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As a rule, authors create original texts, which are unique.
Nevertheless, in spite of the uniqueness of texts, it is still
possible to find some similarities between texts, which seem
to be quite different at first glance. In this respect, it
is possible to refer to two texts, text A and text B which
apparently belong to two different styles, but still an attentive
reader can easily trace the common line which unites both
texts. In fact, this similarity is not only the common theme
of the text, but also the attention and profound knowledge
of the subject authors of both texts write about.
In fact, the difference between the two texts discussed is,
to a significant extent, determined by the different target
audience of either author. It proves beyond a doubt that the
author of the text A attempts to draw the attention of an
average tourist or just an individual who has never travelled
in his life. The main goal of the author is to capture the
attention of the reader and make him/her eager to travel to
Australia and visit almost fabulous the author vividly describes.
In this respect, it should be said that the author skillfully
uses epithets to characterize Australia, its geography, nature,
and beauty. In such a way, due to the use of epithets the
author draws a vivid picture, he almost visualize the picture
he describes in the text A. At the same time, the author intentionally
uses rather colloquial than formal language in order to make
his message closer and more comprehensible to an ordinary
reader. For instance, the author writes about a “devil
jet boating on the seductive waters”. In such a way,
he attempts to evoke positive feelings and emotions of the
audience.
Furthermore, the tone of the text A is friendly and intentionally
positive. The author creates a simple but quite vivid text.
He achieves such an effect through the use of short, quite
simple sentences. The text A is not overwhelmed with a complex
syntax or semantically elevated lexical contents. Instead,
the simplicity and comprehensibility are major tools to influence
the audience and convince people to visit Australia, which
is apparently the ultimate goal of the author of the text
A. at the same time, the text is well-structured and logical.
At this point, the text A is similar to the text B, where
the message is also well-organized and the author logically
conveys his ideas. However, it is important to underline that
this text is very different from the text A and, what is more,
the text B is more complex syntactically as well as lexically
compared to the text A. On the other hand, stylistically,
the text is not overwhelmed with various stylistic devices
and artistic details. In stark contrast, the entire text looks
rather like a formal, almost scientific report of a traveler
about his trip to Australia. In such a way, this text differs
from quite informal, colloquial language of the text A, where
the author, in contrast to the author of the text B, attempted
to use simple words which can be attractive for readers’
perception.
Another difference of the text B from the text A may be traced
in the tone of the text. Unlike the text A, which is characterized
by a light, friendly tone, the text B has quite a dark tone
since the author conveys his problems he has faced while travelling
throughout Australia. In this respect, it is worth mentioning
the opening sentence which, to a significant extent, defines
the tone of the entire text and the general impression after
reading the text B: “It is impossible to fancy a worse
country than the one we were now travelling over, intersected
with swamps and small lagoons in every direction”. In
such a way, in contrast to bright and vivid picture created
by the author of the text A, the author of the text B creates
a picture which is gloomy, unpleasant and disgusting, in a
way.
In contrast to the author of the text A, his goal is not the
promotion of the place he visited, but he rather warns readers
about difficulties they may face once they decide to undertake
a journey to Australia. At the same time, the audience of
the text B is narrower compared to the audience of the text
A, because the authors uses quite formal language, rather
complex lexical and syntactical structure. In such a way,
he strengthens the impression concerning hardships he had
to pass through while travelling throughout Australia.
Nevertheless, in spite of obvious differences, both texts
are united by the common theme. Both attempt to describe the
nature of Australia and both authors admire the local nature.
Even though the author of the text B suffered a lot, he still
could not help from admiring the local nature: “If,
however, the country itself is poor, the river is rich…”
The same trend can be traced in the text A, which is the admiration
with Australian nature itself.
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