Country+Reflection+JJ

1. Enter the URL of the Bookr product that you created for a Spanish-speaking country. URL: [] What country did you write about? Dominican Republic
 * 1) **Background**


 * 2. Know: ** These are the facts that I know about the country/country site.


 * 1) The capital Is Santo Domingo.
 * 2) Coconut trees are everywhere so you can have a delightful time on the beach.
 * 3) Flan is a popular dessert.


 * 3. Need to Learn: ** These are facts that I need to learn to complete the brochure.


 * 1) historic sites/popular attractions
 * 2) weather
 * 3) traditional food
 * 4) what animals live there


 * 5. Go to Country Report to research more information about the country.**
 * And go to the CIA World FactBook and also look on the Frommer's website**
 * Do not copy and paste, but make notes of information about the country here.**
 * Notes: **
 * Sancocho - national dish
 * Dominican Republic currency - Dominican peso (DOP)
 * **La Zona Colonial - **remains of the first European city in the Americas
 * **Alcázar de Colón - **built for Columbus's son, Diego and his wife. Diego - ruled the colony in 1509. also the palace-fortress where he entertained Cortés, Ponce de León, and Balboa.
 * weather and perfect all year round
 * warm enough to swim even during its coldest month
 * white sandy beaches

My specific focus for the brochure is to make family's who are going on vacation, come to Santo Domingo. My target audience is for family's looking to go on vacation.
 * 5. Decide on a specific focus for the brochure and decide on a target audience. Describe both here.**

I will use a warm and welcoming language of persuasion. I will make it warm by describing how nice and awesome people in Santo Domingo are. It will also be welcoming by providing you with multiple activites for you to do in Santo Domingo.
 * 6. What language of persuasion will you use in the brochure. Explain with examples.**


 * 7. Use Open Office Text to create a 3-column, 2-sided brochure. Make sure the information is accurate. You may use creative commons images for the documents.**


 * Keep in mind the 4 principles of good design: Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, Proximity. **
 * Use //**CONTRAST**// to “pull” the viewer in, create hierarchy, and make it easy to pick out important information
 * Use //**ALIGNMENT**// to unify and organize the page(s) and publication(s), and make text easy to read and understand
 * Use //**REPETITION**// to unite, join, and fuse the pages and publication(s) together, and provide a consistent “look and feel”
 * Use //**PROXIMITY**// to indicate relationships and create visual connections between elements.

‍** 8. Export the final document as a jpg and upload it to your wiki page. **
=‍Thinking about Your Thinking= =‍** 9. Your Analysis: **= **Learned: These are facts that I learned about the country.**
 * 1) The hotels have huge pools so you can go swimming and the pool won't be crowded.
 * 2) They have aquarium where you can walk under sharks.
 * 3) The Dominican Republic has scuba diving tours in the ocean almost every day, except during cold days, where they take you around to see differet fish.


 * Resources: The most useful resources for images and ideas were:**
 * 1) google images
 * 2) Frommer
 * 3) Country Report

‍Discuss the following:

 * 1. What is the target audience? Explain why this was a good audience for the country you were researching. Why would they be interested in the country?**

The target audience is for family's looking to go on vacation. This is a good audience for the country I am researching because there a lot of good family activities in the country. Your family is bound to have an awesome time. They would be interested in the country because they'll never be bored, there's always something for them to do.


 * 2. What creative techniques are used to attract attention? How do the text, colors, language, images** **appeal to a specific audience? Provide specific examples from your work.**

To attract attention I used pretty colors and eye catching pictures. The text appears to every audience because its just the right size. Plus, there's not too much or too little words per section. The colors are welcoming, which every age likes. The language I used appears to family's. The images are just the right size and are fun. In conclusion, there are just the right amount of pictures. I used one picture for each section that contained information about the country. For the last section I added 2 pictures to leave you wanting to come to Santo Domingo.

I used a warm and fuzzy language of persuasion. For instance, when I would describe something I would used positive words to help the reader imagine a particular image.
 * 3. What Language of Persuasion did you use? Provide examples of the application to your document.**

Different people might understand this message differently. For instance, someone who is spanish might not understand the point I'm trying to make. They might not think of it as a pamphlet to get you to come to the country, but as just regular information that everyone should know.
 * 4. How might different people understand this message differently? (Would a different audience find the brochure appealing to them? Why or why not?)**


 * 5. What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?**

This message shows that Santo Domingo is a great vacation area for people of all ages. All my pictures are in third person.


 * 6. Why would this message be distributed?**

This message is distributed to anyone who likes beautiful beaches and wants to go on vacation to make some memories. This message could be distributed to attract tourists to come and visit the country and have some fun.

The biggest and only problem I encountered was alignment. I would add a picture and suddenly everything would be thrown off because the alignment wasn't right. I would solve the problm by adjusting the size of the picture.
 * Problems and Solutions: What were the biggest problems that you encountered in completing the assignment. How did you solve the problems?**



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 * [[image:http://www.wordtravels.com/images/map/Dominican_Republic_map.jpg caption="Dominican Republic map." link="@http://www.wordtravels.com/Travelguide/Countries/Dominican+Republic/Map"]] ||
 * Dominican Republic map. ||

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