Creative Nonfiction

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Creative Nonfiction
Quarter 1 – Module 18: Create samples of the different literary elements based
on one’s experience– Using Imagery
First Edition, 2020

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 Creative Nonfiction

Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 18
Module 18: Create samples of the different
literary elements based on one’s experience–
Using Imagery

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Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Creative Nonfiction Self-Learning Module 18 on Create

samples of the different literary elements based on one’s experience– Using Imagery!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Creative Nonfiction Self-Learning Module 18 on Create

samples of the different literary elements based on one’s experience– Using Imagery!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.

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 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-instructional learner module in Creative Nonfiction 12.

All the activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand
Creative Nonfiction as you Create samples of the different literary
elements based on one’s experience– Using Imagery!

PRETEST

Directions. Unscramble the jumbled letters to create a meaningful word

connected to the topic of this lesson then answer on the space provided.

1. It is the use of visually descriptive or figurative language in writing.

RGEAMYI
2. These are narrative techniques that add texture, energy, and beauty to
the text, plays with the reader's imagination, and convey information.
RLRTYEAI IDVEECS
3. It is a form of a literary element that describes the time and place in
which a story or narrative happened.
TETISGNS
4. It is a kind of imagery that pertains to imagery with the use of the sense
of taste.
YOSATURGT
5. It is where Imagery draws its visual representations from.
NESESS

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 RECAP

In the previous lessons, surely, you have already encountered what

literary elements are, or in other words, called as elements of literature. They
are the integral components of literature that build the foundation and add
beauty to any written work. Overall, there are 7 major elements of literature:
characters, setting, plot, conflict, theme, style and point-of-view.

LESSON

Based on definition, Imagery is the use of visually descriptive or

figurative language in writing. One way to describe a text that uses this
literary device is the way it forms a scenario in our head that is rich in details
versus merely telling in blunt, plain words. In Imagery, we use stronger parts
of speech (verbs, adjectives, adverbs etc.) to produce stronger impact. It also
draws on the five senses: of sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing.
Why is Imagery widely used in creative writing?
Imagery helps the readers develop a more in-depth understanding and
connection with the scenes that the author has created. Imagery can be
divided into two kinds: (1) the most common, subjective imagery, that
pertains to details of emotions or sensations of a person, and, (2) kinesthetic
imagery, that pertains to details about movement or body in motion.
We will only focus on subjective imagery for now. We have 5 main types
that are as follows:
• Visual imagery (sight)
Example: The sunset was a sight to behold, and the most gorgeous I
have ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and scattered rays of
gold perfectly painted on the steel blue sky.
• Auditory imagery (hearing)
Example: When he was on his way to his room on the eerie corridor of
the apartment, he heard a chilly, muffled cry of a woman.
• Olfactory imagery (smell)
Example: The fragrance of spring lavender flowers makes her joyful and
promotes calmness to her soul.

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 • Gustatory imagery (taste)
Example: The adobo, aromatic with spices and laurel leaves, made his
mouth water in anticipation of the first bite.
• Tactile imagery (touch)
Example: The violent gusts of cold wind penetrate her body to the point
of almost freezing.
Imagery examples are prominent across all types of literature, and they
are more often incorporated to the literary elements such as characters,
setting, plot, and conflict because these features are explicitly described in
narratives.
And take note, Imagery can be used either for fiction or non-fiction. It
is much more effective when created based on one’s own experience.
Guided Practice
Let us try to have more exercises that will sharpen your skill in creating
and re-creating scenes or images based on the sample passages that follows.
Take a look at the modifiers, because these are the ones used to describe
something.
1. Sunbeam coming from outside the window touched his eyes like a warm breath
and he was stirred from unconsciousness. He felt a sting radiating from the inside
of his head. The pain hurts so much that he felt his whole body trembling. He tried
opening both his eyes. Slowly. Until blurred images flashed on him and after one
or two more blink, his vision is cleared. He saw a chandelier hanging from the
ceiling. He could see from his peripheral view white-painted walls with a little gray
sofa on the corner.
After reading this text, we can conclude that the man
being described is currently in a hospital. How do we know that? The
author dropped hints about the setting, described every detail of the
whole place, even the character himself, without directly saying where
the person really is. He wrote a vivid description for both the sense of
touch and sense of sight.

