Travel Writing

The main purpose of travel writing is...

• to inform and entertain the reader

• to persuade the reader to visit

• To make the reader laugh

• To describe a place

What is sibilance?

• Alliteration

• Alliteration of the letter S

• a metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

which of the following lines use the technique sibilance?

• Beneath the surface, there was crashing, crunching waves

• Beneath the surface, there was nothing

• Beneath the surface, there was stillness, vastness, silence

• Beneath the surface, there was a wandering whale

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What effect can sibilance have on the reader

• It creates a soft sound

• It emphasises the meaning in the line

• It sounds like a hissing snake

• It is catchy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which of the following are language techniques?

• metaphor

• question

• contrast

• list

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which of the following lines are metaphors?

• This is Mother Nature’s secret place, her private art studio

• This is like Mother Nature’s secret place, her private art studio

• This looks like Mother Nature’s secret place, her private art studio

• People whisper in respect to the sleeping giant

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following are structural devices?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• contrast

• speech

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What impact does a list have on the reader?

• It can make the reader feel that they have to remember a lot of things

• It can make the reader take notice

• It can make the experience more detailed and exciting for the reader

• It makes the reader bored

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What structural technique is being used in these lines: "The secret of putting flippers on is that there is no secret. There is no right or wrong way to put on flippers. There is no such thing as a left or right flipper. If you remember flippers go on your feet, you can’t go far wrong."

• repetition

• list

• short sentences

• rhetorical question

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CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

What must you include in an analytical paragraph on a writer's use of language?

• quotation

• terminology

• one word analysis

• reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6