DESCRIBING PLACES

• Picturesque: Visually attractive

• Quaint: unusually attractive. You do not know what it
is.
• Remote: Far from other areas. Very difficult to get to.
• Secluded: Difficult to get to. There is not many people.
Ex: Beach
• Unspoilt: We as a humans, we have not destroyed the
areas.
• Sleepy: Place where there is not too much activity.
• Seedy or dodgy: dangerous, not safe Ex: drugs
• Shabby: Worn.
• Boring or dull
• Bustling or crowded: a place with a lot of people and
there is too much activity.
• Lively
LEGEND VS MYTH
LEGEND

• A legend is presumed to have

some basis in historical fact
and tends to mention real
people or events. Historical
fact morphs into a legend
when the truth has been
exaggerated to the point that
real people or events have
taken on a romanticized,
"larger than life" quality.
MYTH

• A myth is a type of symbolic storytelling that

was never based on fact. Throughout time,
myths have sought to explain difficult concepts
(e.g., the origin of the universe) with the help of
common story devices, such as personification
and allegories.
 LEGEND MYTH

Evidence that events Yes, but evidence may be No

occurred / people incorrect or insubstantial
existed?

When and where did Typically in more recent Usually the ancient past
it happen? historical past. Usually from a specific ancient
from a specific culture. culture.
COMPARISON Is it fact or fiction? Facts are distorted or No evidence to prove it as
CHART exaggerated. Some
fiction.
fact. Fictional stories
explaining how "the world
was created" or some type of
natural situation that
occurred on Earth.

Who are they about? Notable people from Gods, supernatural realm,
history. supernatural creatures.

What are they Often about heroic deeds, Traditional narrative that
about? overcoming obstacles, but explains natural phenomena
may also be about through symbolism and
evildoing. metaphor — often involves
the gods of ancient cultures.