Travel Writing

Question 1

What does travel writing do

Answer 1

● constructs a relationship between the writers and the places they want to visit
● gives a personal account - 1st person pronouns

Question 2

What are the linguistic features of travel writing

Answer 2

● proper nouns (to inform places/people)
● concrete nouns (to establish a physical sense of place)
● modifiers/noun phrases/metaphor (to communicate descriptive details and attitudes)
● adverbials (to communicate position, direction and time)

Question 3

What are the purposes of travel writing

Answer 3

● to inform
● to persuade
● to reflect
● to entertain

Question 4

All 3 texts conform to the expected genre of a piece of travel writing by…

Answer 4

● offering personal accounts of their experiences
● describing unfamiliar customs and people
● describing their relationship to the place they are visiting