Story Structure
Writers can make stories more interesting by starting with a description of this.
What is the setting?
These three dots show a pause or missing words.
What is an ellipsis?
People’s experiences and likes affect how they do this with texts.
What is respond to or interpret them?
Raising or lowering your voice helps show this.
What is tone or feeling?
Travel writing tells readers about places they have usually not done this.
What is visited?
Holding back information in a story helps build this.
What is suspense?
A question mark can create this kind of feeling.
What is tension or excitement?
Someone who travels often might enjoy this kind of article more.
What is a travel article?
Actors use hand and body movements called these.
What are gestures?
It helps people learn about new cultures and this.
What is expand their horizons?
When a story jumps back to an earlier time, it’s called this.
What is a flashback?
Exclamation marks or short sentences help make writing feel this way.
What is exciting or dramatic?
Readers bring their own ideas and experiences, which affect this.
What is their understanding of the text?
Actors can show emotion or mood through voice and this.
What is movement or expression?
Good travel writing gives facts but is also this.
What is reflective or thoughtful?
Writers use dialogue to make readers hear the characters’ this.
What are their voices?
Writers use punctuation to control how readers hear this in their heads.
What is tone or rhythm?
Writers must think about the interests and experiences of this group.
What is their audience?
Using your voice in different ways for effect is called this.
What is vocal variation or modulation?
Including interviews or voices of local people adds this.
What is realism or authenticity?
Changing the order of events or how the story is told is part of this.
Changing the order of events or how the story is told is part of this.
The careful use of punctuation can change the reader’s mood or this.
What is the effect of the text?
The idea that meaning depends on the reader’s view is called this.
What is reader-response theory?
When an actor fully becomes their character, it’s called this.
What is embodiment or performance?
The best travel writing is both informative and this.
What is entertaining or inspiring?