Travel Writing: Literary Devices

What two things does travel writing need to do?

• persuade the reader

• entertain the reader

• inform the reader

• advise the reader

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What do you call imagery which appeals to the senses?

• sensitive imagery

• descriptive imagery

• sensory imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of these sentences contains alliteration?

• The waves washed lazily along the shore.

• The Great Wall basked sinuously in the sunlight like some magnificent snake.

• London was a maze of bustling streets and secret alleyways.

• The mountain range brooded moodily beneath the thunder clouds.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• The waves washed lazily along the shore.

• The Great Wall basked sinuously in the sunlight like some magnificent snake.

• London was a maze of bustling streets and secret alleyways.

• The mountain range brooded moodily beneath the thunder clouds.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of these sentences contains a simile (and sibilance)?

• The waves washed lazily along the shore.

• The Great Wall basked sinuously in the sunlight like some magnificent snake?

• London was a maze of bustling streets and secret alleyways

• The mountain range brooded moodily beneath the thunder clouds.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence contains a metaphor?

• The waves washed lazily along the shore.

• The Great Wall basked sinuously in the sunlight like some magnificent snake.

• London was a maze of bustling streets and secret alleyways.

• The mountain range brooded moodily beneath the thunder clouds.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D