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Unit 1 Creative Writing (Handouts)
Unit 1 Creative Writing (Handouts)
FORMS OF WRITING
IMAGINATIVE WRITING
A form of writing that expresses the writer’s thoughts and feelings in a creative, unique, and poetic way.
Examples: poetry, fiction such as short stories, and novels.
TECHNICAL WRITING
A form of writing technical communication or documentation in science and technology or applied
science that helps people understand a product or service. Technical writing uses technical vocabularies and
highlights processes, classification and interpretation.
Examples: user manuals, legal analysis, summary of experiments for journal publications,
technological marketing communications.
ACADEMIC WRITING
A form of writing that writer expresses and shares ideas with critical thinking; it has vocabularies that are
brought out by critical thoughts. It presents proofs and reasons out of research. It broadens and strengthens
the quality of education.
Examples: theses, term paper, reflection papers.
1. LANGUAGE-It system of conventional, spoken, or written symbols by means of which human beings
express themselves.
IMAGERY-A figurative language used to represent objects, actions, and ideas in a manner that appeals
to the senses. It uses vivid descriptive language to add depth to work. Imagery creates mental pictures
in the mind of a reader.
FIGURE OF SPEECH-It is a figurative language in which words are used out of their literal meaning or
out of their ordinary use.
2. SENSORY DETAILS-This are used to intensify the writer’s expression and to beautify a statement, context
or a concept.
KINDS OF SENSORY DETAILS
INTERNAL EXTERNAL
Emotions Gustatory(sense of taste)
Judgment Olfactory(sense of smell)
Illusions Visual(sense of sight)
Humor Auditory(sense of hearing)
Memory Tactile(sense of touch)
3. THEME-It is the topic or central idea, which is universal in nature. It is an underlying truth. It may be what
the reader thinks the story is about or what the work says about a given subject.
4. DICTION- It is the choice of words used by the writers. Good writing makes good use of diction.
Poor: The first poem in the book is a masterpiece in itself and quite a work of art.
Better: The first poem in the book is a work of art.
5. SYNTAX-It is how the words are arranged in a sentence or a line.