Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 PDF

Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Lesson: Use Imagery, Diction, Figures of Speech, and Specific Experiences What is Creative Writing? - is the artistic expression through the written word - Creative writing is considered to be any w...

Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Lesson: Use Imagery, Diction, Figures of Speech, and Specific Experiences What is Creative Writing? - is the artistic expression through the written word - Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature Variations on Language Variation - is a characteristic of language that allows a writer to express more than one way of saying the same thing. Denotative - meaning of a word is that which is found in the dictionary. It is also known as the literal meaning of a word. Connotative - meaning of a word is that which is assigned by the writer to a word as it is used in the context of his text. It is also known as the figurative meaning of a word. Diction - refers to language and word choice of the writer. It shows the level of formality of a text. Formal Diction - is writing that establishes a professional tone, such as business writing or formal essays. - It involves choosing descriptive, precise words that are polite and proper. Sentences in formal diction are often longer. - Informal Diction - is a conversational or friendly writing style. It often assumes that the reader already knows what you’re talking about and generally uses shorter words. - Sentences may be incomplete or ignore some finer points in grammar and usage. Imagery and Sensory Experiences Imagery - a literary device which helps in the creation of a picture or images in the mind of the reader by the use of words that appeal to the senses.  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Imagery Description Example Sight - Also known as visual, appeals to the sight can be seen Taal volcano: deadly beauty in the middle of the lake. Smell - Also known as olfactory, stimulates the sense of smell It smells. Sulfur is among the easiest detectable substances, and for good reason. Hear - Also known as auditory, can be heard There were loud rumbling sounds all over. Touch - Also known as tactile, can be felt or touched The manghihilot rubbed warm oil, scented lavender, across her stress-riddled shoulder. Taste - Also known as gustatory, stimulates the sense of taste The familiar comforting warmth of the chicken noodle soup instantly made her feel much better. Figures of Speech - are connotative presentations of words to produce a literary effect. Figures of Speech Definition Sample Text Simile - Indirect comparison with the use of Then she burst into view, a girl lovely as two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’ morning and just as fair… Metaphor - Direct comparison between two The name of the Lord is a strong tower objects Personification - Attribution of human qualities to a Beyond the thick cloud, the sun is smiling. thing Hyperbole - Exaggeration If this wind wouldn’t stop, the world might blow away. Alliteration - Repetition of first consonant sound of The beautiful bouquet blossomed in the neighboring words bright sun.  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Allusion - A reference in a work of literature to Who is Gloria Diaz, when I have you as my another work of literature, or to a Miss Universe? well-known person or place. Onomatopoeia - Use of words that mimic sounds I could hear the buzzing, so I knew there was a bee’s nest around here somewhere. Synecdoche - In which the part stands for the whole, “Give us this day our daily bread” and thus something else is understood within the thing *Bread stands for the meals taken each day. mentioned. Metonymy - In which the name of an attribute or a “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your thing is substituted for the thing itself. ears.” *Lend me your ears = to pay attention; Assonance - Repetition of vowel sounds Tilting at windmills Consonance - Repetition of consonant sounds And all the air a solemn stillness holds Lesson: Poetry - is a literary work to express feelings and ideas with the use of distinctive style and rhythm. In poetry, sound and meaning of words are combined to express feelings, thoughts and ideas. Characteristics: expresses creative thoughts in a much briefer way uses elements such as rhythm, imagery, verse and meter, and other poetic devices has musical quality has structure used to express intense personal emotions and experiences its content shows the universal truth and connotes deeper meaning does not use everyday language  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Elements of Poetry Stanza - a series of lines grouped and separated by an empty line from other stanzas. -couplet (2 lines) -tercet (3 lines) -quatrain (4 lines) -cinquain (5 lines) -sestet (6 lines) (sometimes it's called a sexain) -septet (7 lines) -octave (8 lines) Rhyme - the link between music and poetry. It adds music quality to the poem which gives the readers reading pleasure. Rhyme Scheme - the pattern of rhyme. This is mapped out by noting patterns of rhyme with small letters: the first rhyme sound is designated a, the second becomes b, the third c, and so on. Rhythm - the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Theme -This is what the poem is all about. The theme of the poem is the central idea that the poet wants to convey. Symbolism - A symbol can stand for many things at one time and leads the reader out of a systematic and structured method of looking at things. Tone - conveys the speaker’s implied attitude toward the poem’s subject. It is the overall atmosphere of the poem. Meter - is a unit of rhythm in poetry; the pattern of the beats. It is also called a foot. Forms of Poetry 1. Lyrical – a poem that expresses emotions, appeals to your senses, and often could be set to music. a. Folksongs - short poems that are tainted with love, hope, joy, grief, sadness, or sorrow as common themes. b. Elegy - a poem that mourns the dead. c. Ode - expresses noble yet dignified emotions with no definite syllable or lines per stanza. d. Haiku - a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5, traditionally evoking images of the natural world. e. Sonnet - a lyric poem consisting of 14 lines and, in the English version, is usually written in iambic pentameter. f. Psalms - illustrate praise songs of God. g. Limerick - a very structured poem, usually humorous & composed of five lines (a cinquain), in an aabba rhyming pattern; beat must be anapestic (weak, weak, strong) with 3 feet in lines 1, 2, & 5 and 2 feet in lines 3 & 4.  