1. How does a writer create an effect?

2. How does a writer create an effect?
use of particular words – emotive or adjectives
employing the senses (touch, sight, sound, taste, smell)
alliteration
metaphor
simile
rule of 3
sentence length
paragraph length
punctuation
Look at the two examples of Lonely Planet guides: what has the writer done here to create an effect?

3. Jamaica – the land of rum, reggae & chilling
The stunning blue waters of
Montego Bay.
Photographer: Nitin Gairola
When you think Jamaica you think of music – Reggae in particular – which came into being in this very island country in the late 1960’s. You also think of Bob Marley, the Reggae singer/songwriter, the Rasta-God of the Jamaicans. This legend wrote all-time classics such as One Love, Buffalo Soldier, No Woman No Cry among many others.
While thinking of Jamaica, you also can’t forget the miles and miles of pristine white sands, the blue waters of the Caribbean sea, their famous jerk chicken and of course, their love for cricket.
Jamaica is a ‘once in a lifetime’ destination for millions, but it does seem extremely far off – both geographically and financially.

4. Travelling beyond Kohima, Nagaland
A village home in Mupungchuket.
Photographer: Vidya Deshpande
If you’re going to Nagaland, travelling beyond Kohima is an experience you should not miss. While Kohima is a large, bustling city with some spectacular views and tourist spots, the real feel of Naga culture comes when you step beyond the ordinary, as a village stay during my tour of this hilly, verdant state revealed.
You could stay, for instance, at Mopungchuket village, a 17 km drive from Nagaland’s third largest urban centre, Mokukchung. At 4am in Mopungchuket, even the roosters are yet to stir when the village begins to awake. The silence is broken by a loud blast of hymns from a store nearby and as if on cue, the cock-a-doodle-doo chorus begins punctuated with the noisy grunting of pigs. For a city-bred traveller, the unexpected early morning rumpus was enough to shake me out of bed.
In Northeast India, the day begins almost an hour ahead of the country standard time and so by 5am, the village folk were up and about doing their daily chores. The centre point of Mopungchuket village is a tower, with an imposing view of the village and countryside. There is a story behind the tower: it was built to commemorate a pair of lovers from the local Ao tribe. The village also has a small artificial lake with a wrought iron bridge over it, as a local tourist attraction.

5. Learning Objective:

6. Vocabulary bank: Focus on description – use of senses and adjectives
Focus on facts – what might be talked about?

7. Travelling beyond Kohima, Nagaland
A village home in Mupungchuket.
Photographer: Vidya Deshpande
If you’re going to Nagaland, travelling beyond Kohima is an experience you should not miss. While Kohima is a large, bustling city with some spectacular views and tourist spots, the real feel of Naga culture comes when you step beyond the ordinary, as a village stay during my tour of this hilly, verdant state revealed.
You could stay, for instance, at Mopungchuket village, a 17 km drive from Nagaland’s third largest urban centre, Mokukchung. At 4am in Mopungchuket, even the roosters are yet to stir when the village begins to awake. The silence is broken by a loud blast of hymns from a store nearby and as if on cue, the cock-a-doodle-doo chorus begins punctuated with the noisy grunting of pigs. For a city-bred traveller, the unexpected early morning rumpus was enough to shake me out of bed.
In Northeast India, the day begins almost an hour ahead of the country standard time and so by 5am, the village folk were up and about doing their daily chores. The centre point of Mopungchuket village is a tower, with an imposing view of the village and countryside. There is a story behind the tower: it was built to commemorate a pair of lovers from the local Ao tribe. The village also has a small artificial lake with a wrought iron bridge over it, as a local tourist attraction.

8. Organising our ideas:
Paragraph 1: Where is it? Introduce the place. What associations do we have with it? Paragraph 2: Describe the place – sounds and descriptive language Paragraph 3: Time and lifestyle. Focus in on a specific detail

9. Where has language been used for effect? Highlight the best bits!
Organising our ideas:
Paragraph 1:
Where is it? Introduce the place. What associations do we have with it?
Paragraph 2:
Describe the place – sounds and descriptive language
Paragraph 3:
Time and lifestyle. Focus in on a specific detail
What works?
Where has language been used
for effect?
Highlight the best bits!

10. Your boss has called – it is hoped that you are enjoying your visit and are getting lots of information to use in the guidebook. Your boss would like to see how things are going and so expects a ‘draft’ of your introduction. Using the ideas and examples as well as the pieces we’ve done – make a start. You need to keep your boss happy!

11. Your boss has called – it is hoped that you are enjoying your visit and are getting lots of information to use in the guidebook. Your boss would like to see how things are going and so expects a ‘draft’ of your introduction. Using the ideas and examples as well as the pieces we’ve done – make a start. You need to keep your boss happy!
Peer review: Get some feedback…..