Creative Writing

QUARTER 1-MELC 1
 COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course aims to develop practical and creative
skills in reading and writing; introduce students to the
fundamental techniques of writing fiction, poetry, and
drama; and discuss the use of such techniques by
well-known authors in a variety of genres. Each class
will be devoted to the examination of techniques and
to the workshop of students’ drafts toward the
enrichment of their manuscripts. Students learn how
to combine inspiration and revision, and to develop a
sense of form
 What I Need to Know!
It is here to help you master the Imagery, Diction,
Figures of Speech, and specific experiences to evoke
meaningful responses.
 OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

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1. use imagery, diction, figures of speech, and specific
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experiences to evoke meaningful responses from readers
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2. analyze the imagery, diction, figures of speech, and
04 specific experiences of the specific literary pieces.
3. write short paragraphs or vignettes using imagery,
diction, figures of speech, and specific experiences
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 What I Know!
It is here to help you master the Imagery, Diction,
Figures of Speech, and specific experiences to evoke
meaningful responses.
 Directions: Read the statements carefully. Identify if the
statement is TRUE or FALSE.

1. Imaging refers to the “pictures” which we perceive with

01 our mind’s eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and through
which we experience the “duplicate world” created by
02 poetic language . TRUE
03 2.Diction is the poet’s choice of words. The poet chooses
each word carefully so that both its meaning and sound
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contribute to the tone and feeling of the poem TRUE
 Directions: Read the statements carefully. Identify if the
statement is TRUE or FALSE.

3. Informal diction is the use of sophisticated

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language, without slang or colloquialisms. It sticks
to grammatical rules and uses complicated syntax—
02 the structure of sentences. FALSE
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4. Sensory imagery is a literary device which writers
04 employ to engage a reader’s mind on multiple levels.
Sensory imagery explores the five human senses:
sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. TRUE
 Directions: Read the statements carefully. Identify if the
statement is TRUE or FALSE.

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5. Creative writing is any writing that goes
02 outside the bounds of normal professional,
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journalistic, academic, or technical forms of
literature, typically identified by an emphasis
04 on narrative craft, character development, and
the use of literary tropes or with various
traditions of poetry and poetics. TRUE
 What’s In!
Learning Task 1: Life and Writing
Are the objects related to LIFE?
Yes, you are correct! And just like life, CREATIVE
WRITING has different components and aspects
 . Using a Venn Diagram,
compare life to writing.
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 What Is It?
Since our course is Creative Writing, we can
deepen our understanding on the literary
elements focusing on fictional genres
associating the three genres of literature
namely, Prose, Poetry and Drama. P8-12
 What is Creative Writing?

Creative writing is any composing that goes beyond ordinary

expert, editorial, scholarly, or specialized types of writing,
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normally distinguished by an accentuation on account
02 make, character advancement, and the utilization of
abstract tropes or with different customs of verse and
03 poetics. It is workable for composing, for example, include
stories to be viewed as exploratory writing, despite the fact
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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
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elucidating language to make mental pictures. In
abstract terms, it is a sort of symbolism; the
02 thing that matters is that tangible symbolism
03 works by drawing in a reader's five senses. It is
an artistic gadget author utilize to draw in a
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reader's brain on numerous levels. This
investigates the five human detects: sight, sound,
taste, contact, and smell
 VISUAL IMAGERY

VISUAL IMAGERY engages the sense of sight.

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

VISUAL IMAGERY engages the sense of sight.

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

GUSTATORY IMAGERY engages the sense of

01 taste. Flavors are the considerations in
02 gustatory imagery which includes the five
basic taste such as sweet, salty, bitter, sour,
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and umami—as well as the textures and
04 sensations tied to the act of eating.
The food tasted good.
The sweet pondant icing melted on my tongue
 AUDITORY IMAGERY
-engages the sense of hearing. Sound devices
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such as onomatopoeia and alliteration can
help create sounds in writing.
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Erick sat alone at the bench nearest the main
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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.
 OLFACTORY IMAGERY
-engages the sense of smell. Simile is common
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in using olfactory imagery, because it lets
writers to compare a particular scent to
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common smells like dirt, grass, manure, or
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roses. The use of scents and stinks are common
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ways to use olfactory imagery.

The scent of “latik” when my mother cooks rice

cake is really nostalgic to me.
 TACTILE IMAGERY
- engages the sense of touch. The feel, textures
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experiences when touching something are
associated in tactile imagery. Differences in
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temperature is also a part of tactile imagery.
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“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. “
 KINESTHETIC IMAGERY

