A) Features of the genre: 1) Physical layout Use of bold print and colored fonts to signpost different topics, e.g.

e.g. Park events, links, etc Extensive use of visuals to appeal to the reader. Title and Headings in different color, e.g. White Sands. Contacts listed in the left column: phone contacts, email, etc. Links to other pages for specific queries.

2) Organization of contents Information divided into clear sections signposted by headings so as to favor readers when looking for information; problem-solution pattern: brief introduction on the area, description of park events with essential information for the visitor (e.g. Reservations are required), etc. Visuals to match the information reported in each paragraph. 3) Register/ style impersonal, formal, factual and often technical to suit the texts function, i.e. referring (descriptive). Field: natural sites presentation for possible visitors. Tenor: formal, factual. Mode: online information leaflet of the National Park Service. 4) Lexical Features Lexis in the semantic field of nature, e.g. dunes, desert, sand. Lexis in the semantic field of travelling, e.g. stroll, reservations. Technical lexis, e.g. Repetition (parallelism) and/or reiteration of lexis in the texts field (tours in natural sites). Example: - dune(s), unique etc: repetition. - Created, formed, formation, weather, climate, etc (near synonyms): reiteration - Dunes, desert: meronymy, holonymy. - Weather, precipitation: hypernymy and hyponymy. 5) Grammatical features Extensive use of passive voice for impersonal style: the passive shifts the focus from the agent (not relevant) to the action: the new information acquires rheme position, e.g. the stroll is held Present Perfect tense used on the current relevance of the action, as we can today admire the present results, e.g. have engulfed. Use of the present simple tense (passive voice) to state scientific facts, information, and schedules, e.g. summers are hot, the stroll is held. Use of noun phrases, adjectives, and past participles in attributive position, e.g. worlds greatest natural wonders.

 Direct reference to the reader (you-exophoric) to get him/her involved directly: have you ever.? exophoric reference: e.g. Tularosa Basin Figures and data: e.g. 4,000 feet (1200 meters). B) have successfully adapted Form: - 3rd person plural- Present Perfect tense. Affirmative. - Auxiliary ( have)+ adverb+ past participle (regular lexical verb). Meaning: The Present Perfect is used to describe actions started in the past with current relevance: the effects are the object of our attention. Pronunciation: /hvsks sfld Have you ever wondered? Form: - 2nd person singular Simple Present Perfect tense- Interrogative form. - Auxiliary (have)+ subject+ adverb+ past participle (regular verb) - Inversion subject/ auxiliary-verb to form the interrogative. Meaning: Present Perfect used with a time reference up to now; 2nd person singular as impersonal subject, addressing the reader directly.

ptd/

Pronunciation: /hvju vrw ndrd/ is given Form: - Present Simple passive voice, 3rd person singular - Auxiliary (be)+ past participle (transitive, irregular verb). - Agentless Meaning: The agentless passive is here used to shift the focus from the agent (a staff member?) to the action and the complement that are in rheme position (end-weight). Pronuciation: /zgvn/ x-shaped Form: past- participle (passive function) of the verb shape (regular verb) with modifier x. Use: The participle is used as an adjective in attributive position to modify the following noun (tracks). Pronunciation: /eksept/

accompanied: Form: past participle (regular verb) - vowel change from the base form: yi - Participle clause Use: Participle clause : the participle is used instead of a complete verb to form a reduced relative clause, i.e. thunderstorms which are often accompanied by.. Pronunciation: /kmpnid/ C) is periodically closed to travel due to missile testing Meaning: Students might fail to recognize the cause/effect relationship between park closures and missile testing, i.e. due to+ noun (prepositional phrase); due to is more formal and less common than because of. Phonology: weak forms, and alternating weak/strong forms of to. /zperidklklzdttrvldutumsltesti/ D) stroll Form: noun, countable- can also be a verb. Use: hyponym of walk; proper in this text whose topic is excursions: its connotation is positive and appeals to the reader. staffing Form: noun, uncountable, present participle of the verb staff Use: indicates the amount of people available in the staff (semantic field of the text); subject of the participle clause weather and staffing permitting. averaging Form: present participle (-ing form) of the linking verb average; average can also be a noun. Use: the present participle forms a participle clause referred to the subject Tularosa Basin: reduced relative clause; typical of the technical language of the text, used to display figures. E) run down: Phrasal verb: meaning cannot be inferred from the two separate parts (verb/ preposition). Run-down (adj- shabby) and run down(v) are homophones and a near-homonyms (spelling is the same) but the meaning is different.

leisurely: Meaning: the ending -ly of this adjective is typical of many adverbs in English; can also be an adverb. Pronunciation: presents difficult sounds for romance language speakers: /lirl/

spot Meaning: the word has other meanings students might have encountered more frequently. Here is a synonym of place: incorrect comprehension would disable the use of the link to make reservations.