Paper 1

This text, more than a simple text, is an advertisement of non-fiction genre. Because of the contents of the text we can say that this text has as target audience tourists as said in it :"Home to most of the nation's better-known hotels (...)" where it tries to persuade tourists to come and visit the island for those remarkable hotels. Another example of this is :"(...) the beaches are beautiful." Where it also tries to persuade tourists to come to the island but this time, for the beaches, mainly the elderly people or the people that want to lay in the beach and relax. This is a non-fiction text because it has elements that show this as for example the name of the place and the place itself because this country exists in the Caribbean as said in the text: "The twin - island nation of Antigua & Barbuda, the largest and most developed tourist destination in the Leeward Islands chain (...)" where it clearly gives the geographical space of it. Some stylistic features present in the text are for example the use of different colors at the beginning to remark the words "beaches"; "Antigua"; "Barbuda"; and "luxury". This features are probably used to tell the audience that the beaches in Antigua and Barbuda are luxurious ones, which could make people more interested in going to them. The author of this text could be the government of this country to, as said before, advertise the country for tourists to go to it. The theme of this advertisement is "the vacations in Antigua and Barbuda" because it permanently tries to persuade people to spend vacations or free time in these islands. There is the presence of an hyperbole in the third paragraph where it says: "Islanders claim their home boasts 365 beaches (...)" because clearly this is an exaggeration, as said later that quote: "(...) although this is an exaggerated amount (...)", of the fact that the island has many beaches.

All the features of this text are used to, as said before, attract tourists but mainly youngsters because of the fun it offers as, for example, where it says: "(...) is the home of a twice-weekly party and barbecue for sunset-watchers." because thats what attracts the youngsters most. The title itself is a rhetorical device because of it's question: "Why Antigua & Barbuda?" where it makes us think for a while and the it answers that question persuading to go to it. In this text, also, there is the use of certain images that show what the party and the beaches look like so it is more convincing to the public to get the message.