IB Programm: Paper 1

      This text is an online brochure about visiting Antigua & Barbuda, so we can say that its genre a non-fiction text, "the twin-island nation of Antigua & Barbuda, the largest and most developed tourist destination in the Leeward Islands chain", with this evidence I can prove that its a non-fiction text, because Antigua & Barbuda is a real country and the information of the quote is a real fact. It´s and informational and also a persuasive text, "Antigua & Barbuda is the larger of the two islands at about 108 square miles (...) Islanders claim their home boasts 365 beaches, and while the count is questionable, the beaches are beautiful", this quote stands as evidence that the text is informing its audience about the island and also using descriptive adjectives to convince the reader to visit the place, as "beautiful". The audience to whom the message is directed is the people who are planning to travel to some place and are searching places to visit on Internet websites, this people have to be people with a certain amount of money and also we have interests to have fun, "upscale resorts for the very rich to comfy hideaways  favored by sailors" " the atmosphere is pure fun and local bands play infectious dance music". This quotes describe the type of people for whom this message is directed.

     The content of this brochure  is a description of the twin-island of Antigua & Barbuda, "Antigua is the larger of the two islands at about 108 square miles (...) Barbuda, the smaller sister island, is wild, woolly and barely inhabitated". This quote proves that the content is very descriptive about the twin-islands. I think that the theme of this brochure, as it is an informative-persuasive text, would be located in the first paragraph.  The theme of the brochure would be: the best option for tourists vacation is to visit Antigua & Barbuda, "The twin-island nation of Antigua & Barbuda, the largest and most developed tourist destination in the Leeward Islands chain, has much to offer visitors of many stripes". This would be the theme of the brochure because all the further ideas of the text develop from the idea of proving that the twin-islands are the best place to visit for tourists.

     The language used in the brochure is formal, within some persuasive and also informative techniques, as the use of descriptive adjectives, giving information of mostly all the good things about the island (events, geography, places for tourism), leaving away the negative issues, "the beaches are beautiful", "winding roads of pineapple fields, with the desert-like conditions rounding out the scenery". This quotations prove the persuasive and also informational techniques of the language used in the brochure and also some other aspects of the language in the text. The use of day colors and also the use of images about the place in a well-planned structure of the brochure. This aspects are also persuasive for the audience, to convince about visiting the place by putting nice images and powerful colors to call the attention. The text starts with a rethorical question for people for people to get interested in why they should visit Antigua & Barbuda , also the use of repetition with the word "beaches", used to describe the principal attraction of the twin-island.

    In conclusion, we can say that this brochure has a lot of techniques and characteristics to persuade the audience to travel to Antigua & Barbuda, like the use of images and colors, the argumental aspects on the text and also the use of rethorical figures expressed. The theme of the brochure is well developed among the text, because it uses a lot of arguments to convince the selective audience to visit the place, by refering to informational facts and also persuasive adjectives.