Creative Writing Module for Senior High School Students Humanities and Social Sciences, Cheat Sheet of English

Download Creative Writing Module for Senior High School Students Humanities and Social Sciences and more Cheat Sheet English in PDF only on Docsity! 1| MODULE: CREATIVE WRITING CREATIVE WRITING Document: Module 1/ Week 1 Grade Level: Senior High School Grade 12 Teacher: Mr. Michael AS. Enaje Hi there Senior High School, grade 12 students, Welcome to our humble institution this academic year 2020 – 2021. Despite of the crisis we are facing right now, we are here and never stop for your dreams to come true. You are step ahead in reaching your goals; and part of it, you need to comply with the academic requirements imposed by the Department of Education for your grade level. Right now, you are about to face this academic challenge in the new normal phase of school setting. This module will guide you with your academic journey in CREATIVE WRITNG. Every week you will receive a set of module to study and activities to answer. All data and information you need in your studies will be provided together with the module. And another, you can also browse the internet for other references. I know this is new for both of us but then again, I hope you will find it enjoyable while learning and I’m hoping that we will see each other soon once permitted. Let us have fun in learning together! Sincerely yours, Sir Michael AS. Enaje Module 1 Contents/ Lessons 1. Creative Writing 1.1 Imaginative writing vs. technical/ academic/ other forms of writing 1.2 Sensory experience 1.3 Language a. Imagery b. Figures of Speech c. Diction 1.4 Sample works of well-known local and foreign writers LESSON 1 CREATIVE WRITING 2| MODULE: CREATIVE WRITING Definition of Creative Writing The true definition of creative writing is "writing that expresses ideas and thoughts in an imaginative way." It's the "art of making things up" or putting a creative splash on history, as in creative nonfiction. In both instances, creative writing is an art form because you have to step out of reality and into a new realm, inspired by your mental meanderings. In this capacity, you're able to express feelings and emotions instead of cold, hard facts, as we do in academic writing. Let's keep our creativity caps on and explore this vast universe some more. Creative Writing Types and Categories The best way to define creative writing is to give a list of things that are and are not considered creative writing. Here are things that do fall within this category:  novels  poems  epics  short stories  screenplays  songs  television scripts Forms of writing that are not considered creative writing include:  academic writing  textbooks  journalism  technical writing Imaginations start to flow when we engage in creative writing. The majority of writing, by far, is creative. Not only can it be a creative outlet, it can also be therapeutic. Many psychologists recommend creative writing as a way to express our feelings. With it, you can pretend anything you want and help a potential reader do the same. Reference:https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-definitions/definition-of-creative- writing.html LESSON 1.1 IMAGINATIVE WRITING VS. TECHNICAL/ ACADEMIC/ OTHER FORMS OF WRITING What is the difference between imaginative writing and technical writing? Today, after learning what imaginative writing is and how to get started in it , we’re going to compare the two of them. 5| MODULE: CREATIVE WRITING The sweet butter cream icing melted on my tongue. The word delightful came to mind. I closed my eyes to savor the richness of the warm spice cake and knew I would have a second piece before the end of the night. Your characters don't eat or drink very often, so use taste to suggest other things. Winter has always tasted like hot chocolate to me. Her kisses tasted like strawberries in the sun. Reference: https://www.quora.com/What-are-sensory-experiences-in-creative-writing LESSON 1.3 LANGUAGE A. IMAGERY Imagery Definition What is imagery? Here’s a quick and simple definition: Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines from Robert Frost's poem "After Apple-Picking" contain imagery that engages the senses of touch, movement, and hearing: "I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend. / And I keep hearing from the cellar bin / The rumbling sound / Of load on load of apples coming in." Some additional key details about imagery: Though imagery contains the word "image," it does not only refer to descriptive language that appeals to the sense of sight. Imagery includes language that appeals to all of the human senses, including sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. While imagery can and often does benefit from the use of figurative language such as metaphors and similes, imagery can also be written without using any figurative language at all. B. FIGURES OF SPEECH What are Figures of Speech? A figure of speech is a word or phrase using figurative language—language that has other meaning than its normal definition. In other words, figures of speeches rely on implied or suggested meaning, rather than a dictionary definition. We express and develop them through hundreds of different rhetorical techniques, from specific types like metaphors and similes, to more general forms like sarcasm and slang. Figures of speech make up a huge portion of the English language, making it more creative, more expressive, and just more interesting! Many have been around for hundreds of years— some even thousands—and more are added to our language essentially every day. This article will focus on a few key forms of figures of speech, but