Text 1

Text one is basically an informative and  persuasive text, trying to convince people to visit and go on vacations to the Antigua and Barbuda`s island. It informs and gives us a descriptions of both islands and what are the good things and activities on them. Obviously, the audience targeted here are people who are looking for a place to go on vacations and people who love to travel around the world, more adventurous people. The main idea of the text is to convince people to go to the islands on vacations because of the beautiful features and the fun activities, along with the "can`t be missed" places and the luxury of the hotels. It`s writen formally and it has a mix of objective information and opinions when describing the islands. The text has words that can be associated with feelings. For example "beautiful beaches" causes an idea of pleasure and peace. The images included are colorful images, that try to give you an idea of what is on the islands, mixing that with the words it is an strong persuasive text.Each picture has a different implication, for example, the bird makes us think about the wild in the islands, the pool icture giecs us an impression of fun and social enjoyment, the church gives us an idea of beautiful places to visit.

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1.- It emphasizes and reinforces the effect of what he is saying, ads personal knowledge also.

2.-If you only refer to negative or positive attitudes you are not being able to make a good effect on people, you need to let them know what they are doing wrong, but also letting people know that they are able to change it because they have encountered bad situations before. The allusions need to be general so all citizens and the people of the country can relate to it.

3.-He lists examples, and the use of "and" instead of commas makes the message stronger, as every time he says and he raises his voice.

4.- When he starts referring to the nation he starts using we instead of I, because the speech is intended to have an impact on the people, not to let his point of view be known