Book Sign Flyer & Response

 

- BOOK SIGN EVENT: TALES FROM THE TORRID ZONE: TRAVELS IN THE DEEP TROPICS -

There are 2 types of people in this world.

One, a tropical madness.

Two, despises the torrid weather.

Or is it possible that you are on both sides...?

Definitely! Alexander Frater, a trophiliac travel journalist, is one of the middle ground on the matter.

Found this relatable? Then why not take a peek at one of Sir Frater’s travelogues?

 

·       ABOUT

“Tales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics.”

A travelogue that describes the effect that the tropics can have on a person who, most of a lifetime after leaving the area, still regards himself as a tropicano. Acknowledging the extremes yet being in the middle ground of the matter.

 

If you find this interesting, come join us! As we are doing a book signing of “Tales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics.”

 

·       TIME & PLACE

26.04.2024

Time: 08:00 – 16:00

Location: ABC Bookstore, DEF Street, 123

 

There’s no reason not to join!

Missing an event such as this would be like a typhoon massacring your tropical holiday, and you wouldn’t want that!

RESPONSE:

The book review of travel Alexander Frater’s memoir is a travelogue text written to describe the effect of the tropics, targeting audiences who like or are interested in traveling with the purpose. The flyer written above is a persuasive text written to persuade readers to join the book-signing event. Therefore, both texts would have a noticeably different structure, form, and use of language from each other.

The book review is written in paragraphs consisting of a few sentences to highlight and focus on each point. We can see that the first paragraph is the introduction/opening for the book review, engaging reader by mentioning the 2 ways people can perceived the temperate zones; the second paragraph talks about the Frater’s relation with the torrid zone; the third paragraph about Frater’s parents and hometown; the fourth paragraph is a commentary on the travelogue Frater wrote; Finally, the final paragraph concludes and describe the cover the main point of context in the travelogue Frater wrote. We can say that paragraph 1 would be the opening, the first and second paragraphs talk about Frater’s life, and the fourth and fifth paragraphs talk about the travelogue itself. By doing so, the writer of the book review managed to talk and progress through the text, giving the context and information needed in an organized and proper way, where the reader would engage to read it.

As for the flyer, it is written in short and direct sentences, with 2 bullet points to pinpoint two different points, which are “about” and “time and place”. The short and direct sentences are written to make each sentence stand out, hence intriguing the reader to each individual sentence, and therefore would be more interested in coming to the book signing event. The bullet points in the flyer are there to allow readers to easily navigate the context and information of the flyer; the date and time are necessary in the book-sign flyer, and adding a bullet point for it would highlight the information to the reader, emphasizing it.

The book review is written in formal language as it is a review of the book. On the other hand, the flyer decided to take the informal approach.

The flyer has used a few linguistic features, one includes a simile at the end of the flyer, “like a typhoon massacring your tropical holiday”. This simile is used to compare the feeling of missing the book-sign event and a typhoon massacring a tropical holiday. Meaning, both are fun and exciting to look forward to, and missing them would be frustrating. This is an attempt to persuade readers to join the book signing event and make it seem as though the readers would most likely regret if they do not attending the book signing. The flyer started off with the writer asking the readers a series of questions, such as, “Or is it possible you are on both sides..?” and “Found this relatable?”. This is done to uncover the reader’s curiosity, hence intriguing them from the get-go. By doing so, the writer would successfully turn the reader’s curiosity into another way to persuade them to come.

By Gracelycia Angeline Serat

28th April 2024