CREATIVE WRITING

Second Quarter
Document: Module 1 and 2/ Week 10-11
Grade Level: Senior High School Grade 12
Teacher: Mr. Michael AS. Enaje

Module 1 & 2 Contents/ Lessons

1. Techniques and literary devices
a. Intertextuality
b. Conceptualization of modality

TECHNIQUES AND LITERARY DEVICES

Literary techniques are specific, deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey
meaning. An author's use of a literary technique usually occurs with a single word or phrase, or a
particular group of words or phrases, at one single point in a text.

What are literary devices?

Literary devices are various elements and techniques used in writing that construct the whole of your
literature to create an intended perception of the writing for the reader.
You probably remember learning about literary devices like personification, foreshadowing, and
metaphors in school.

While these are very common types of literary elements, there are many more you can use to make your
writing stand out in comparison to others.

Using these devices will help your writing become stronger and better.

Here are the literary terms every writer should know:

 Imagery – The use of visually descriptive or figurative language in writing. One way to describe
this is showing versus telling, and we’ll cover more on this later in this blog post.
 Personification – When you give human characteristics to non-human objects or elements. This
will also be covered in more detail below.
 Point of view – How your story is told and through whose perspective is what your point of view
is. This could be first person, second person, third person, or more that we’ll cover down below.
 Protagonist – This is the “good guy” in your story or the person your readers will root for.
Oftentimes, this is the main character or even you, if you’re writing a nonfiction book.
 Antagonist – Also known as the “bad guy,” or the person trying to prevent your protagonist from
succeeding. This person or group or organization will likely be the reason for your protagonist’s
hardships in your book.
 Foreshadowing – We’ll cover this in detail below but essentially, foreshadowing is the placement
of clues about what will happen in the future of your story.
 Conflict – This is a basic term to describe the difficulties your protagonist or you face in your
book. Any issues between characters or elements are known as conflict.
 Rising Action – Rising action is the events that directly lead up to the climax of your novel.
 Falling Action – When writing a novel, this is often the last chapter or two after the climax to “tie
up” loose ends in your story.

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  Climax – The biggest, most pivotal point in your novel. This is when your protagonist faced their
challenges head-on and either “wins” or “loses.” Think of any time Harry Potter directed faces off
with Voldemort at the end of the books. This is the climax.
 Voice – A writer’s voice is the unique narrative of the writing. This is the way in which the
author chooses to display sentences and even down to the phrasing they use.
 Style – Much like the author’s voice, the style is the unique way the author writes but also
encompasses the entirety of the novel and story as well. Their style can mean how they write, but
also how they tell a story and the way in which they allow events to unfold.

INTERTEXTUALITY

the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts
influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.

CONCEPTUALIZATION OF MODALITY

In grammar and semantics, modality refers to linguistic devices that indicate the degree to which an

observation is possible, probable, likely, certain, permitted, or prohibited. In English, these notions are
commonly (though not exclusively) expressed by modal auxiliaries, such as can, might, should, and will.
They are sometimes combined with not.

Activities:

PART 1: What is intertextuality? Give an example statement

PART 2: What is conceptualization of modality? Give an example statement

PART 3: Choose five among the rests of the kinds of literary devices and use in the sentence.

PART 4: Learning Bank: (Summary of learning) Please write down about what you have learned in these
topics/ lessons.

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