Creative Writing Reviewer

Creative Writing reviewer
Fisrt Semester 2023-2024
Imaginative Writing- Expresses the writer’s

thoughts and feelings in a creative, unique, and
poetic way.
Technical writing- Is a form of writing technical
communication or documentation in science and
technology or applied science that helps people
understand the product or service.
Imagery- Figurative language used to preserve
objects actions and ideas in a manner that appeals to
the senses it uses descriptive language to add depth
to the work. imagery creates mental pictures in the
reader as he or she reads the text
7. Alliteration - two or more words in a phrase

TYPES OF FIGURES OF SPEECH share the same beginning consonant sound.
1. Simile - a stated comparison between two 8. Synecdoche - a figure of speech in which a part
fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain is used to represent a whole
qualities in common (“like” or “as”)
9. Metonymy - when one word or phrase is
2. Metaphor - an implied comparison between two substituted for another with which it's closely
unlike things that have something in common associated to or when something is described
3. Onomatopoeia - uses words that imitate sounds indirectly by referring to things around it.
associated with objects or actions 10. Oxymoron - a figure of speech where
4. Personification - human qualities or abilities to incongruous or contradictory terms appears side by
inanimate objects or actions side
5. Apostrophe - addressing an absent person or 11. Paradox – a statement that appears to contradict
thing that is abstract, inanimate, or inexistent itself
character.
6. Hyperbole - exaggeration for the purpose of
emphasis
Diction - is a choice of words used by writers. The throughout, involving the alternate repetition
words should be right and accurate, appropriate to of the first and third lines of the first tercet
the context in which they are used, and 7. English haiku - similar to a Japanese haiku,
comprehensible to the intended audience. but is less restrictive with regard to the
syllable count (due to the language); does
Syntax - how the words are arranged in a sentence
not necessarily have the same features as a
or line. Used to convey different tones moods,
Japanese haiku
themes, or emphases of the literary work.
Theme - is a topic or central idea, which is FILIPINO
universal in nature. It is an underlying truth. It may
be what the reader thinks the story is about or what 8. Tanaga - Filipino poetic form of four lines
the work says about a given subject. with seven syllables each, all of which
rhyme together
Symbol – something used to represent something 9. Awit - another Filipino poetic form,
else, i.e., an idea, belief, etc. Used to go beyond the emphasizes narrative greatly
literal meaning of a text and present ideas 10. Filipino haiku - even less restrictive in form
figuratively. as the English haiku and written in Filipino
Motif – recurring element that has symbolic
significance to the story. Other kinds of poetry
Tone – how the author views the topic
Acrostic – The first letters of each of the
Context- author’s knowledge of the topic lines spell a word.
Free verse - regarded as much kinder to
kinds of poetry most writers as it doesn't restrict them with
form
JAPANESE
1. Japanese haiku - short poem with 3 lines in
a syllable count of 5-7-5
2. Haibun - comparable to the essence of a
travel journal, the haibun combines prose
and poetry; the prose serves to vividly
describe the location or scene, while the
poetry is meant to capture the atmosphere or
“feeling” associated with a scene
3. Tanka - Japanese short poem (Waka) with 5
lines following a syllable count of 5-7-5-7-7
WESTERN
4. English/Shakespearean sonnet- fourteen

lines, conventionally follows iambic (10
syllables per line) pentameter, with a rhyme
scheme of a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-e-f-e-f-g-g
5. Sestina - six verses with six lines, each
following an alternating end-word pattern
6. Villanelle – a nineteen-line poem of five
tercets and a quatrain; the poem has two
refrains and two rhyme patterns repeated
ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY
1. CHARACTER- The people or animals that make things happen in fiction.
2. PLOT- The sequence of interrelated actions and events that make up a story
Tone ( as literary device) – The attitude of the
author, achieved through diction, syntax, and word
3. POINT OF VIEW order.
a. 1st POV- I & me (the narrator is the
protagonist) example: Scarlet Ibis Mood (as a literary device) – the general
b. 2nd POV- you, yours, ours (the atmosphere created by the author’s words. The
narrator assumes that the reader is a readers’ feeling.
character in the story)
c. 3rd POV (omniscient) – He/She/They
(the narrator refers to the protag in
the third person and can narrate
freely without limitation)
d. 3rd POV (limited) - He/She/They (the
narrator refers to the protag in the
third person BUT still focuses on the
perspectives of one character)
example: The Necklace
4. THEME- the central theme or idea of a

story
a. Moral
b. Dramatic Premise
c. Insight
A. Major Theme: is the art of

representing things by using symbols
or by attributing symbolic meanings
or significance to objects events or
relationships
B. Minor Theme: these are the less
important ideas found in any story
they may only appear in some
parts of the story
5. SETTING- Place and Space, Time,

Mood/Atmosphere, Status quo.
Foreshadowing – a literary device through which

the writer gives a hint of a coming event in the
story. It creates an atmosphere of suspense for the
reader to want to know more
Symbolism - is the art of representing things by
using symbols or by attributing symbolic meanings
or significance to objects, events, or relationships Review Well
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Fisrt Semester 2023-2024

Imaginative Writing- Expresses the writer’s

7. Alliteration - two or more words in a phrase

4. English/Shakespearean sonnet- fourteen

1. CHARACTER- The people or animals that make things happen in fiction.

4. THEME- the central theme or idea of a

A. Major Theme: is the art of

5. SETTING- Place and Space, Time,

Foreshadowing – a literary device through which

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