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1. CREATIVE WRITING
QUARTER 1 –WEEK 1
SUBJECT TEACHER: ELFAY KATEB. CASICAS

2. CREATIVE WRITING
Imagery, Diction, Figures of
Speech, and specific
experiences to evoke
meaningful responses.

3. What is Creative Writing?
Creative writing is any composing that goes
beyond ordinary expert, editorial, scholarly,
or specialized types of writing, normally
distinguished by an accentuation on
account make, character advancement, and
the utilization of abstract tropes or with
different customs of verse and poetics.

4. What is Sensory Imagery?
Sensory Imagery includes the utilization of
elucidating language to make mental pictures.
•In abstract terms, it is a sort of symbolism; the
thing that matters is that tangible symbolism
works by drawing in a reader's five senses.
•It is an artistic gadget author utilize to draw in a
reader's brain on numerous levels.
•This investigates the five human detects: sight,
sound, taste, contact, and smell.

5. VISUAL IMAGERY engages the sense of
sight.
Example:
1.Her phone signaled, immediately setting her teeth on
edge. She looked at the broken screen, saw his name, and
slapped the phone back down on her desk.
2.Armani stretched across her couch, legs twitching
excitedly, and he knew he mustbe dreaming of the
kittens he tries to capture every morning when he is at
the dirty kitchen.

6. GUSTATORY IMAGERYengages the sense of
taste.
Example:
1.The food tasted good.
2.The sweet fondant icing melted on my tongue. The
word delightful came to mind.
3.Summer has always tasted like hot chocolateto
me. His kisses tasted like strawberries under the
sun.

7. AUDITORY IMAGERYengages the sense
of hearing.
Example:
1.Erick sat alone at the bench nearest the main
door so he wouldn't miss Via. The room was
noisy. The clangof heavy dishes glidedfrom
the kitchen. Ice tinkledas it settled in his
water glass. His watch read 9:30. She wasn't
coming.

8. OLFACTORY IMAGERYengages the sense
of smell.
Example:
1.The scent of “latik” when my mother cooks
rice cake is really nostalgic to me.
2.The street going to their house stinks of
manure and the courtyard of urine, the
stairwells stank of moldering wood and rat
droppings

9. TACTILE IMAGERYengages the sense of
touch.
Example:
1.When we quickly plunge into the cool
water, it took our breath away and raised
goose bumps to our arms. We had had
been swimming in this pond since we
were kids.

10. GUIDED QUESTION
1.Among the sensory imagery, which was is
easy to use in writing?
2.Which one is hard for you to use?
3.What could be the barrier in using
sensory imageries well in writing?

11. What is Diction in Writing?
–Diction is the careful selection of words to
communicate a message or establish a particular
voice or writing style.
•For example, flowy, figurative language creates
colorful prose, while a more formal vocabulary
with concise and direct language can help drive
home a point

12. What is the purpose of diction in writing?
1.Writers pick explicit words and expressions relying upon the result they're attempting to
accomplish.
2.The motivation behind a bit of composing decides its expression.
3.In writing and fiction composing, authors regularly utilize casual lingual authority and
interesting expressions or words utilized for non-exacting implications, similar to
comparisons and analogies.
4.On the off chance that a researcher is distributing a paper on their exploration, in any
case, the language will be specialized, succinct, and formal, composed for a particular
crowd.
5.In composing a fiction, the language a creator utilizes bolsters the fundamental story
components, such as setting.
6.Style sets up when and where a story is set by utilizing language local to that time
and spots.

13. Different Types of
Diction in Writing

14. 1. Formal diction
–Formaldictionusesgrammaticalrules
andusespropersyntaxortheformationof
sentences.Itisconsideredasaprofessional
choiceofwordswhichcanbefoundinlegal
documentslikebusinesscorrespondences
andacademicarticles.

15. 2. Informal diction
–Informal diction is more conversational and
often used in narrative literature. This casual
vernacular is representative of how people
communicate in real life, which gives an
author freedom to depict more realistic
characters.

