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    This document provides information on various literary devices used in creative writing. It discusses creative writing and defines it as writing that goes beyond ordinary types of writing by using imagination. It then covers different types of imagery like sensory, auditory, visual, gustatory, olfactory, and kinesthetic imagery. The document also defines diction and its forms. It explains figures of speech and lists some common ones like alliteration, anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, personification, pun, simile, synecdoche, and

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    This document provides information on various literary devices used in creative writing. It discusses creative writing and defines it as writing that goes beyond ordinary types of writing by using imagination. It then covers different types of imagery like sensory, auditory, visual, gustatory, olfactory, and kinesthetic imagery. The document also defines diction and its forms. It explains figures of speech and lists some common ones like alliteration, anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, personification, pun, simile, synecdoche, and

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    CREative

    writing
    Creative writing
    - is any composing that goes beyond
    ordinary, expert, editorial, scholarly, or
    specialized types of writing
    - is all about using your imagination and
    creativity to express ideas and thoughts
    in a way which is personal to you, it's
    about adding your own"flair" to writing
    Sensory imagery

    Tactile
    Auditory Imagery
    Visual imagery
    Imagery

    Gustatory Olfactory Kinesthetic


    imagery imagery energy
    DICTION in
    WRITING
    - Formal Diction
    - Informal Diction
    - Colloquial Diction
    - Slang Diction
    - Poetic Diction
    FIGURE OF SPEECH

    - is a rhetorical device that


    achieves a special effect by
    using words in a distinctive
    way
    Some figures of speech

    1. Alliteration 6. Chiasmus
    2. Anaphora 7. Euphemism
    3. Antithesis 8. Hyperbole
    4. Apostprophe 9. Irony
    5. Assonance 10. Litotes
    Some figures of speech

    11. Metaphor 16. Personification


    12. Metonymy 17. Pun
    13. Onomatopeia 18. Simile
    14. Oxymoron 19. Synecdoche
    15. Paradox 20. Understatement
    Alliteration

    - the repitition of an
    initial
    consonant noun
    Alliteration

    EXAMPLES:
    1. Mike's microphone is making much
    noise.
    2. Sara's seven sisters slept soundly in the
    sand.
    3. Dan's dog is drinking dirty water.
    ANAPHORA

    - the repitition of an
    initial consonant
    sound
    ANAPHORA

    EXAMPLE:
    Every breath you take
    And every move you make
    Every bond you break
    Every step you take
    I`ll be watching you.
    ANTITHESIS

    - the combination of two


    different elements to
    attain equillibrium or
    balance
    ANTITHESIS

    - the combination of two


    different elements to
    attain equillibrium or
    balance
    ANTITHESIS

    Example of antithesis is
    in Katy Perry`s song
    "Hot N` Cold"
    APOSTROPHE

    - directly stating or calling a


    nonexistent person or an
    inanimate object as though it
    were a living being.
    APOSTROPHE
    Example:
    Hello darkness, my old
    friend. I've come to talk
    with you again.
    ASSONANCE

    - is the repitition of the


    vowel sounds in the
    structure of sentences or
    lines.
    Assonance

    Example:
    Mike's bike has bright
    white stripes.
    CHIASMUS

    - a sentence or line where


    the half of the statement is
    balanced against the other
    half
    CHiasmus

    Example:
    Let us never negotiate
    out of fear, but let us
    never fear to negotiate.
    Euphemism

    - the use of subtle and non-


    offensive words to conceal
    or to replace the offensive
    words in a statement
    EUPHEMISM

    Example:
    She passed away.
    Put to sleep.
    Big-boned
    HYPERBOLE

    - the use of exaggerated


    terms for the purpose of
    emphasis or heightened
    effect
    HYperbole

    Example:
    This homework is going to
    take years.
    IRONY
    - is a statement or situation
    where the meaning is
    contradicted by the appearance
    or showing the concept
    IRONY
    Example:
    This is my brilliant son
    who failed out of college.
    litotes
    - an understatement in
    which an affirmative is
    expressed by opposing its
    counterpart.
    litotes
    Example:
    That was no pleasant
    journey.
    metaphor
    - is an implied comparison
    between two dissimilar
    things that have something
    in common
    metaphor

    Example:
    The snow was a blanket
    of white on the ground.
    metonymy

    - is a word or phrase is
    substituted for another
    with which it is closely
    associated
    metonymy
    Example:
    Pen is mightier than
    the sword.
    onomatopoeia

    - is the use of words that


    imitate the sounds
    associated with the objects
    or actions they refer to
    onomatopoeia

    Example:
    There was a loud
    bang on the floor.
    oxymoron

    - is the combination of
    contradictory or
    incongruous words
    oxymoron

    Example:
    The walking dead.
    paradox

    - is a self-contradictory
    statement
    paradox
    Example:
    My weakness is my
    strength.
    personification

    - is the utilization of inanimate


    objects or abstraction to
    associate with human qualities
    or abilities
    personification

    Example:
    The wind is howling.
    pUn

    - is a statement with
    a double meaning
    pUn
    Example:
    She had a photographic
    memory but she didn`t
    develop it.
    SIMILE
    - is the comparison between two
    fundamentally dissimilar things
    that have certain qualities in
    common using LIKE or AS
    SIMILE
    Example:
    The sky is blue as the
    ocean.
    Synecdoche

    - is used to represent
    as the whole or general
    Synecdoche
    Example:
    The hired hands do all
    the hard work.
    understatement

    -occurs when something is


    said to make something
    appear less important or
    less serious
    understatement

    Example:
    It`s just a scratch.
    1. Write a two-poem line 2. Write a one- 3. Use your sense of
    poem using Simile or
    sentence informal taste to write a one-
    Mataphor in
    describing your best
    text message to your sentence description
    friend. neighbor. of your favorite food.
    4. Using hyperbole, 5. Using personification
    write a one-sentence write a one-sentence
    description of how description of your
    you are feeling now. favorite thing/object.

    6. Wriite a two- 7. Look for one-line 8. Use your sense of sight


    sentence formal text lyric from a song to write a one-sentence
    incorporating description about your
    message to your
    alliteration in the lyrics.
    teacher favorite place.
    rules
    1. If your first name starts with letter
    A,B,C,D,E,F or G, perform activity numbers 1&8.
    2. If your first name starts with letter H,I,J,K,L,M
    or N, perform activity numbers 2&7.
    3. If your first name starts with letter O,P,Q,R,S
    or T, perform activity numbers 3&6.
    4. If your first name starts with letter U,V,W,X,Y
    or Z, perform activity numbers 4&5.
    thank you
    for
    listening

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