remember, the types are nearly endless! There are countless figures of speech in every language, and they fall into hundreds of categories. Here, though, is a short list of some of the most common types of figure of speech: 6| MODULE: CREATIVE WRITING A. Metaphor Many common figures of speech are metaphors. That is, they use words in a manner other than their literal meaning. However, metaphors use figurative language to make comparisons between unrelated things or ideas. The “peak of her career,” for example, is a metaphor, since a career is not a literal mountain with a peak, but the metaphor represents the idea of arriving at the highest point of one’s career. B. Idiom An idiom is a common phrase with a figurative meaning. Idioms are different from other figures of speech in that their figurative meanings are mostly known within a particular language, culture, or group of people. In fact, the English language alone has about 25,000 idioms. Some examples include “it’s raining cats and dogs” when it is raining hard, or “break a leg” when wishing someone good luck. Example This sentence uses an idiom to make it more interesting: There’s a supermarket and a pharmacy in the mall, so if we go there, we can kill two birds with one stone. The idiom is a common way of saying that two tasks can be completed in the same amount of time or same place. C. Proverb A proverb is a short, commonplace saying that is universally understood in today’s language and used to express general truths. “Don’t cry over spilt milk” is a popular example. Most proverbs employ metaphors (e.g. the proverb about milk isn’t literally about milk). Example This example uses a proverb to emphasize the situation: I know you think you’re going to sell all of those cookies, but don’t count your chickens before they hatch! Here, “don’t count your chickens before they hatch” means that you shouldn’t act like something has happened before it actually does. D. Simile A simile is a very common figure of speech that uses the words “like” and “as” to compare two things that are not related by definition. For example, “he is as tall as a mountain,” doesn’t mean he was actually 1,000 feet tall, it just means he was really tall. Example This example uses a simile for comparison: The internet is like a window to the world—you can learn about everything online! The common phrase “window to the world” refers to a hypothetical window that lets you see the whole world from it. So, saying the internet is like a window to the world implies that it lets you see anything and everything. E. Oxymoron An oxymoron is when you use two words together that have contradictory meanings. Some common examples include small crowd, definitely possible, old news, little giant, and so on. F. Metonym A metonym is a word or phrase that is used to represent something related to bigger meaning. For example, fleets are sometimes described as being “thirty sails strong,” meaning thirty (curiously, this metonym survives in some places, even when the ships in question are not sail- 7| MODULE: CREATIVE WRITING powered!) Similarly, the crew on board those ships may be described as “hands” rather than people. G. Irony Irony is when a word or phrase’s literal meaning is the opposite of its figurative meaning. Many times (but not always), irony is expressed with sarcasm (see Related Terms). For example, maybe you eat a really bad cookie, and then say “Wow, that was the best cookie I ever had”—of course, what you really mean is that it’s the worst cookie you ever had, but being ironic actually emphasizes just how bad it was! C. DICTION Diction can be defined as style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. Diction, or choice of words, often separates good writing from bad writing. ... Firstly, the word has to be right and accurate. Secondly, words should be appropriate to the context in which they are used. References: https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/imagery https://literaryterms.net/figures-of-speech/ https://literarydevices.net/diction/#:~:text=Diction%20can%20be%20defined%20as,good %20writing%20from%20bad%20writing.&text=Firstly%2C%20the%20word%20has%20to,in %20which%20they%20are%20used. LESSON 1.4 SAMPLE WORKS OF WELL-KNOWN LOCAL AND FOREIGN WRITERS LOCAL WRITERS Jessica Hagedorn Best known for her 1990 novel Dogeaters, Jessica Hagedorn was born and raised in the Philippines and relocated to San Francisco in her teens. Hagedorn’s ethnic heritage is a mix of Spanish, Filipino, French, Irish, and Chinese. Dogeaters, which won the American Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award, shines a light on the many layers of Filipino society, especially the American influence prevalent in the entertainment industry. Hagedorn is also a poet and playwright. Her first play, Mango Tango, was produced by Joseph Papp in 1978, the same year she moved to New York, where she currently lives with her daughters. Sionil Jose A writer deeply concerned with social justice, F. Sionil Jose’s novels have been translated into 22 languages, and he’s one of the most widely read Filipino authors. Sionil Jose’s Rosales Saga is a five-volume work that follows the Samson family and their changing fortunes over a 100-year timeframe. Sionil Jose’s books are especially illuminating for anyone interested in provincial life in the Philippines, the revolution against Spain, and the framework of the Filipino family. His anti-elitist views have made him a somewhat unpopular author within the Philippines, but Sionil Jose’s works are among the most highly acclaimed internationally of any Filipino writer. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Literature in 1980.