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-engages the feeling of movement. This can be
similar to tactile imagery but deals more with
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full-body sensations,such as those experienced
03 .during exercise. Rushing water, flapping wings,
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and pounding hearts are all examples of
kinesthetic imagery.
 Questions:
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?
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
What is 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.
 TYPES OF DICTION in WRITING
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.
 KINDS OF DICTION in WRITING
3. Colloquial diction. These are expressions which are
connected to informal and representing a particular region
or place or era or period. Ex.Contractions in American
English such as “ain’t” instead of isn’t .
4. Slang diction. A very informal language or specific
words used by a particular group of people. Ex. in writing,
though emails and texts often contain many
conversational slang words.
5. Poetic diction. It 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.
 Questions:
In what references or reading
materials do you see Formal
Diction? What about the
informal, colloquial and slang?
What do you think is the
proper diction in creative
writing? Will there be an
impact to writing?
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FIGURE OF
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SPEECH
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is a rhetorical device that
achieves a special effect by using
words in a distinctive way.
 KINDS OF FIGURE OF
SPEECH
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
01 successive clauses or verses.
Example: Unexpetedly, we were in the wrong event at the wrong time on the
02 wrong day.
3. Antithesis: The combination of two different elements to attain
03 equilibrium or balance.
Example: As Abraham Lincoln said, "Folks who have no vices have very few
04 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.”
 KINDS OF FIGURE OF
SPEECH
5. Assonance: It is the repetition of the vowel sounds in the structure of sentences
01 or lines.
Example: We shall meet on the beach to reach the “Meach” Concert.
02 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.
03 7. Euphemism: The use of subtle and non offensive words to conceal or to replace
the offensive words in a statement.
04 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.
 KINDS OF FIGURE OF
9.SPEECH
Irony: It is a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the
appearance or showing the concept. - words to convey the opposite of their literal
meaning.
01 Ex: Thalia received a very high grade in her quiz resulting that her mother got
mad.
02 10. Litotes: An understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by
opposing its counterpart.
03 Ex: A million pesos is no small chunk of change.
11. Metaphor: An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have
04 something in common.
Ex: "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.
Ex: The use of the word vow instead of wedding, the pen stands for "the written
word.
 KINDS OF FIGURE OF
SPEECH
13. Onomatopoeia: The use of words that imitate the sounds
associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
01 Example: The clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog.
14. Oxymoron: It is the combination of contradictory or
02 incongruous words such as cruel kindness;
Example: “bitter sweet”
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15. Paradox: a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or
04 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.
 KINDS OF FIGURE OF
SPEECH
16. Personification: The utilization of inanimate objects or abstraction to
associate with human qualities or abilities.
01 Example: The leaves of the Fire tree are dancing with the wind during dry
season in our country.
02 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
03 various words.
Example: I renamed my playlist of The Titanic, so when I plug it in, it says “The
04 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.
 KINDS OF FIGURE OF
SPEECH
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19. Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is used to
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represent the whole.
Ex: Mark is asking for the hand of our daughter.
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20. Understatement: A figure of speech employed by writers or
04 speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important
than it really is.
Ex: You win 10 million pesos in a lottery.
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QUESTIONS:
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04 Which of the following figures of speech

are familiar to you?
Which from them is mostly used in
literary pieces?
Can you look for some examples? .
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WHAT’S MORE
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Learning Task 4:
Define it!
 Directions
Define the following words based on your
personal connotation or its general connotation.
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1. fire 6. leaf
02 2. ice 7. mirror
03 3. rain 8. knife
4. stone 9. microphone
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5. rock 10. weed
 Directions
Write which technique is being used on the line. There may
be more than one correct answer; you may write more than
01 one answer. Then, explain how you know your answer on
your answer sheet. Slashes represent line breaks. .
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Example: This falling spray of snow-flakes is / a handful of
03 dead Februaries
What technique is being used? Personification and
04 Alliteration
Choices: Alliteration, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Simile,
Metaphor, Hyperbole, or Personification
 1. The moon is faithful, although blind
What technique is being used?
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Choices: Alliteration, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Idiom,
02 Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, or Personification
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2. children sleeping softly in their bedroom bunks
04 What technique is being used?
Choices: Alliteration, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Idiom,
Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, or Personification
 3. They chained themselves to subways for the endless
ride from Battery Park to the Bronx
01 What technique is being used?
Choices: Alliteration, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Idiom,
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Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, or Personification
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4. Time is a green orchard.
04 What technique is being used?
Choices: Alliteration, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Idiom,
Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, or Personification
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WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
02 Learning Task 7: “T-M-L Phrase
03 The Topic was about
_______________________________________
04 It Matters because
______________________________________
I’ve Learned today that
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WHAT I CAN DO
02 Learning Task 7: Read and Appreciate
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Choose 1 poem, Pg. 16-17
04 CRITIQUE: Literary Pieces Sensory Experiences
Imageries Diction Figures of Speech
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Ito na ang Huling Tula na Isusulat ko
Para Sa'yo
by Juan Miguel Severo
see the youtube video on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=tejS6M3NAdg
 What Is It?
Since our course is Creative Writing, we can
deepen our understanding on the literary
elements focusing on fictional genres
associating the three genres of literature
namely, Prose, Poetry and Drama. P8-12
Writing Time! Directions:
Now that you have learned about the
essential lessons on introduction to
Creative Writing, you can now write your
first ever output as your final output in
this module. Produce short paragraphs or
vignettes using the learned lessons on
Imagery, Diction, Figures of speech using
YOUR OWN specific experiences while you
are taking this module.
Vignette - a short descriptive literary sketch; a brief
incident or scene