Practical Information sheet homework

English Analysis of ‘Practical Information sheet’

The first part of the fact sheet clearly entitled ‘Practical Information’ is the main purpose of the whole sheet. It is within the few paragraphs within it that we get the ‘overall picture’ of the sheet. It is biased but it holds information in it which is very important towards the topic of the sheet and would not be told if it were unbiased furthermore it is located at the start (top left) of the sheet so we know It’s important. We can also guess that it is correct because of ‘The State Seal of Florida’ logo (the person who wrote it must live in Florida and so know what to expect).

There are many columns over the next two sides of the sheet all of which have a different topics and subtitles; firstly this makes it easy to navigate quickly to whatever you may want/need to know and secondly it provides the secondary purpose of the sheet- to inform you about many different topics. The columns are also arranged in an order which is relative to what you would need to know in real life e.g. ‘Visas’ column comes before ‘Customs allowances’ because you would need a visa before you even got to customs.

There are a few pictures in some of the columns which give an accurate example of what you should expect to see when you get to your destination e.g. under the ‘Traveling with children’ columns there is a picture showing a little boy on a ‘Dolphin stroller’ at SeaWorld. The pictures are also spaced around the sheet so that any white spaces can be filled, this helps the sheet look appealing and thus it makes the sheet more readable.

There is a directory easily visible at the right side of the sheet which has clear information categorised all the way down it with phone numbers and names for helpfulness. It has been put out on the right side because whilst over there it is out of the way but at the same time it is apparent and can be looked to when needed.

The disability sign is right next to the ‘Travellers with disabilities’ column this indicates where information about disabled access etc. will be and is very useful as a navigation purpose.

The lexis for the sheet is all very straight forward and informative (par the initial couple of paragraphs of ‘Practical information’ which are friendly, informal and biased) it is unbiased and is designed to yield results that will help you make a decision.