Question 1
A student writes a travelogue paragraph that only describes the colours, smells and sounds of a market, with no events or personal comment. What is the most likely weakness in this paragraph?No clue? Show me the answer
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Method #1Direct reasoningStep 1: Identify the mode used
The paragraph described in the question uses only sensory and descriptive detail about a market, with no events or personal comment.
Step 2: Apply the three-mode framework
A travelogue blends description, narrative and reflection; using only one mode creates a known weakness for that mode.
Step 3: Match the weakness to description alone
The content states that description alone can feel like a postcard with no story, which matches this paragraph exactly.
Step 4: Select the answer
Therefore the paragraph's weakness is that it lacks narrative and reflective movement, making it feel like a postcard.
Method #2Process of eliminationStep 1: Eliminate persuasion
Nothing in the paragraph tries to sell the market or encourage visiting, so persuasion is not the issue.
Step 2: Eliminate too narrative
The paragraph has no events at all, so it cannot be criticised for having too many events in sequence.
Step 3: Eliminate too reflective
There is no personal learning or feeling expressed, so it cannot be overly reflective.
Step 4: Confirm the remaining option
Only the postcard-like description weakness fits, confirming that option as correct.
Question 2
A travelogue writer wants to use the PEA (Point, Evidence, Analysis) structure adapted for travel writing within a single paragraph about a busy train station. Which sequence correctly applies this adaptation?No clue? Show me the answer
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Method #1Direct reasoningStep 1: Identify what PEA means here
Point is the impression or feeling, Evidence is a sensory or narrative detail, Analysis is what that detail reveals.
Step 2: Apply to the station scenario
A correct paragraph would first state a feeling about the station, then give a concrete detail, then interpret it.
Step 3: Compare to the options
Only one option follows this exact three-step logic of impression, detail, then meaning.
Step 4: Select the answer
The option naming impression, sensory/narrative detail, and explanation of significance matches PEA correctly.
Method #2Process of eliminationStep 1: Eliminate guidebook facts
Quoting a guidebook and summarising history is research, not the writer's own point-evidence-analysis structure.
Step 2: Eliminate chronological listing
Listing every event with a random adjective and a question does not follow the point-evidence-analysis logic at all.
Step 3: Eliminate repeated description
Repeating description with different adjectives never moves to analysis, so it fails the third PEA step.
Step 4: Confirm the remaining option
The impression-detail-meaning sequence is the only one that matches the adapted PEA structure.
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