2. It’s her hair and her eyes today. That just simply take me away. And the feeling
that I’m falling further in love, makes me shiver but in a good way. Often times, I
have sat and stared, as she thoughtfully thumbs through her hair. And she purses
her lips, bats her eyes as she plays, with me sitting there slack-jawed and nothing
to say.
After reading this text, we can conclude that the narrator is
actually describing a woman that is undeniably someone he adores a
lot. He describes how this woman as the focal person/character looks
like and acts in front of him. Here we can also witness a first person-
point-of-view because the narrator made use of the first person “I”,

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 which means he is present in the exact scenario and he enjoys what he
sees.

ACTIVITIES

Now, it is your turn to test your Imagery skills and identify what kind
of imagery is used in the following sentences. Write V for visual, A for
auditory, O for olfactory, G for gustatory and T for tactile imagery.
1. The little boy took a handful of sand by the beach and sifted it through
his fingers while pouring seawater heated by the sun.
2. The starry night sky with its beautiful crescent moon looked so
nostalgic and dazzling that it begged him to linger and admire its
beauty.
3. When she opened the lid, a foul, rotting smell of the canned corn left
unopened for 5 years invaded the air.
4. The loud bass and drumbeats of the stereo from the gym attracted him.
5. The beacons of bright sparkling lights bathed the dance floor in ethereal
beauty.

WRAP-UP

To wrap-up everything that we discussed in this lesson, complete the

statement:
The three important things I learned for today’s lesson are …
1. _______________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________

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 VALUING

These past few months, during the first quarter of the year
2020, we have seen how our negligence of the environment has taken its toll
on us humans. Forest wildfires, locusts swarm, Covid-19 pandemic, now
there is swine flu coming into picture – all of these, are mostly related to topics
about nature. Let us not forget the still existing environmental problems such
as global warming and pollution. From today’s sample texts, we have
encountered a vivid scenario of a volcanic eruption too. It’s just a very
important reminder for us that the environment is where we live in and we all
the responsibility to preserve it and care for it. We cannot just appreciate its
beauty and destroy it after. Without our nature, we cannot survive and if we
ruin it, it is like ruining our chances to live as well. The environment is our
life and we should not take it for granted. Let us stop the destruction and
preserve its value.

POSTTEST

Read carefully and answer the following questions. Choose the letter of the
answer.

1. What do you call the use of visually descriptive and figurative language
in writing?
A. Fiction B. Onomatopoeia C. Imagery

2. What is the kind of imagery that pertains to details of emotions or

sensations of a person?
A. Mental Imagery
B. Subjective Imagery
C. Kinesthetic Imagery

3. What makes Imagery much more creative and easier to write?

A. When it is based on one’s own experiences
B. When it is based on a statistical data
C. When it is based on the author’s imagination

4. Where does Imagery draw its visual representations from?

A. Interviews B. Artistic freedom C. The five senses

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 5. Which of the following is the kind of imagery that pertains to the sense
of touch?
A. Olfactory B. Gustatory C. Tactile

KEY TO CORRECTION

C 5. 5.SENSES
V 5. 4.GUSTATORY
C 4.
A 4. 3.SETTINGS
A 3.
O 3. DEVICES
B 2. 2.LITERARY
C 1. V 2.
1.IMAGERY
T 1.
POST TEST ACTIVITY PRETEST

References

“Imagery”. Literary Devices-Definition and Examples of Literary Terms, 2020.

Web
https://literarydevices.net/imagery/. Accessed last June, 2020.

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