CREATIVE WRITING:

QUARTER 1 – LESSON
1: IMAGERY,
DICTION, FIGURES OF
SPEECH, AND WEEK 2
SPECIFIC
EXPERIENCES TO
EVOKE MEANINGFUL
RESPONSES
 After
going use imagery, diction, figures of
through speech, and specific
this lesson,
you are experiences to evoke
expected meaningful responses from
to: readers (HUMSS_CW/MP11/12-
Ia-b-4)

analyze the imagery, diction,

WHAT I figures of speech, and specific
experiences of the specific
NEED TO literary pieces.

KNOW
write short paragraphs or
vignettes using imagery, diction,
figures of speech, and specific
experiences.
 1. Imaging refers to the “pictures” which
we perceive with our mind’s eyes, ears,
WHAT I KNOW nose, tongue, skin, and through which
we experience the “duplicate world”
(10 MINS TO created by poetic language.
ANSWER IN 2. Diction is the poet’s choice of words.
YOUR LMS) The poet chooses each word carefully
so that both its meaning and sound
DIRECTIONS: contribute to the tone and feeling of
READ THE the poem.

STATEMENTS 3. Informal diction is the use of

sophisticated language, without slang
CAREFULLY. or colloquialisms. It sticks to
IDENTIFY IF grammatical rules and uses
complicated syntax—the structure of
THE sentences.
STATEMENT IS 4. Sensory imagery is a literary device
which writers employ to engage a
TRUE OR reader’s mind on multiple levels.
FALSE. Sensory imagery explores the five
human senses: sight, sound, taste,
touch, and smell.
5. Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the
bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or
technical forms of literature, typically identified by an
emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and
the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry
and poetics.
6. Litotes is figure of speech consisting of an understatement
in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
7. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a part is used to
represent the whole. Example: Tina is learning her ABC's in
preschool.
8. Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate the sounds
associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
9. Assonance is the identity or similarity in sound between
internal vowels in neighboring words.
10. Persona is a figure of speech in which an inanimate
object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or
abilities.
WHAT’S IN (10 MINS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK)
LEARNING TASK 1: LIFE AND WRITING
Directions: 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. Do this on your answer sheet.

writing life
 WHAT’S NEW
LEARNING TASK 2: CREATIVE SEARCH FOR
WORDS
Directions:
Look for the
words in the
puzzle that
can be
associated to
Creative
Writing. You
may also put
the meanings
of the words
that you have
found. Write
your found
words on your
notebook.
 In this part of your journey, we
provide something for you to deepen
your understanding about creative
writing essential elements. Please
continue reading with
comprehension as you discover
WHAT IS IT further knowledge that will help you
out in your quest on the remaining
phases of this lesson. 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.
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 CREATIVE WRITING?

WHAT IS CREATIVE WRITING?

• original writing that

expresses ideas and
thoughts in an
imaginative way
• Examples: short story,
novel, poem, play
HOW DO WE WRITE
“CREATIVELY”?

WE USE SENSORY
IMAGERY AND
OTHER LITERARY
DEVICES.
 • 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
WHAT IS tangible symbolism works by
SENSORY drawing in a reader's five
IMAGERY? 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.
 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.
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.
 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 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 beach 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?
 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 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.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF DICTION IN WRITING?

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. 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.
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?
LEARNING TASK 3:
SENSE IT!
DIRECTIONS: READ
THE EXCERPTS WITH
UNDERSTANDING.
IDENTIFY WHAT
SENSORY IMAGERY
IS USED IN EACH
STATEMENT. WRITE
YOUR ANSWERS ON
YOUR ANSWER
SHEET. IDENTIFY TOO
THOSE WORDS USED
AS DESCRIPTIVE IN
EACH EXCERPT.
COPY THE TABLE
AND WRITE YOUR
ANSWERS ON YOUR
NOTEBOOK.
1. On rainy afternoons, embroidering with a group of friends on the
begonia porch, she would lose the thread of the conversation
and a tear of nostalgia would salt her palate when she saw the
strips of damp earth and the piles of mud that the earthworms
had pushed up in the garden. Those secret tastes, defeated in
the past by oranges and rhubarb, broke out into an irrepressible
urge when she began to weep. She went back to eating earth.
The first time she did it almost out of curiosity, sure that the bad
taste would be the best cure for the temptation. And, in fact, she
could not bear the earth in her mouth. But she persevered,
overcome by the growing anxiety, and little by little she was
getting back her ancestral appetite, the taste of primary
minerals, the unbridled satisfaction of what was the original food.
(One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez)
Imagery: ______________________
2. My little horse must think it
queer To stop without a
farmhouse near Between
the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the
year. He gives his harness
bells a shake To ask if there
is some mistake. The only
other sound’s the sweep Of
easy wind and downy
flake. (“Stopping by Woods
on a Snowy Evening” by
Robert Frost)
Imagery: _________________________
3. Outside, even though the shut
windowpane, the world looked cold. Down in
the street little eddies of wind were whirling
dust and torn paper into spirals, and though
the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue,
there seemed to be no color in anything,
except the posters that were plastered
everywhere. The black mustachioed face
gazed down from every commanding corner.
There was one on the house-front
immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS
WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the
dark eyes looked deep into Winston’s own.
Down at street level another poster, torn at
one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind,
alternately covering and uncovering the
single word INGSOC. In the far distance a
helicopter skimmed down between the roofs,
hovered for an instant like a bluebottle, and
darted away again with a curving flight. (1984
by George Orwell)
Imagery: _________________________
4. In the period of which we speak, there reigned in the cities
a stench barely conceivable to us modern men and women.
The streets stank of manure, the courtyards of urine, the
stairwells stank of moldering wood and rat droppings, the
kitchens of spoiled cabbage and mutton fat; the unaired
parlors stank of stale dust, the bedrooms of greasy sheets,
damp featherbeds, and the pungently sweet aroma of
chamber pots. The stench of sulfur rose from the chimneys,
the stench of caustic lye's from the tanneries, and from the
slaughterhouses came the stench of congealed blood.
People stank of sweat and unwashed clothes; from their
mouths came the stench of rotting teeth, from their bellies
that of onions, and from their bodies, if they were no longer
very young, came the stench of rancid cheese and sour milk
and tumorous disease. (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by
Patrick Suskind) Imagery: _________________________
5. She ran her hand across the
dark, concrete wall. It was
cold as ice. When she came
to the middle of the room, she
felt a thick, slimy substance
actively oozing down the wall.
Imagery:
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