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ 2. Narrative - is a poem that tells a story; its structure resembles the plotline of a story. a. Epic - a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary warrior, a king or a god or historical hero. b. Metrical Romance – it recounts the quest undertaken by a single knight in order to gain a lady’s favor. c. Metrical Tale - is a simple, straightforward story in verse. d. Ballad - a narrative poem that has a musical rhythm and can be sung. 3. Dramatic - written for the theater which can be often lyrical and provides dramatic monologue. a. Comedy - provides amusing and happy endings. b. Melodrama - covers musical plays with an opera on it that will link to misfortune. There is sadness in the tale but the main character has a happy fate towards the end. c. Tragedy - invokes pleasure among the audience where the hero struggles to meet his or her misfortune. d. Farce - is an exaggerated and extravagant comedy where characters are like caricatures and quite absurd. e. Social Poems - can be comic or tragic whose goal is to bring social changes in the community. A Dramatic Monologue - often from a fictional character’s point of view. Types of Monolgue Dramatic Monologue - is a literary device that is used when a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings, those that are hidden throughout the course of the story line, through a poem or a speech. Soliloquy - is the act of speaking while alone, especially when used as a theatrical device that allows a character’s thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience. Lesson: Writing Poetry Tips on How to Write Poetry 1. Know your goal. 9. Rhyme with extreme caution. 2. Avoid clichés. 10. Revise, revise, revise. 3. Avoid Sentimentality. 11. Tricks with language. 4. Use images. 12. Use personification. 5. Use Metaphor and Simile. 13. Use the idea of “contrast”. 6. Use concrete words instead of abstract words. 14. Use symbolism. 7. Communicate Theme. 15. Ambiguity 8. Subvert the ordinary.  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Lesson: Conventional poetry - “traditional poetry” - follows a certain format like the usage of meter, which is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. 1. Tanaga - is an indigenous type of Filipino poem, which is used traditionally in the Tagalog language. - uses 4 lines, each line having seven 7 syllables only (7,7,7,7). This kind of rhymed poem usually follows AABB or AAAA rhyme scheme. 2. Diona - is another indigenous type of Filipino poem. It is popular during the pre-Hispanic period. It has been labeled by some Filipino literary enthusiast as the Pinoy Haiku. - consisting of three (3) lines with seven (7) syllables in each line (7,7,7) that all rhyme with one another. 3. Haiku is a traditional Japanese fixed poetic form. composed of three (3) non-rhyming lines. The first and third lines have five(5) syllables each and the second line has seven (7) syllables (5,7,5). This is a kind of unrhymed poem that doesn’t follow any specific rhythmic pattern. 4. Sonnet - is a single-stanza lyric poem containing fourteen lines. a. Italian or Petrarchan sonnet: Developed by the Italian poet Petrarch, this sonnet is divided into an octave with the rhyme scheme ABBAABBA or ABBACDDC and a sestet with the rhyme scheme CDECDE or CDCCDC. b. Shakespearean sonnet / English sonnet or Elizabethan sonnet: this poetic form, which Shakespeare made famous, contains three quatrains and a final couplet. The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. c. Spenserian sonnet: A variant that the poet Edmund Spenser developed from the Shakespearean sonnet. The Spenserian sonnet has the rhyme scheme ABAB BCBCCDCD EE. Rhythmic Units Rythmic Units Description Iamb Consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable Trochee Consist of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable Dactyl Consist of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables Anapest Consist of Two (2) unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable Spondee Consist of two (2) successive syllables with strong stresses  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Lesson: Free Verse Poetry - a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms. Enjambment - a term that literally means 'to straddle'. Enjambment tends to increase the pace of the poem. Here are some of the most common types according to Hood,2013: 1. Narrative poem. - The poet tells a story. Often, there is rising action, climax, and resolution, like a short story. 2. Anecdote - The poet describes some incident or experience or event that is humorous or interesting, and ends the poem with some insight. 3. Meditative poem - The poet begins by describing a scene. This scene triggers a meditation in the mind of the poet. 4. Lyrical poem - A traditional form adopted by many, the poet writes a poem expressing personal thoughts and feelings about an idea, person, experience. 5. Confessional poem - A poem that is autobiographical. The poet writes about personal thoughts, feelings, and experiences. 6. Elegy - A poem that laments the death of a loved one. Lesson: Experimental Text Poetry - This type often breaks traditional writing rules. Most of the forms of this poetry is commonly understood by the term, and has therefore to be judged on different grounds, most commonly those of the graphic arts, which it increasingly resembles. Forms of Experimental Text Poetry 1. Typography (Concrete Poetry) - Visual Poetry, Concrete poetry relates more to the visual than to the verbal arts and there is a considerable overlap in the kind of product to which it refers. 2. Prose Poetry - This is classified as genre-crossing or hybrid genre— a genre in fiction that blends themes and elements from two or more different genres. The writing is continuous and without line breaks. The piece may be of any length and may be divided into paragraphs. 3. Performance Poetry - Spoken word is a performance art that is word based. It is an oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play and intonation and voice inflection.  