Travelogue Assignment

The travelogue assignment is a first person account of your travel to a place and requires you to use contextual research and include a narrative story.

(Note: The research you incorporate must be complemented with both observation and feeling. Your narrative story could be as simple as a story that challenges your expectations of a place.)

Think of any trip that you have made that has made an impact on you. Narrate your experience using vivid descriptions and details to create interest in the place and in your own inner world. The travelogue should have your unique voice and style.

Ensure you include:

1. An interesting hook

2. Geographical location and physical setting

3. Theme/of the travelogue

4. Descriptions of historical sites, monuments etc.

5. Interesting characters and event/s

Other Important Information:

1. Length: 1500–1750 words

2. APA: Use the general APA style-

Include a title page

Create a page header by inserting page numbers in the top right corner of every page

Indent first word of each paragraph by half an inch

Each person/ character’s spoken words, however brief, must be written as a separate paragraph

Use double quotation marks to begin and end each character’s speech

Use commas to set off dialogue tags

3. Font: Times New Roman

4. Font size: 12

5. Line Spacing: Double-space

6. Word Count: Write word count at the end of your assignment