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Identify Tishani Doshi's writing style in Journey to the End of the Earth and state two aspects that characterise it using examples from the text.
Answer:
- Descriptive style
- She uses precise factual details in her writing/she pays close attention to detail such as the name of the vessel, the number of hours that took her to reach Antarctica, the number of time zones / the number of checkpoints / geological/historical facts to build her narrative / she divides her writing into three coherent parts, each with its individual heading for clarity
- She uses her words to create vivid word-pictures/she uses visual imagery to compare ice-clad Antarctica to an endless stretch of 'stark whiteness', giving the reader a mental image of the place / she uses similes to bring the experience to life, saying that going to Antarctica 'is like walking into a giant ping-pong ball'.
