The Journey Into Africa Text Analysis

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Text (4) titled ''The Journey into Africa'', is an extract from the San Diego website (2008) that discusses and endorses the availability of an exquisite African tour designed to give tourists the opportunity to witness the diversity of wildlife and biomes present there. This text aims to promote this tour through the San Diego Zoo website by means of listing and describing the types of scenery tourists are likely to encounter during the tour. This promotion is done through the articulation of the text, and more specifically, through its purpose, targeted audience, tone and diction, imagery and structure. Throughout the text, the purpose seems to revolve around providing information about the tour and persuading tourists into attending this …show more content…

Tourists are usually attracted to places and events that give countries or continents their distinctive characters, and as it is commonly-known, Africa's extraordinary safaris are one of the main factors that distinguish Africa from other continents. The San Diego Website is clearly online, and for that reason, all tourists can access it from anywhere at any time. Phrases such as ''As you approach your tour vehicle'' (line 3) and ''Board the African Express and begin your Journey into Africa Tour" (line 7) make it clear that the text actually addresses tourists in particular. Also, the website lists unique African sites, ranging from ''dense forests'' (line 6) to ''vast savannas'' (line 6) that a tourist would generally visit. The wildlife that is going to be observed during the tour is that of ''giant herons, ostriches,'' (line 10) ''impalas, white-bearded gnus'' (line 19) and many more African animals with remarkable adaptations. These sites and animals differentiate Africa from other places and attract tourists into joining the tour. Moreover, the website claims that the tour gives a ''glimpse of the amazing diversity found there'' (lines 1-2). These traits allow the connection of tourists to Africa to continue to rise during their stay, as these stops will leave everlasting memories and pictures in their minds. The emphasis placed on ''the amazing diversity'' of Africa aids …show more content…

Nature imagery is found in this website, as this tour moves around Africa's main attractions and visits areas where wildlife can be seen. Video monitors shows the tourists the ''dense forests, harsh deserts, vast savannas, and other habitats'' (line 6) found in the Continent. Furthermore, the tourist will see ''eye to eye with wildlife'' (line 8) and get ''a new appreciation for just how huge a rhinoceros or Cape buffalo is'' (line 9). The wildlife present on the tour can be considered to be a part of Africa's nature. Furthermore, in this ''open space," (line 9), the extensive numbers of birds found in the area would help ''reflect the kind of diversity you would see on an African safari" (line 12). The diversity found in African nature, and particularly on African safaris, is what makes the scenery there very important to the locals and visitors. The website use this nature imagery to ensure to the targeted customers that they will be exposed to the beautiful nature of Africa. This implies to the audience that the website makes use of card-stacking, since it ensures that the quality of the tour is high and that the natural sites encountered during the trip would guarantee customer satisfaction. Hyperbole is used throughout the text to exemplify and illustrate the beautiful nature of Africa. This exaggeration helps in portraying the type of nature found in

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