Travel Writing - KS3 English

When did the first travel guides begin to emerge?

• As the country industrialised (1830AD)

• During the dark ages (400-800AD)

• Shakespeare wrote them (1580AD)

• Not until the modern era (1960AD)

The main purpose of travel writing is...(Select 3)

• 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

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

Which of the following are language techniques?

• metaphor

• question

• contrast

• list

Which of the following lines are metaphors? (Select 2)

• 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

What terminology would you use to define the underlined word? "...tourist attraction has just exploded on to the scene.." (Select 2)

• adverb

• adjective

• verb

• emotive language

What is a the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a comparison using 'like/as'

• A simile will have a big idea

• A metaphor rhymes

• A simile is a comparison using 'like/as'

Who was Mary Kinglsey?

• A Victorian woman who ignored the social constraints and travelled to Africa alone

• A famous scientist who discovered a cure for cholera

• The first female president of the USA

• The pen name of Joseph Chrysler, a male author

What is Odysseus famous for?

• His terrible journey home from the Trojan War?

• His battle with Prince Minos of Crete

• Defeating the Minotaur

• His beautiful wife Helen