MODULE: CREATIVE WRITING

CREATIVE WRITING

At the end of this module, learners will be able to:

 Defines Creative Writing.

 Identify the different imagery, diction and figurative speech.
 Analyze the imagery, diction, figures of speech, and specific
experiences of the specific literary pieces.

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. It is
workable for composing, for example, include
stories to be viewed as exploratory writing, despite
the fact that they fall under news coverage, in light
of the fact that the substance of highlights is
explicitly centered around account and character
improvement.

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.
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VISUAL IMAGERY engages the sense of sight.

Descriptions can be associated to Visual Imagery.
Physical attributes including color, size, shape,
lightness and darkness, shadows, and shade are all
part of visual imagery. The text in italics are some
examples of lines using visual imagery.

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.
Armani stretched across her couch, legs twitching
excitedly, and he knew he must be dreaming of the
kittens he tries to capture every morning when he is at
the dirty kitchen.

GUSTATORY IMAGERY engages the sense of

taste. Flavors are the considerations in gustatory
imagery which includes the five basic taste such as
sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami—as well as the
textures and sensations tied to the act of eating.

The food tasted good.

The sweet pondant icing melted on my tongue. The
word delightful came to mind.
Summer has always tasted like hot chocolate to
me. His kisses tasted like strawberries under the
sun.

AUDITORY IMAGERY
engages the sense of hearing.
Sound devices such as
onomatopoeia and alliteration
can help create sounds in writing.

Erick sat alone at the bench

nearest the main door so he wouldn't
miss Via. The room was noisy. The
clang of heavy dishes glided from
the kitchen. Ice tinkled as it settled
in his water glass. His watch read
9:30. She wasn't coming.
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OLFACTORY IMAGERY engages

the sense of smell. Simile is common
in using olfactory imagery, because it
lets writers to compare a particular
scent to common smells like dirt,
grass, manure, or roses. The use of
scents and stinks are common ways to
use olfactory imagery.

The scent of “latik” when my

mother cooks rice cake is really nostalgic
to me.
The street going to their house
stinks of manure and the courtyard of
urine, the stairwells stank of moldering wood and rat droppings.

TACTILE IMAGERY engages

the sense of touch. The feel,
textures and many sensations a
human being experiences when
touching something are associated in
tactile imagery. Differences in
temperature is also a part of tactile
imagery.

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.

In other references, there is a sixth sense which called Kinesthetic

imagery engages the feeling of movement. This can be similar to tactile
imagery but deals more with full-body sensations, such as those experienced
during exercise. Rushing water, flapping wings, and pounding hearts are all
examples of kinesthetic imagery.

Questions to Ponder: Among the sensory imagery, which was is easy

to use in writing? Which one is hard for you to use? What could be the
barrier in using sensory imageries well in writing?
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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.

What is the purpose of diction in writing?

Writers pick explicit words and expressions relying upon the result they're
attempting to accomplish. The motivation behind a bit of composing decides its
expression. 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. 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.

In composing a fiction, the language a creator utilizes bolsters the

fundamental story components, such as setting. Style sets up when and where
a story is set by utilizing language local to that time and spots.

Different Types of Diction in Writing

Different styles of diction impact how different ideas
are expressed.

1. Formal diction. Formal diction uses grammatical rules and

uses proper syntax or the formation of sentences. It is considered as
a professional choice of words which can be found in legal documents
like business correspondences and academic articles.

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. Most of the short stories
and novels use informal diction to make it easier to understand by anyone
especially if the target audience is anyone.

3. Colloquial diction. These are expressions which are connected to informal.

It is generally representing a particular region or place or era or period.
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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.

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.

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.

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.
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.
Some Figures of Speech
Using original figures of speech in our writing is an approach to pass on
implications in new, surprising ways. They can enable our readers to
comprehend and remain puzzled by what we need to state.
1. Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound. Example: Betty
Botter bought some butter.
2. Anaphora: The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of
successive clauses or verses. Example: Unexpetedly, we were in the wrong event
at the wrong time on the wrong day.
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3. Antithesis: The combination of two different elements to attian equillibrium

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 are you? Rain, we really need
you right now. Our town needs you badly.”
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 nonoffensive 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.
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.
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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.
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.

For further reading please refer to the link provided:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAXG0tb1Zxw
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBNQF6IHimc
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9GQSjYgV3U

References:
 https://www.labroots.com/trending/neuroscience/16103/women-
smell-olfactory-bulbs
 https://literaryterms.net/imagery/