Cambridge Checkpoint 8 - Unit 9 Test: Travel Writing

Which of the following best describes the purpose of descriptive language in travel writing?

• To persuade the reader to buy a product

• To provide factual information about a place

• To convey a personal experience or sense of place and atmosphere

• To tell a fictional story

Which descriptive technique is most commonly used in advertising?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Imagery

• Irony

Which of these are not advertising languages?

• Recurring metaphors, puns and five senses

• Familiar and not original ideas, languages, cliches

• Positive colours, archaic vocabulary and rhetorical questions

• Emphatic Adverbials as stylistic device

Which is not the focus of describing an invention?

• Detailed statistics

• Plausible

• Authenticity

• Convincing

What purpose does hyperbole serve in advertising?

• It gives accurate details

• It creates humour

• It emphasises the product's positive qualities

• It downplays the product's features

Imagery in descriptive writing refers to:

• Visuals like pictures

• Use of sensory details to create vivid pictures

• Abstract language

• Arguments and statistics

A simile is used in travel writing to:

• Create a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Describe places exactly as they are

• Give scientific facts

• Make an argument

Why is sensory detail effective in travel writing?

• It appeals to the reader's senses and imagination

• It provides technical descriptions

• It minimises the author's subjective views

• It only appeals to sight

Which of the following is NOT a common descriptive device in fiction?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Precise, factual data

• Imagery

Which of these should NOT be included in a review for travel writing?

• Specific details and information

• Personal opinions

• Personal experience

• Culturally sensitive statements