16. 3. Colloquial diction
–These are expressions which are connected
to informal. It is generally representing a
particular region or place or era or period.
Contractions in American English such as
“ain’t” instead of “isn’t” is an example of
colloquial expressions, the use of
colloquialisms make the writing more realistic

17. 4. Slang Diction
-Slang is very informal language or specific
words used by a particular group of people.
You'll usually hear slang spoken more often
than you'll see it put in writing, though
emails and texts often contain many
conversational slang words.

18. 5. Poetic diction
–Poetic diction is driven by melodious
words that identify with a particular subject
reflected in a sonnet, and make a musical,
or agreeable, sound. It generally includes
the utilization of elucidating language, in
some cases set to a beat or rhyme.

19. Guided Question
1.In what references or reading materials do you see
Formal Diction?
2.What about the informal, colloquial and slang?
3.What do you think is the proper diction in creative
writing?
4.Will there be an impact to writing?

20. What is Figure of Speech?
–A figure of speech is a rhetorical device
that achieves a special effect by using words
in a distinctive way. Though there are
hundreds of figures of speech, here we'll
focus on 20 top examples.

21. You'll probably remember many of these
terms from your English classes. Figurative
language is often associated with literature
and with poetry in particular. Whether we're
conscious of it or not, we use figures of
speech every day in our own writing and
conversations.

22. Some Figures of Speech
1. Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
◦Example: Betty Botterbought some butter.
2. Anaphora: The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
or verses.
◦Example: Unexpectedly, we were in the wrong event at the wrong time on the wrong day.
3. Antithesis: The combination of two different elements to attain equilibrium or balance.
◦Example: As Abraham Lincoln said, "Folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
4. Apostrophe: Directly stating or calling a nonexistent person or an inanimate object as though
it were a living being. It commonly uses an apostrophe as a punctuation.
◦Example: "Oh, rain! Rain! Where are areyou? Rain, we really need you right now. Our town
needs you badly.

23. 5. Assonance: It is the repetition of the vowel sounds in the structure of sentences or lines.
◦Example: We shall meet on the beach to reach the “Meach” Concert.
6. Chiasmus: A sentence or line structure where the half of the statement is balanced against
the other half.
◦Example: The noble teacher said teachers should live to teach, not teach to live.
7. Euphemism: The use of subtle and no offensive words to conceal or to replace the offensive
words in a statement.
◦Example: "We're teaching our toddler how to go potty," Bob said. The use of the word potty
is euphemism.
8. Hyperbole: An overstatement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or
heightened effect.
◦Example: I have a ton of homework to do when I get home. I need to go home now.
9. Irony: It is a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or
showing the concept. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning is the
highlight of irony.
◦Example: Thalia received a very high grade in her quiz resulting that her mother got mad

24. 10. Litotes: An understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by opposing its counterpart.
◦Example: A million pesos is no small chunk of change.
11. Metaphor: An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have something in common.
◦Example: "All the world's a stage.” of As You Like It
12. Metonymy: A word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; Linking
words that are related to the word to be replaced.
◦Example: The use of the word vow instead of wedding, the pen stands for "the written word.
13. Onomatopoeia: The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they
refer to.
◦Example: The clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog.
14. Oxymoron:It is the combination of contradictory or incongruous words such as cruel kindness;
Example: “bitter sweet”
15. Paradox:a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from
acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-
contradictory.
◦Example: "This is the beginning of the end," said Eeyore, always the pessimist.

25. 16.Personification: The utilization of inanimate objects or abstraction to associate with
human qualities or abilities.
Example: The leaves of the Fire tree are dancing with the wind during dry season in our
country.
17. Pun: A statement with a double meaning, in some cases on various faculties of a
similar word and here and there on the comparative sense or sound of various words.
Example: I renamed my playlist of The Titanic, so when I plug it in, it says “The Titanic is
syncing.”
18. Simile: The comparison between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have
certain qualities in common using like or as.
Example: Michael was white as a sheet after he walked out of the horror movie.
19. Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.
Example: Mark is asking for the hand of our daughter.
20. Understatement: A figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to
intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.
Example: You win 10 million pesos in a lottery.

26. Guided Question
1.Which of the following figures of speech are
familiar to you?
2.Which from them is mostly used in literary pieces?
3.Can you look for some examples?

27. Assignment