Quarter 1, Week 1 (October 12-16, 2020)

Grade 12 GAS: Tuesday, 1:00-5:00

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Use imagery, diction, figures of speech, and specific experiences
to evoke meaningful responses from readers.
(HUMSS_CW/MP11/12- Ia-b-4)

Learning Objectives:
Determine the meaning of creative writing and imagery
Differentiate imaginative writing between technical writing
Use imagery and specific experiences to evoke meaningful
responses from readers

Prepared by:

AILEEN B. TAMAYO
SST-I
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Lesson 1: Creative Writing and Imagery

General Instructions:

Now that you are holding this module, do the following:

1. Read and follow instructions carefully in each lesson.
2. Take note and record points for clarification.
3. Do the activities to fully understand each lesson.
4. Answer all the given tests and exercises in your one whole sheet of paper.

YOUR INITIAL TASKS

This portion serves as PRE-ASSESSMENT to check what you already know. Kindly read the
direction and answer the questions/activities later on. You can ask for the assistance of your parents or
siblings or anyone who can help you to accomplish the task.

Task 1: What I Know!

DIRECTIONS: Put a check  inside the box before the item if it is an example of creative writing.
If not, put an X mark instead. Do it in your one whole sheet of paper.
1. Novels 6. Songs
2. Business letter/plan 7 . Action plan
3. Fables 8. Movie scripts
4. Personal essays 9. Short story
5. Speeches 10. Student’s handbook

Task 2: What if?

DIRECTIONS: Create your own answers on the following “what if” questions. Copy and write your
answers on the space provided. Do it in your one whole sheet of paper.
1. What if you are a super hero, who would you save first? Why?
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2. What if your parents let you decide to choose a name for yourself, what would your name be?
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3. What if you could have a full scholarship to any university, what would you choose to study?
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Great! You finished answering the questions. It’s a nice start to calibrate your ideas
about creative writing.
In this part of your journey, we provide something for you to deepen your
understanding about creative writing essential elements. Please continue reading with
comprehension as you discover further knowledge that will help you out in your quest on the
remaining phases of this lesson.
DISCUSSION PROPER:

What is Creative Writing?

“Creative Writing” is additionally called the “art of constructing things up”. It's any writing that
doesn't follow the traditional skilled, print media, tutorial or technical types of literature, usually known by
a stress on narrative crafts, character development and therefore the use of literary tropes or with
numerous traditions of poetry and literary study. It's wherever the aim of writing is to specific thoughts,
feelings and emotions instead of to feed information. It is an imaginative writing where the purpose is to
express thoughts, feelings and emotions rather than to simply convey information.

Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction that goes outside the
bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall
into this category include, novels, epics, short stories, and poems. Writing for the screen and stage,
screenwriting and playwriting respectively, typically have their own programs of study, but fit under
creative writing category as well.

Creative (Imaginative) Writing vs. Technical Writing

Technical writing and creative writing are two types of writing, which can be distinguished easily
by looking at their traits. The main difference between both of them is that, creative writing is written to
enthrall, entertain and arouse certain feelings of readers, whereas technical writing is to educate the
audience with the factual information and is presented in a logical manner.

Let’s look at the fundamental differences between creative and technical writing.

Creative Writing Technical Writing

 Fictional & Imaginative  Factual
 Entertaining, Provocative & Captivating  Informative, Instructional or Persuasive
 Artistic, Figurative, Symbolic or Even Vague  Clear, Precise and Straightforward
 Subjective  Objective
 Generalized Vocabulary  Specialized Vocabulary

