Comparison of travel writing and blog

After comparing a piece of travel writing and a blog, i have noticed many similarities and differences, however mostly differences. The blog that i chose to analyse has a very informal register, whereas the travel writing is much more formal. This is made obvious by the use of taboo language such as 'bloody' in Greg James's blog. For the travel writing i do not think that this language would be necessary, however in the blog, it is used to create a much more conversational tone. Due to this the audience of the texts are different, since for the blog the audience would most likely be fans of Greg James, therefore the texts main purpose isn't supposed to be very informative. On the other hand the piece of travel writing would be a useful source of information for someone looking to get reviews on accommodation in Turkey, which is why the tone of the text seems to be speaking to a much larger audience at the same time rather than the reader as an individual. Another difference between the texts is that the piece of travel writing uses subject specific words such as 'destination'. In my opinion it would not be necessary for Greg James to use vocabulary that is specific, since he writes about a different subject on nearly every post because he writes about experiences in his life.

There are very few similarities between these two texts apart from the fact that they could possibly share part of the same audience. This is because the piece of travel writing fits a very wide audience because it is describing accommodation, which may be useful to a person who also enjoys reading Greg James blog for entertainment. Both texts also use punctuation for a specific purpose. For example the piece of travel writing uses a colon to begin to list appealing things about the accommodation. Although this is fits a different purpose, Greg James uses exclamation marks and capital letters to exaggerate his excitement. Furthermore both texts are structured the same throughout however not in comparison to each other. For instance the piece of travel writing uses organised paragraphs that have a different point for each, wheres Greg James writes perhaps one sentence for each paragraph, which shows that he does add as much detail because it would not be useful for his audience.