Travel Writing
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/sep/06/mount-everest-base-camp-trekking-himalayas-trekking
I am taking my ideas for my travel writing from my style model: Trekking to Everest Base Camp by Alex Vink. Alex's travel writing includes lots of techniques and is written in the same style I would like to. The topic of his travel writing is a trek he goes on to Everest. This is very similar to the type of thing I am planning to write for my course work. I personally want to write about an experience I went on to Norway where I ran in the Kjeringi Open. Therefore Alex Vink's writing gives me lots of inspiration and structure for my writing.
The writer, Alex Vink uses lots of graphology in his travel writing including headings, sub headings and lots of pictures. This gives the reader plenty of imagery and helps them figure out the topic of the lexical field. To do this Alex also uses lexical sets as well as subject specific lexis which interests a certain audience of people who enjoy travelling or want to read about peoples experiences, the purpose of this test being to inform and entertain. Sibilance is used lots in the text to speed up the reader, "stone slabs" and "shy, sweet-toothed" this could represent the business and excitement of everything going on around the people trekking to Everest Base Camp. Lastly, the writer uses two complex sentences in one paragraph symbolising the hectic and chaotic atmosphere and helps the reader to engage with the text through imagery.
Article
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/18/south-africa-racism-rugby
Although both my style models are from The Guardian, this article on Racism in Sport helps me to understand how articles are written in the third person and how they're set out. Looking at this article allowed me to be able to decide how I would like to set my article out and also to include dialogue to include other peoples opinions bedsides the writer as they can be bias depending on the topic of the writing.
This article by The Guardian similarly to the travel writing style model contains plenty of graphology which attracts the reader when seeing the heading, subheading and pictures. It distinctively tells the audience what the text is about and the picture gives out plenty of imagery so the reader can put their selves in the situation. The article also uses speech to put across other peoples views and opinions which can help the reader sympathise with the situation e.g. racism in sport. People may describe how it feels to be discriminated against for the colour of their skin and people can explain how it is extremely hurtful. Therefore this article has a purpose to inform and persuade people to do what they can to prevent racism.
