7-Vignette.pptx Grade 12 Senior High School

Senior High

1. Painting pictures through WORDS What to DO and what NOT TO DO in Creative Writing

2. Rule No. 1: SHOW , don’t tell! Find ways to let the readers SEE for themselves.

3. Instead of: The house looks scary. Say: The century-old house, with its dark, hollow windows – stands alone in the hills like a ghost haunting the town.

4. Instead of: I am heartbroken. Say: When he left, it felt like a part of me died, and nothing else made sense.

5. Rule No. 2: All Adverbs must DIE ! Give power to the VERB.

6. Instead of: I shouted loudly. Say: I screamed on the top of my lungs.

7. Instead of: She ran quickly Say: She sprinted like there’s no tomorrow.

8. Instead of: He ate hungrily. Say: He devoured his food like a famished wolf.

9. Vignette In literature, a vignette (pronounced vin-yet) is a short scene that captures a single moment by retelling it in details focusing on the emotion felt by the writers.

10. Notably, the word vignette comes from the French vigne meaning “ little vine ,” and the term specifically arose for the small vines drawn on the pages of printed texts. These embellishments were commonly on title pages or a chapter’s first page,

11. Example: “ Have you ever experienced a bad day turn into the best one? As for me, I can recall every single moment of it. We were in a camp that day when our not-so-kind teacher grouped us in random. Was I happy about that? No! I was the only one separated from my group of friends. We were 30 in our group – imagine being grouped with 29 strangers? Worst nightmare! I was looking into everyone, to see if I know even just one. I was about to escape when a familiar voice caught my attention. I tried looking into who’s talking, and it caught me by surprise that it was the man I’ve been crushing on for years. Not only that he’s in our tribe, he is our tribe leader. From being that not-so-interested camper. I volunteered to be our Assistant Tribe Leader. Best Day Ever !”

12. “The first day I saw Bryce Loski, I flipped. It was those eyes, something in those dazzling eyes. His family had just moved in to the neighborhood and I came over to help them. I'm in the van for just two minutes when his dad told him to help his mom. I could see didn't want to go, so I chase after him to see if we could play a little before he got trapped inside. The next thing I know, he was holding my hand and looking straight into my eyes - my heart stopped. Is this it? Could this be my first kiss? But then his mother came out, he was so embarassed, his cheeks turned completely red. I went to bed that night thinking of the kiss that might have been. It's clear that he has feelings for me, he's just too shy to show them. My mother said boys are like that.”

13. Writeshop : SHOW , don’t tell. Write a one paragraph vignette about an unforgettable moment in your life. Make use of the Stylistic Devices and Rules discussed in class.