Text analysis

The text "Why Antigua and Barbuda?" is a non-fictional informative and persuasive text, and the text obviously tries to convince you to go to this islands giving you certain information. We can support that statement by the type of words used in the text. To start, we can see that the text is not a fictional text, because it talks about an existing place, with real characteristics of it (although it includes opinions, such as "beautiful beaches"), and not a story created by someone. The informative part of the text is the information given, "the largest and most developed tourist destination...", "Antigua is the larger of the two islands at about 108 squares miles". These are some examples from the text that give us information about the Antigua and barbuda islands. The text also haves a persuasive intention, because it is intended and created to attract tourist and visitors to both of this islands. They use persuasive language, subjective ideas and give us examples on the good things that can be done or experienced in the islands. "Beautiful beaches...", "...fascinating, must see historical site called Nelson`s dockyard", "...the atmosphere is pure fun and local bands play infectious dance music",  and more. All these sentences include keywords like "beautiful", "must-see", "fascinating", "fun", and more, and the words and sentences are intended to have a persuasive effect on the reader, convince people to prefer the twin islands instead of another destination. The text uses mainly adjectives for this purpose. Another element of persuasion is the capital letters out the top of the text. These words are beaches, Antigua, Barbuda and luxury. These words represent things that are searched by people, things that people would find attractive and desirable, and obviously it include the name of the islands, because they want to say to you that they have all these desirable and attractive things, places and activities on the islands.

The audience targeted by the text is mainly people who are looking for vacations or that love to travel around the world. Evidently, it is a place for people who enjoy and like being in contact with nature and that love adventures outside the house, as well as relaxing on the beaches and meeting new people on social activities with other tourists. The text uses the persuasive elements named above because they represent what people look for when they want to go on vacations. Fun, luxury, beautiful, must see places and more. "...most developed tourist destination...", "...has much to offer visitors of many stripes", "...Antigua`s hotel choices are varied...". All these gives us the idea of tourist and foreigners being the audience of the text.

The use of language and words is formal, as it is trying to persuade and convince you to visit the islands, and it is probably more effective to use formal language, as it is more likely to be a visit payed by adults and not young people (who would maybe prefer an informal language) and also because it gives you the idea of being an organized company the one that offers you the chance to go, and that inspires trust, because if it was too messy maybe people would think that the company is not serious and professional, and they would not like taking their travel offers. "...Antigua is the larger of the two islands at about 108 square miles", "The  long reach of the British empire is still evident in both the formal demeanor of the local population...".  The sentences quoted above show us the formal language used, because they use specific words such as demeanor, British empire, and more, and also because they lack the use of abbreviations. Additionally, the language includes a mix of facts and opinions. "Beautiful beaches...", "most visitors arrive by propeller plane...", "...fascinating, must see historical sites...". these quotes have factual information, such as the way of traveling to Barbuda (by propeller plane), and opinions, such as the beautifulness of the beaches and the fascinating of a place. We already saw that the content is information and characteristics of the islands, in order to give us and idea of how the islands are, and convince us to go visit it and enjoy the activities. "Islanders claim their home boasts 365 beaches...", "the most popular attraction here is actually offshore- the Frigate bird Sanctuary". These extracts show information about the islands, and we know this information is mixed with subjective sentences and opinions, in order to be able to describe and highlight the distinctive activities and characteristics the islands has over other places in the world.

the rhetorical devices here try to make the islands look like a great place to go to.  The use of hyperbole, rule of three and more. "beautiful beaches...", "must see site", "...the smaller sister island is wild, woolly and barely inhabited." All these elements try to make the island look like a great place, with beautiful places and adventurous characteristics. the information and the use of images are an effective and succesful way to create an image of the different things that can be done. Relaxing in the pool, visiting places, see the wild animals, and more.

The use of language, content, idea and text type suggests that this text tries to convince people to visit the islands, and through the whole text we can see rhetorical devices, persuasive methods and interesting features that are highlighted to make a good impression of the islands.