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Adventure Writing Guide
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Adventure Writing Guide
Explore what makes an adventure story exciting, then practise using vivid language and planning a strong story. Example answers are provided for open-ended writing tasks.
Adventure Story Ingredients
1.Which opening is most likely to make a reader want to continue an adventure story?
- Levi packed his lunch before school.
- The bridge groaned beneath Zoe just as the river surged over its banks.
- It was a bright day, and Ngaio felt cheerful.
- Zoe enjoyed reading books about faraway places.
2.Choose three ingredients that commonly help an adventure story work well.
- A challenge the main character must face
- A series of exciting actions or obstacles
- An ending that resolves the central problem
- A long explanation of every character’s outfit
- Several paragraphs with no events
3.Which sentence creates the strongest sense of movement and danger?
- Ngaio went along the track quickly.
- Ngaio hurried down the track.
- Ngaio tore down the slippery track as loose stones skittered into the ravine.
- Ngaio was on a track near a ravine.
4.Complete this story opening with a suspenseful detail: “The recycling truck rolled away, but Zoe heard a faint tapping from inside the last collection bin. She lifted the lid and saw…”
5.Name two kinds of figurative language that could make an adventure story more vivid.
Plan and Improve an Adventure
6.A writer is checking an adventure story before sharing it. Give one useful check for the plot and one useful check for the language.
7.Write one original example of each device for an adventure story: a simile, a metaphor and personification.
8.Read this short story ending: “Levi found the missing emergency radio beneath the collapsed sign. He switched it on and called the rescue team. Soon, a helicopter appeared above the ridge.” Give one detail that makes the ending satisfying and one possible improvement to make it more vivid.
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