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What is the exclusion zone?
a vast, quarantined wilderness that surrounds Chernobyl
a jail
a military base camp
What are some characteristics that draw tourists to areas like Chernobyl?
the landscapes
outdoor activities
for the chilling results of a nuclear accident
What elements caused the explosion at Chernobyl in 1986?
an atomic bomb
a nuclear reactor overheated
a mixture of gases
What is the current condition of the towns of Pripyat and Chernobyl?
abandoned buildings, broken glass on the ground, and materials from the reactor's explosion
enormous industrial buildings
interesting amusement parks
Who is George Johnson?
an artist
Chernobyl's governor
a writer and journalist
Where is Chernobyl?
in Rusia
in Ukraine
in the Soviet Union
Who are the "returness"?
stubborn old people, who insist on living in Chernobyl
tourists who want to come back
extreme tourists
How many villages were evacuated after the explosion?
50
100
200
Which is the approximate data about the people who were damaged with thyroid cancer for radiation exposure?
2,000
6,000
4,000
What other country suffered from a explosion in a nuclear plant?
Fukushima, Japan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
Aushwitz, Germany
What is a type of literary nonfiction in which the writer describes what is like to visit a particular place?
Novels
Podcasts
Travel journalism
From the perspective of a reader, which are the results of an effective travel journalism article?
traveling tickets sales increasement
a vivid impression of a specific location or journey
personal tourist guides services
When does a writer give fact-based information in a travel journalism?
when he/she includes the place's location, how to get there, and key historical events
when he/she shares photographs in Instagram
when he/she shows the most popular hotels and resorts
When a writer includes what he/she saw, heard, felt, tasted, and smelled in a travel journal he/she is giving a __________.
personal observation
personal perspective
personal inferences
What are literary techniques in a travel journalism?
environmental issues
military issues
story-like sequence of events, figurative language, and dialogue
What is the main reason that so many buildings described in “The Nuclear Tourist,” such as the school and hospital, are crumbling and run-down?
No one has taken care of them for years.
Radiation in the area has damaged them.
Looters caused harm while removing valuable parts.
They were bulldozed soon after the nuclear accident.
The Latin root -spec means
to sit
to lean
to look
to cry
Diction is
The purpose of using scientific and technical terms in your writing is
There are three elements that are usually incorporated into travel journalism to effectively capture the readers interest and give a vivid impression of a specific location or journey. They are (check all that apply)
Brochures
Fact-based information
Personal Observations
literary techniques
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