in the extract. This directs the response to making the reader feel more engaged in the piece as the more descriptive language, the easier it is for the reader to understand, but also as if you accually are recieving this letter from the writter.
5. The combined impact of the piece is that we feel at one with the reader, in the fact that we view it from one of two perspectives, the first is that you feel the emotions of the reader through a third person view, the second, being that you accually feel at one with the reader and that you understand how she feels
2. The piece uses a lot of intelligent vocabulary such as soliloquies, this shows that the person is most likely smart, but also chatty with use of words like immense. The word is formal, however, the way it is used in context by a lot of the younger generation suggests the narrator is maybe a teenager and the word was used in its informal context.
3. The register of the extract is much like either a very long letter to someone of high importance in your life, such as a best friend or a very close sibling, or a diary entry to herself.
4. A lot of descriptive language is used in the extract. This directs the response to making the reader feel more engaged in the piece as the more descriptive language, the easier it is for the reader to understand, but also as if you accually are recieving this letter from the writter.
5. The combined impact of the piece is that we feel at one with the reader, in the fact that we view it from one of two perspectives, the first is that you feel the emotions of the reader through a third person view, the second, being that you accually feel at one with the reader and that you understand how she feels
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Analysis Of Travel Literature
In the travel guide it tries to hit multiple groups of people, as it would be a lot easier and understandable to have a single travel guide rather than two or more travel guides which are handed out to people based on stereotypical views of groups such as familys or couples.
A way in which the travel guide is aimed at multiple audiences is that the pictures in it vary to show the different ends of Florida. One of the images in the guide shows a family with two small children at SeaWorld, one of Floridas most recogniseable destinations. The caption of the picture says 'A boy enjoying a ride in a dolphin stroller, for rent at SeaWorld'. The caption subtly puts emphasis on the fact that the strollers are for rent at the attraction by using a comma prior to saying about the stroller being rentable to make you pick up on the fact first time.
The other Picture is aimed at what seems like a more adult holiday, without kids. The picture shows a few pairs of people who are obviously trying to have a more relaxing; stress free holiday as they are sat together having, most likely, friendly conversation with one another. This picture is mainly aimed at couples or friends that are most likely slightly older than the comman 'young couple' as the photo doesn't seems to show anybody too young in it, this would most likely appeal to older couples and friends who want a break from hectic life such as what you would find at SeaWorld. The caption of this picture says 'Customers in casual dress at the bar in the Columbia Restaurant, Tampa'. The fact the caption mentions casual dress would appeal to some people who like to have a night or afternoon out, without feeling obligated to dress in their smartest attire, or risk feeling underdressed around everyone else.
The opening paragraph of the guide is very different from the rest of the guide. The opening paragrapgh writes things like 'The only complaint a child is likely to have is if the line to see Mickey Mouse is too long or the sun too hot.' or other quotes like 'Florida is very well geared to tourists' needs'. Most of the Paragrapgh, as shown in the quotes, is purely opinion based with little to no factual knowlege or evidence. The objective of the first paragrapgh is to try and catch peoples attention and draw them into the guide. The reason that the opening paragrapgh is not very factual is because it is much easier to put emphasis on an opinion that it is factual information. Reffering to the earlier quote saying 'The only complaint a child is likely to have is if the line to see Mickey Mouse is too long...' is a prime example of how easy it is to put emphasis on an opinion. If the quote read 'Surveys show 95% of kids enjoy Florida', the information would have been factual, but it is simply not as good at relating to the reader and much, much harder to use emphasis, because in most cases emphasis often turns fact into opinion.
Different from the opening paragrapgh the rest of the literature is very factual. The main reason for this is because in order for it to be a good travel guide it must have factual information rather than just opinions, or one persons 'place to go' could be another persons nightmare and someones 'place to avoid' could be just the place someone else is looking for. The information given in the main text differs into two main types. The first is travel locations and general rules, the other is more information on issues with entering the country and information on how to travel with disabilities.
