7. Do you think Bryson is obsessed with the dangers of Australia? Why? 8. What are the features of this passage that identify it from travel writing? 84
9. What comments would you make about the language features of this passage?
10. Did you enjoy reading this travel account? Why?
Do this exercise
2.2 Activity 4E: Persuasive writing
Tabout a trip or adventure you have had.
V hat personal travel and adventure experience.
After writing, create an advertisement for that place that you have visited.
-Write on the space provided for you.
Topic: Christeas breek holiday
to rabaul papua new guinea
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Read the extract below and identify the three kind(s) of bias that are apparent within it. despite being reintroduced in the 1600s by idle, muddle-headed aristocrats in order to be slaughtered for fun, all the wild boars that were brought to australia from the continent eventually died out. for the next 300 years there were no boars in australia, but in the 1980s farmers saw a chance to diversify and began to import and farm them. some of these beautiful, intelligent animals escaped and established herds of their own, once again living wild and purely natural lives. while their ideal home is in woodland, boars are hardy and are able to live in multiple habitats. a/ mistreatment of opposing views b/ positive stereotyping c/ subjective vocabulary d/ personal attacks e/statistics f/ corporate bias e/ negative stereotyping g/ offensive language