You can’t go from Madrid without at least having seen a flamenco performance. Several tablaos (flamenco performance spots) operate in central Madrid, and most are designed for the tourist crowd. They generally feature dinner and rich flamenco floorshows. Of course you will be able to enjoy the famous tapas.
How to travel:
Madrid's fast and efficient metro is the best way to get around the city, with buses and regional trains (cercanías) filling in the gaps. With such good public transport, you don't need a car to sightsee.
And for the fashion victims:
The city is full of interesting nooks to explore and feed the shopper's soul. Everything from high fashion through to flea markets and grand delicatessens are on offer. Many of the shops include Bershka, Zara, Mango and many other famous shops which will be waiting anxiusly to receive you. These shops can be found in many central streets like Sol for instance but Madrid has a great number of malls that allow you the opportunity to “shop-till-you-drop”.
Commentary:
I have written a leaflet to persuade teenagers to come over to Madrid. I did not feel the need to use highly sophisticated language and I didn’t want to complicate the reading as i wanted to ensure the readers comprehension in order to persuade them to come to spain. As the vocabulary used can be esily understood by most young adults I have made my lexical choice appealing to the targeted audience. It is kept relatively uncomplicated except to provide detail, and is easy to follow. I’ve tried to make the text short and concise so that ther reader doesn’t get bored or lose interest and has a good detailed overview of the what to expect from Spain. It is written with a very informal tone since it targeted at teenagers and i felt there should be a reader writer relation.
I will start commenting on my lexical choice. I have used the word “hunging” for several reasons. First of all it is both ellision and ellipsis. The correct sentence should be “are you hunging out in the UK with nothing to do?” but instead i have omitted the begging and end of the sentence causing and elission. I have also used elision because it should be “hunging” and not “hungin”. I have chosen to start this way to directly give the sense of informality and the fact that its a teenegers leaflet. It is very common amongst teenagers and has helped me establish a link with the audience. Also omission of a letter as a means of contraction was to achieve a uniform metrical pattern and to smooth the pronunciation. The link between reader and writer was also created by the rethorical question “Hungin out in th Uk, with nothing to do?”. I have used this rethorical device three times also to establish an informal register which will suggest again it is targeted at teenagers and also as an effect of persuasiveness. They are questions solely for effect, with no answer expected. Since there is no answer expected the obejective is to achieve an emphasis stronger than a direct statement. I have also used repetition with the word “its” which gives it a musicality. I think its also higly effective since it reinforces the word with successive fulfillment. Lexically speaking I have used a neologism with the word “enjoyacular”. It is a new word to imagine new realities. I couldnt find a word in the diccionary which could reflect what i want to express. For this reason i fused the words “ejoyable” and “spectacular” to give me “enjoyacular”. I have done this to make the text funny which is helpful in order to persuade teenagers. Another lexical choice is the word “paradise”. It is a very stong word for imagery since it is very clear. Everyone knows how paradise looks like. I have used this word as a techinique persuasivness beacuse everyone would want to be able to go to such a nice place as paradise.
The gramatical structure of the writing is simple. It is informal and the sentences arnt very complex. However they tend to be very descriptive at points. I have used a picture as paralinguistic features. I am aware in an exam i wont be able to do this, but since i have been given the opportunity to do so i used it to give imaggery and make it more attractive since its for teenagers. I also used it as a persuasive technique, it acompanies my persuasive writing techniques. It is a very simbolic picture since it is the key representaitve of Madrid. Another lexial choice is the word “fashion victims”. I have chosen these words becuase they are very common amongst teenagers,specially girls. When they rewad this subehading they will be attracted and persuaded beacuse teenagers, specially girls, love shopping and based on my expirience this word is very significant for them. Another word used to persuade and attract tennagers is
As to the graphology I have used subheadings. Even though its informal i chose to make use of these to make the presentation more attractive and easier for the readers. They dont have to read all of the leaflet if they dont want to, they could go to the main points which would make it easier for them. This would attract more people to it making it more successful.
To make my leaflet more descriptive i used lots of adjectives. Things like “fast” “efficient” or “famous” are some of the adjectives ive used to make my text more descriptive. In one case ive used the rule of three: “long, tyring and stressful”. I think this gives the text more musicallity........
I have used repetition of a sturcture “Fiesta fun, fun and fiesta”. I did this to give the textmore musicallity and becaus i think it is an interesting repetition. By repeating the two key woprds it makes the point clear; there is going to be fun at the same time that there is going to be fiesta. I have also used italiscs to show the spanish words. This includes “madrileños”, “tablaos” or “pinchos”. I chose to leave these words in spanish because people are coming to spain and i though it would be good for them to start and familiarise themselves with the words they are going to hear in Spain. Another graphological choice is the fact that i put the word night in inverted commas. I did this for people to see that its not really night. After 3 oclock it starts to be morning. So i used inverted commas to give it a sense of irony and therofore more persuasive.
To make my text more p3ersuasive i used a bit of comedy. The sentence “all thats missing is an elevator” gives a sense of comedy because the disco is quite big and has everything but an elevator. It is really comic.