Imagery
It is a general term that covers the use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings,
thoughts, ideas, states of mind and any sensory experience. It is a figurative language used to appeal to
the senses through vivid descriptive language. Imagery creates mental pictures in the reader as they
read the text.
Imagery is categorized into five types:
a. Visual imagery – objects that provoke the sense of sight
- Physical attributes including color, size, shape, lightness and darkness, shadows, and
shade are all part of visual imagery.
Example:
Her phone signaled, immediately setting her teeth on edge. She looked at the broken
screen, saw his name, and slapped the phone back down on her desk.
b. Auditory imagery – those that trigger the sense of hearing
- Sound devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration can help create sounds in writing.
Example:
Erick sat alone at the bench nearest the main door so he wouldn't miss Via. The room was
noisy. The clang of heavy dishes glided from the kitchen. Ice tinkled as it settled in his water glass.
 c. Olfactory imagery - those that stimulate the sense of smell
- Simile is common in using olfactory imagery, because it lets writers to compare a particular
scent to common smells like dirt, grass, manure, or roses. The use of scents and stinks are
common ways to use olfactory imagery.
Example:
The scent of “latik” when my mother cooks rice cake is really nostalgic to me.
d. Tactile imagery - those that apprehend the sense of touch
- The feel, textures and many sensations a human being experiences when touching
something are associated in tactile imagery. Differences in temperature is also a part of tactile
imagery.
Example:
When we quickly plunge into the cool water, it took our breath away and raised goose
bumps to our arms. We had had been swimming in this pond since we were kids.
e. Gustatory imagery - those that compel the sense of taste
- Flavors are the considerations in gustatory imagery which includes the five basic taste
such as sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami—as well as the textures and sensations tied to the
act of eating.
Example:
Summer has always tasted like hot chocolate to me.

YOUR DISCOVERY TASKS

Enjoying the lesson? To help you master it, in this portion, you will apply what you have learned
from the discussion by answering the following task. Don’t forget to read the direction before you answer.

Task 3: Think and Write

DIRECTIONS: Read the following texts given below. Write CW if the writing is an example of
Creative Writing and TW if it is an example of Technical Writing on the space provided. Do it in
your one whole sheet of paper.
Task 4: Fit Me!
DIRECTIONS: Arrange the following terms into their proper type of writing. Write the correct word
in either Creative Writing or Technical Writing.

Personal research formal inform story

Serious entertaining instructional conversational
informal

Creative Writing Technical Writing

YOUR FINAL TASKS
Good Job! You are able to answer the previous tasks given. You are now ready to answer the
POST- ASSESSMENT to check what you have learned in our lesson.

Task 5: CLOSE READING

DIRECTIONS: What do you give/offer to the one you love? Read the poem silently and complete the
Sense Chart. Write inside the circle at least 2 words/phrases found in the poem that trigger your five (5)
senses.

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

(1599)
Christopher Marlowe

Come live with me and be my love,

And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon rocks,

Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses

And a thousand fragrant poises,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;

A gown made of the finest wool

Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and ivy buds,

With coral clasps and amber studs;
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.

The shepherds’ swains shall dance and sing

For thy delight each May morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.

Task 6: Picture It!

DIRECTIONS: Look around and choose 5 things found in your surroundings. In the 2nd column, draw
the objects chosen. In the 3rd column, describe them using the sensory detail asked.

Example:

Senses Object Description

enchanted and fragrant scent of

Sense of Smell
rose
 Senses Object Description
Sense of Sight

Sense of Smell

Sense of Touch

Sense of Sound

Sense of Taste

Task 7: Figure it out?

DIRECTIONS: Read each clue. Using the word bank, decide on the sensory word that best matches
the context. Then, write it in the blank beside each clue.
WORD BANK

Silky rumbling mumbling

crowded scratchy messy
smoky Tart soaking
famished

_____________________ 1. Characteristics of a burning building

_____________________ 2. The taste of spoiled food
_____________________ 3. Sound that thunder might make
_____________________ 4. How satin feels when you touch it
_____________________ 5. When there are a lot of people in one location
_____________________ 6. Feeling very sharp when it is touched
_____________________ 7. Speaking very quietly and muffled
_____________________ 8. Intensely hungry
_____________________ 9. Making very wet with water
_____________________ 10. Seeing the room dirty or stinky

YOUR ADDITIONAL TASK

Great work! You are now answering the last task for this week’s lesson. Hope it will be easier for
you this time.

Task 8: What is it like?

DIRECTIONS: Take a very careful look at the picture. Write a brief paragraph of the place using imagery.
You may incorporate an experience related to the location to make your literary description more vivid.
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REFERENCE/S:
Dela Cruz, K. et. al., Creative Writing, Quarter 1 Week 1 Module 1: Lesson 1 – Imagery, Diction, and
Figures of Speech, 2020, SDO Manila

Zape, Jr., J. et. Al., Creative Writing, Quarter 1 PIVOT IV-A Learner’s Material, First Edition, 2020,
Department of Education Region IV-A CALABARZON

Acero, G. et. Al., Creative Writing, Quarter 1, Module 1, 2020, Department of Education – Regional
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