Commentary on Travel Writing English as Coursework

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Oliver Jones Commentary on Travel Writing My travel writing piece is formal so that it can fit its primary purpose of inform, yet it is also informal in other parts to engage the audience and fit the secondary purpose of persuasion. The audience will be upper middle class and higher classes as Dubai is a luxury destination and thus expensive to get to. Mainly 28-45 year olds will be targeted as these are the people who will have disposable income. In terms of grammar, I have used a complex sentence “I was not starring in an episode of Downton Abbey or Made in Chelsea but in fact I was a common Staffordshire bred normal man whom would be more suited to Big Brother or Geordie Shore, if I’m honest with you.” This gave me the opportunity to go into extra detail to add humour and relate to my target audience. This is also similar to my style model as this uses the same techniques to engage the audience. I have used “Downton Abbey.. Made in Chelsea… Big Brother… Geordie Shore”. Culture bound references were used in the Charlie Brooker rants to compare something known with something known and to create a sense of shared understanding. In terms of lexis and semantics I have used the metonym “Dubai would probably revive”. This sentence also uses personification which makes Dubai seem more lively and the fact it uses a dynamic verb “revive” shows Dubai is pro-active and exciting which will make somebody want to go. Semantically, there is also connotations of love “her heart turn a little redder” which expresses an easy love for Dubai making it sound even more attractive to visit and means Dubai will make you fall in love and a gives a new meaning to life. Also, the use of words like “extravagant…grandiose…luxury” are a luxurious lexical field as they show prestigious aspects of Dubai. I have also started the piece with the dynamic verb “Took” as this reflects
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