9a Travel Writing

How did Dorothy Wordsworth describe the place she visited?

• Completely positively

• Mostly positively

• Mostly negatively

• Completely negatively

How did Charles Dickens describe the place he visited?

• Completely positively

• Mostly positively

• Mostly negatively

• Completely negatively

What is the name of the linguistic technique where the weather is written to reflect the mood of a story?

• Emotive language

• Pathetic fallacy

• Possessive adjectives

• Metaphor

Which of these is NOT a plant that Dorothy Wordsworth reports seeing on her visit?

• Anemone

• Birch

• Daffodil

• Walnut tree

How does Dickens describe the Mississippi in this quotation? 'The __________ Mississippi circling and eddying'

• Awesome

• Hateful

• Disgusting

• Brilliant

How does Wordsworth personify the daffodils?

• She says they are a 'colony', implying they are alive and social

• She says they smell strongly

• She says the wind is blowing forcefully

• She says they are growing alongside the road

True or false? Dickens states that the scenery in Cairo, Illinois was inspiring.

• True

• False

Which of these techniques is used in this quotation? 'The wind seized our breath'.

• Alliteration

• Dialogue

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Select the correct function of an imperative sentence.

• To give orders, commands and requests

• To ask questions

• To express great emotion

• To state a fact

Select the correct function of an interrogative sentence.

• To give orders, commands and requests

• To ask questions

• To express great emotion

• To state a fact