CREATIVE WRITING

Factual Fictional and imaginative

 “The art of making things up” it is writing done
in a way that is not academic or technical but Informative, instructional, Entertaining, provocative,
still attracts an audience. and persuasive and captivating
 Original and self-expressive
Clear, precise, and Artistic, figurative, symbolic,
 Vital part of modern society
straightforward or even vague
 Referred to lit, AN ART OF SORTS

PURPOSE OF CREATIVE WRITING Objective Subjective

Specialized vocabulary Generalized vocabulary
 Entertain and share human experience, like love
or loss. Writing facts are obliged Self-created, inspired idea
 Writers attempts to get a truth about humanity Specific audience General audience
though poetics and storytelling. Causes boredom Entertains people
 USE YOUR IMAGINATION

TYPES OF CREATIVE WRITING SENSORY DETAILS

 Poetry, Plays, Movie and Television scripts,  FIVE SENSES (sight, sound, touch, smell, and
Fiction (novels, novellas, and short stories), taste)
songs, speeches, memoirs, personal essays.  Captures interests
 Readers can personally experience whatever
TECHNIQUES USED IN CREATIVE WRITING you are trying to describe, reminding them their
 Underlying theme own experiences, giving your writing a universal
 Point of view feel. A UNIVERSAL QUALITY is conveyed when
 Dialogue the writer is able to personally connect with the
 Anecdotes readers.
 Metaphors and similes IMAGERY
 Figures of speech
 Imaginative language  Language used by poets, novelists and other
 Emotional appeal writers to create images in the mind of the
 Heavy description reader.
 It includes figurative and metaphorical language
ACADEMIC WRITING CREATIVE WRITING to improve the reader’s experience through
Writing for newspaper Writing in websites their senses. DESCRIBING!!
columns  Found in literature
Structured and executed Need not adhere to any
adhering to a series of specific STYLES TYPES OF IMAGERY
specific guidelines
 Auditory (what we hear)
Rigid, procedural, to convey Inspired, artistic, entertains  Visual (what we see)
knowledge/data/info with word pix, concepts and  Tactile (what we touch/feel)
meanings  Olfactory (what we smell)
Must be taught Art form  Gustatory (what we taste)
Aims to explore an idea, Personal expression
argument, or concept

TECHNICAL WRITING CREATIVE WRITING IMPORTANCE OF USING IMAGERY

  We experience life through our senses, a strong
composition should appeal to them through the
use of imagery.
 It allows readers to directly sympathize with
characters and narrators as they imagine having
the same sense experiences.
 Helps build compelling poetry, convincing
narratives, vivid plays.
LITERATURE
 Written works, esp. those considered of
superior or lasting merit.
 Books and writings published on a particular
subject.
 Writings in which expressions and form, in
connection with ideas of permanent and
universal interest, are characteristic or essential
features, as poetry, novels, history, biography,
and essays.
 Term used to describe written or spoken
materials that are written by various authors.
GENRES OF LITERATURE
 Prose Fiction – are usually in complete
sentences and organized in a paragraph.
Focuses on plot and characters. (novels, short
stories, myths, parables, romances, and epics)
 Poetry – oldest form of literature. Follows
strict/free forms and written in stanzas and
lines. Relies on imagery, figurative language,
and sound. (sonnet, the odyssey, and the
florante and laura)
 Nonfiction Prose – describes and interprets
facts and present judgments and opinions.
Usually in narrative and paragraph form.
Focuses on real-life and real-time events and
happenings. (news reports, feature articles,
editorials, textbooks)
 Drama – designed to be performed by actors.
Focuses on single character and on present day
events that will be witnessed by an audience.
(romeo &Juliet, heneral luna)
POETRY
 Thomas Hardy: “Poetry is emotion put into
measure. The emotion must come by nature,
but the measure can be acquired by art.”
 T S Eliot: “Immature poets imitate; mature
poets steal.”
 Thomas Babington Macaulay: “Perhaps no
person can be a poet or can even enjoy poetry,
without a certain unsoundness of mind.”
 Poetry is an imaginative response to an
experience reflecting a keen awareness of
language. There are many elements used.
LANGUAGE IN POETRY
1. Figurative – used to create a special effect in
feeling; characterized by figures of speech or
languages that compares and exaggerates, or
words that mean something other than its
literal meaning
2. Literal – the exact primary meaning of words.
SPEAKER
 The person who speaks in or narrates a poem.
 The speaker and writer are NOT necessarily the
same person.
THEME
 A statement about life that a particular work is
trying to get across to the reader.
 Main idea
DICTION
 An author’s choice of words based on their
correctness, clarity (clear), or effectiveness.
IMAGERY
 Words or phrases a writer selects to create a
certain picture in the mind; based on sensory
detail. Uses descriptive words to evoke the 5
senses.
METER AND RHYTHM
 Describe patterned repetition of stressed and
unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
 It creates a beat.
VERSE AND REFRAIN
 Verse – metric line of poetry names according
to the kind and number of feet composing it.
 Refrain – repetition of a line or phrase of a
poem at regular intervals, esp. at the end of a
stanza (chorus).
STANZA
  A division of poetry named for the number of  An indirect reference to art, literature, history,
lines it contains. etc. that the author expects the reader to
recognize.
RHYME
SYMBOLISM/SYMBOL
 Similarity or likeness of sound existing between
two words. T OP = TOP and ST OP = STOP  Symbolism – the use of a person, place, or thing
or an event used to represent something else.
END RHYME  Symbol – the use of a concrete object to
represent something abstract.
 Rhyming words that appear at the ends of two
or more lines of poetry. LIMERICK
INTERNAL RHYME  A shot funny poem that follows certain rules:
AABBA rhyme scheme. Starts in place
 Occurs when rhyming words appear in the same
line of the poetry.  Lines 1, 2, 5 have 8-10 syllables
 Lines 3, 4 have 5 syllables
RHYME SCHEME
DIAMOND
 The pattern or sequence in which rhyme sounds
occur in a stanza or poem.  Diamante – seven-line poem with definite
requirements
 To label a rhyme scheme, a similar letter is
assigned to each pair of rhyming sounds in a 1. One word (noun that has an opposite)
stanza. ABAB CDCD 2. Two words (two adjectives describing
the noun)
ALLITERATION 3. Three words (three participle – words
ending in –ing or –ed)
 Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words.
4. Four words (two nouns related to the
ASSONANCE word in line 1 and two nouns that are
opposite of the first two)
 Repetition of vowel sounds without the 5. Three words (three participles
repetition of consonant words. indicating change of or development of
the subject ending in –ing or –ed)
SIMILE
6. Two words (two adjectives carrying on
 Comparison of two unlike things using the word the idea of change or development)
“like” and “as” 7. One word (noun that is opposite of line
1)
METAPHOR
HAIKU
 Comparison of two unlike things NOT using the
word “like” and “as”  Traditional form of Japanese poetry composed
of three lines. 575/557/755
PERSONIFICATION
 Used to capture a moment, express a feeling,
 Giving human qualities to non-human object and/or celebrate some phase or element of
nature

GANDA KO!! KAYA KO TO!! AAAAAAAAAAAAA

HYPERBOLE

 The use of exaggeration for a heightened effect.

ALLUSION