CREATIVE

WRIT
Unit I:
ING
Creative Writing (Word)
 LANGUAGE: Diction
STYLE
STYLE of
of WRITING
WRITING determined by the CHOICE OF WORDS
 LANGUAGE: Diction
1. Accuracy
Accuracy
- certain/correct in the intended meaning [x error]
Commonly Confused Words
1. accept vs. except 6. complement vs. 11. forebear vs. forbear 16. principal vs. principle
compliment
2. advise vs advice 7. defuse vs. diffuse 12. ingenious vs. 17. stationary vs.
ingenuous stationery
3. born vs. borne 8. discreet vs. discrete 13. lay vs. lie 18. there vs. their vs.
they're
4. bough vs. bow 9. elicit vs. ilicit 14. loose vs. lose 19. weather vs. weather

5. censure vs. censor 10. ensure vs. insure 15. prescribe vs. proscribe 20. affect vs. effect
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2. Precision
Precision
- exact in meaning; appropriate to cultural, temporal, or
geographical contexts

Acquaintance Classmate
FB FRIEND
Buddy Schoolmate
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2. Precision
Precision
- exact in meaning; appropriate to cultural, temporal, or
geographical contexts
SHADES OF MEANING
Degree of Dislike Hate Loathe
Intensity EXAMPLE SENTENCE
She has a habit of fidgeting that is why I
_________ her.
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2. Precision
Precision
- exact in meaning; appropriate to cultural, temporal, or
geographical contexts
UNDERSTANDING DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION
Informed Confident Conceited
Which of the
following shows a EXAMPLE SENTENCE
neutral, positive, or
negative diction? Mr. Darcy knows the answers to questions no
one else can answer.
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2. Precision
Precision
- exact in meaning; appropriate to cultural, temporal, or
geographical contexts
CONSIDERING CONTEXT
FOUR year old as Unnatural Precocious
a narrator EXAMPLE SENTENCE
I picked chrysanthemums for you, Mama.
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3. Concreteness
- evoke images and appeal to the senses
ABSTRACT CONCRETE
Even a large male gorilla, "A four-hundred-pound male [gorilla],
unaccustomed to tourists, unaccustomed to tourists, will bolt into
is frightened by people. the forest, trailing a stream of diarrhea,
at the mere sight of a person."
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3. Concreteness
- evoke images and appeal to the senses
GENERAL SPECIFIC
The dog jumped on The Siberian Husky jumped on
top of the car. top of the blue Sedan.
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4.
4. Appropriateness
Appropriateness
- consider purpose and audience
Our terribly wasteful use of electricity and non-renewable resources are likewise endangering
our rivers, our oceans, and the atmosphere, which protects the planet.
Learned Popular Colloquial Slang

More Formal Least Formal

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4.
4. Appropriateness
Appropriateness - consider purpose and audience
LEARNED POPULAR
> Concur > Agree
> Commence > Begin
> Lucid Learned Popular
> Clear Colloquial Slang
> Remonstrate > Disagree
> Terminate > End
> Succor > Help
> Verbose > Wordy
> Cogitate > Think
 LANGUAGE: Diction
4.
4. Appropriateness
Appropriateness - consider purpose and audience
COLLOQUIAL SLANG
> What's up? > Ginormous
> Wanna > Frenemy
> Gonna Learned > Bromance
Popular Colloquial Slang