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    The document summarizes the key differences between creative writing and technical writing. Creative writing is intended mainly for entertainment and uses imagination and creativity, employing metaphor, symbolism and an informal artistic style. Technical writing aims to inform readers in a formal, objective manner by providing facts to instruct or persuade using specialized vocabulary in a systematic organization. Examples of each type are also provided.

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    The document summarizes the key differences between creative writing and technical writing. Creative writing is intended mainly for entertainment and uses imagination and creativity, employing metaphor, symbolism and an informal artistic style. Technical writing aims to inform readers in a formal, objective manner by providing facts to instruct or persuade using specialized vocabulary in a systematic organization. Examples of each type are also provided.

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    CREATIVE WRITING

    VS

    TECHNICAL WRITING
    DESCRIBE
    THE PICTURE
    IN 2-3
    SENTENCES
    EXAMPLES
    IMAGINATIVE /
    NOVEL
    CREATIVE WRITING S
    POEMS
    – written mainly to entertain with SHORT STORIES
    the creativity of the mind. TRAVELOGUE
    TECHNICAL EXAMPLES
    WRITING
    EXCUSE
    – written mainly to inform in a
    LETTERS
    formal manner or to incite the MINUTES OF THE
    reader to make an action. It is MEETING
    LETTER OF
    wholly written to inform
    REQUEST
    someone.
    CREATIVE WRITING TECHNICAL WRITING

    CONTENT Imaginative, Metaphoric, or Symbolic Factual, Straight Forward

    AUDIENCE General Specific

    PURPOSE Entertain, Provoke, Captivate Inform, Instruct, Persuade

    STYLE Informal, Artistic, Figurative Formal, Standard, Academic

    TONE Subjective Objective

    VOCABULARY General, Evocative Specialized

    ORGANIZATION Arbitrary, Artistic Sequential, Systematic


    ACTIVITY
    Direction: Classify whether the following works are under Creative or
    Technical

    1. Thesaurus 6. A letter to a friend


    2. Nursery Rhymes 7. Dictionary
    3. Excuse Letter 8. Menu
    4. Poems about personal experiences 9. Song Book
    5. Travel Video 10. Myths

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