Adventure Writing at TES!

What is adventure writing?

• A type of poetry.

• Writing about something exciting or unusual.

• An essay.

• Something to do with watching paint drying.

Which of these is NOT an example of an adventure story?

• Treasure Island

• The Hobbit

• The Three Musketeers

• Horrible Histories: The Vile Victorians

We read an interesting real life account of a young girl riding a giraffe at nighttime...but what was the title of this piece of adventure writing?

• Wild Child

• Wild Ride

• Wild Slide

• In The Wild

True or false?

Adventure writing contains interesting vocabulary.

• True

• False

Which of these is a good feature of effective adventure writing?

• Exactly 17 syllables.

• Very lengthy paragraphs.

• Boring events.

• An opening sentence which 'hooks' the reader.

Which of these is important in effective adventure writing?

• Descriptive language.

• Rhyming words.

• Lots and lots of dialogue.

• PQE paragraphs.

Which of these is NOT a type of sentence?

• Simple

• Compound

• Hyperbole

• Complex

A simple sentence contains...

• at least two verbs.

• one main clause.

• a metaphor.

• Mr Cole, Ms Ashworth and Ms Moran.

Which is these sentences does NOT use the active voice?

• Adam hit the baseball out of the stadium.

• Theo converted the try.

• Veronika vaulted the very venerable horse.

• The Gucci dress was purchased by Isla.

True or false?

Adventure writing often uses visual effects (such as images and interesting fonts) to engage the reader.

• True

• False