The information on locations is very precise in many aspects. The guide says things about admission fee's at certain attraction '...vary enormously, from $2 at a small museum to over $40 for a day pass into Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom'. Even though this is not a very good selling point to potential travellers, the guide would simply be a terrible guide if it didn't mention both the positive and negative attributes of Florida.
The travel guide also talks about what items you can and can't take to and from Florida, such as you are aloud '100 cigars (as long as they're not made in cuba)'. The guide is very specific in what is and is not aloud in and out of Florida as it is essential that travellers knwo what they are able to take and what they're not.
Overall, we can say that this guide is very factual in its information and that it is very suited for most audiences as it shows places of interest and needed information for everyone.
A way in which the travel guide is aimed at multiple audiences is that the pictures in it vary to show the different ends of Florida. One of the images in the guide shows a family with two small children at SeaWorld, one of Floridas most recogniseable destinations. The caption of the picture says 'A boy enjoying a ride in a dolphin stroller, for rent at SeaWorld'. The caption subtly puts emphasis on the fact that the strollers are for rent at the attraction by using a comma prior to saying about the stroller being rentable to make you pick up on the fact first time.
The other Picture is aimed at what seems like a more adult holiday, without kids. The picture shows a few pairs of people who are obviously trying to have a more relaxing; stress free holiday as they are sat together having, most likely, friendly conversation with one another. This picture is mainly aimed at couples or friends that are most likely slightly older than the comman 'young couple' as the photo doesn't seems to show anybody too young in it, this would most likely appeal to older couples and friends who want a break from hectic life such as what you would find at SeaWorld. The caption of this picture says 'Customers in casual dress at the bar in the Columbia Restaurant, Tampa'. The fact the caption mentions casual dress would appeal to some people who like to have a night or afternoon out, without feeling obligated to dress in their smartest attire, or risk feeling underdressed around everyone else.
The opening paragraph of the guide is very different from the rest of the guide. The opening paragrapgh writes things like 'The only complaint a child is likely to have is if the line to see Mickey Mouse is too long or the sun too hot.' or other quotes like 'Florida is very well geared to tourists' needs'. Most of the Paragrapgh, as shown in the quotes, is purely opinion based with little to no factual knowlege or evidence. The objective of the first paragrapgh is to try and catch peoples attention and draw them into the guide. The reason that the opening paragrapgh is not very factual is because it is much easier to put emphasis on an opinion that it is factual information. Reffering to the earlier quote saying 'The only complaint a child is likely to have is if the line to see Mickey Mouse is too long...' is a prime example of how easy it is to put emphasis on an opinion. If the quote read 'Surveys show 95% of kids enjoy Florida', the information would have been factual, but it is simply not as good at relating to the reader and much, much harder to use emphasis, because in most cases emphasis often turns fact into opinion.
Different from the opening paragrapgh the rest of the literature is very factual. The main reason for this is because in order for it to be a good travel guide it must have factual information rather than just opinions, or one persons 'place to go' could be another persons nightmare and someones 'place to avoid' could be just the place someone else is looking for. The information given in the main text differs into two main types. The first is travel locations and general rules, the other is more information on issues with entering the country and information on how to travel with disabilities.
The information on locations is very precise in many aspects. The guide says things about admission fee's at certain attraction '...vary enormously, from $2 at a small museum to over $40 for a day pass into Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom'. Even though this is not a very good selling point to potential travellers, the guide would simply be a terrible guide if it didn't mention both the positive and negative attributes of Florida.
The travel guide also talks about what items you can and can't take to and from Florida, such as you are aloud '100 cigars (as long as they're not made in cuba)'. The guide is very specific in what is and is not aloud in and out of Florida as it is essential that travellers knwo what they are able to take and what they're not.
Overall, we can say that this guide is very factual in its information and that it is very suited for most audiences as it shows places of interest and needed information for everyone.
Thursday, 22 September 2011
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