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Lesson: Symbolism and Motif in Writing Fiction Symbolism gives the writer the freedom to add double levels of meanings in fiction - literal one that is self- evident and the - symbolic one whose meaning is far more profound than the literal one. Motif. It can be seen as an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contribute toward other figures that have a symbolic significance and contribute toward the development of the theme. Lesson: Forms of Fiction - Fiction is a product of the imagination but with the truthfulness of what has been happening around. Forms of Fiction 1. Flash Fiction - is also called short-short. It is a type of fiction that is under the umbrella of the short story. - contain a limited number of words that runs from 250 to 1,000. 2. Short stories - are written works that usually run from 2,000 to 6,000 words and are about eight to 24 pages. 3. Novella - can be considered as a story that plays somewhere between a short story and a novel. It commonly comprises around 50 to 100 pages. 4. Novels - don’t need limits regarding length. Some novels have trilogies and tetralogies. Lesson: Plot - How the author arranges events to develop the basic idea; it is the sequence of events in a story or play. a. Linear – the plot is constructed logically and not by coincidence. - There are three major parts to a linear plot: Beginning, Middle and End. b. Modular/ Episodic - This is a chronological structure of events, but it consists of a series of loosely related incidents.  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ c. Traditional Plot Structure/ Freytag’s Pyramid - uses a five-part system to describe a story’s plot. - The climax is the high point, and it’s surrounded by rising and falling action. - often modified so that it extends slightly before and after the primary rising and falling action. Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag developed “dramatic structure” to divide a drama into five parts. He was born in Kreuzburg, Silesia, which was a province of Prussia. He was also a German dramatist and novelist. Plot Structure Components Exposition - Background information is given to understand the story. – Characters – Setting – Conflict (Problem) Rising Action - During the rising action, the basic conflict is complicated by introducing secondary conflicts, such as obstacles to overcome or other minor problems. Climax (Turning Point) - This will mark a change for the better or worse for the character. It’s the most intense moment in the story. – Comedy: Things will get better. – Tragedy: Things will get worse. – Mystery: Mystery will be solved. Falling Action - This sometimes contains a final moment of suspense when the final outcome is in doubt. - Also deals with the effects that the climax has on the characters. Resolution - This is also called the conclusion. This is where the story comes to an end and everything is brought to a close. - The conflict has been resolved.  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Lesson: Characters Primary Characters - A primary character is a main character in literature. There can be one or even a couple of primary characters in stories. They are essential to the plot of the literary work. Protagonist — the story revolves around the character, can be and often the narrator. - The protagonist doesn't have to be a hero. Antagonist — the character who acts against the protagonist. - doesn't have to be a bad guy, can be a group of people combined or an even institution. Secondary Characters - still play a role in the development of the story and have a purpose, but their role is smaller than the major characters. Flat Character — one who is not very developed, we only see one side of the flat character. Few traits shown. Round Character — one who is multidimensional and complex, we see many sides of the character and it reveals a range of emotions. Static Character — one who stays the same throughout the story. Dynamic Character — one who changes over the course of the story. Stock character - a character the represents an obvious stereotype. Foil character - a character that serves as a contrast to the protagonist, causing the attributes of the main character to be emphasized. Lesson: Theme and Setting Theme - defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly. - might be the subject matter or present itself as a message within the larger story. - be expressed in a more abstract way as an idea or moral. Major and Minor Themes - Major theme - an idea that a writer repeats in his literary work, making it the most significant idea in the work. - Minor theme - refers to an idea that appears in a work briefly, giving way to another minor theme.  Creative Writing Reviewer Quarter 1 ✍️ Examples of Theme - Love and Friendship - frequently occurring themes in literature. They generate emotional twists and turns in a narrative. - War Theme - literary woks utilizing this theme may either glorify or criticize the idea of war. - Crime and Mystery - Crime and mystery are utilized in detective novels. Such narratives also include sub themes, such as “crimes cannot be hidden,” “evil is always punished,” and others. Setting - The setting is a piece of literature is the time and place in which the story takes place. Also include social statuses, weather, historical period, and details about immediate surroundings. Types of Setting 1. Backdrop Setting - emerges when it is not important for a story, and it could happen in any setting. 2. Integral Setting - when the place and time influences the theme, character and action of a story. Lesson: Irony - shows the contrast or incongruity between how things appear and how they are in reality. Three Types of Irony 1. Verbal Irony - A type of irony where a person says one thing but means the opposite, expressing humor, frustration, or anger. Ex. Oh, son! I’m so proud that you failed in your exam again. 2. Dramatic Irony - It occurs when the audience knows something that the character does not. Ex. In Alladin, Alladin meets the kingdom’s princess without his knowing, while everyone knows from the audience about it. 3. Situational Irony - It occurs when something happens that is completely different from what was expected. Ex. The police station gets robbed.