Announcement versus Invitation

Both genres have some similarities, i.e., they can be written in the 1st person (even 1st person plural - “we invite you/we ask you to”) and address the readers.

To differentiate between them, consider the following criteria:

• subjectivity, promotional features (subjective adjectives, exclamation marks) –> Invitation

(Source: http://www.tscmb.si/index.php/programi/programi-na-naslovnici/61-vija-strokovna-ola)

• verb “invite” –> Invitation; verb “announce, inform, ask, urge” (Slovene: obveščamo, pozivamo, naprošamo) –> Announcement

• Invitation promotes an event, persuades the reader to join the event, while Announcement informs about a change of circumstances and asks the reader to act accordingly (see the examples below).

Examples of Announcement:

(Source: http://krsko.si/1857/zimske-razmere-v-obcini-krsko-v-ponedeljek-14-januarja)

(Source: http://www.os-prezih.si/index.php/component/content/article/31-ucenci-in-ucitelji/govorilne-ure/22-govorilne-ure)

Announcement informs the readers about a change:

(Source: http://www.meikyokan.si/novice/)

Example of Invitation - it invites the reader to an event:

(Source: http://www.meikyokan.si/novice/)