JAMIE ZEPPA BHUTAN 19 June 2021 Jonathan Peel

JAMIE ZEPPA: BHUTAN 19 June 2021 Jonathan Peel JLS 2017

PURPOSE: • Travel writing: a personal account of feelings when visiting a new country. Factual and descriptive. Feature Central Event Factual detail Background detail Evidence of research Terminology and explanation Opinion Jonathan Peel JLS 2017 Example

USING LANGUAGE FOR EFFECT Feeling/Attitude Example A sense of being unable ‘…but I cannot imagine to understand the it’ experience Comment She seems to be unable to understand a country which is so different from what she is used to. She needs ot visualise it in other ways A lack of enthusiasm for the country Jonathan Peel JLS 2017 ‘teenagers in acidwashed jeans, Willie Nelson’s greatest hits after the news in English on the Bhutan Broadcasting Service’ BBC…

OBSERVER AND PARTICIPANT • 1: In paragraph 2, find 2 quotations to show that she is observing her surroundings It is not only factual, however. Zeppa has a lively and engaging writing style. • 2: Read paragraph 3: Explain in your own words what the writer thinks of Thimphu Jonathan Peel JLS 2017

TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECT – FOCUS ON THE DUAL ROLE OF OBSERVER AND PARTICIPANT. Technique Example Effect Repetition Compound nouns and adjectives Imagery Original Phrases SPECIFIC WORDS/PHRASES ‘Hideously coloured Orange Cream Biscuits’ Jonathan Peel JLS 2017 A small amount of humour. Sensory imagery is caused by the reference to the absurd quantity of food dye in the product. Emphasises differences.

SYNDETIC AND ASYNDETIC LISTING. • 1: Syndetic: lists with each item separated by a conjunction such as ‘and’ (apples and oranges and grapes). • 2: Asyndetic: Lists with no conjunctions, often not even at the end of the list (umbrellas, shoes, prams and all sorts of things OR aritcles, adjectives, nouns, prepositions, verbs, clauses… the list was endless. ). TYPE Syndetic Asyndetic Jonathan Peel JLS 2017 Example Effect

HOW DOES THE WRITER… • use language to convey her growing fascination for Bhutan? • Focus on the development of her fascination – At first… Later… By the end of the passage • Consider the difference between her experience as observer or participant. Jonathan Peel JLS 2017