CREATIVE WRITING
Two Types of Writing
1. Technical Writing
 Straightforward and does not require wordiness or imaginative expression.
 Instruction, Explanation, and Direction
2. Creative Writing (Imaginative Writing)
 Style of writing that goes beyond the conventions or traditions of technical
literature.
 Writer express the feelings and ideas rather than be guided with the restrictive
demands of factual and logical progression expository writing.
 E.g.: Fiction, Poetry, and Non- Fiction
Literary Devices in Creative Writing
1. Imagery
 Descriptive language it functions as a way for the readers to better imagine the
literature.
 Helps the reader better imagine the world.
 The writer is trying to create by appealing to the five senses (taste, sight, smell,
hearing, and vision.
2. Diction
 Writer’s style of writing
 It’s the writer’s choice of words which reflects his or her style of expression.
Figure of Speech
Which adds color to our text by definiting from the literal meaning of the words being used.
1. Simile
 Indirect comparison; uses as-as or like
2. Metaphor
 Direct comparison
3. Hyperbole
 Exaggeration: making things beyond reality.
4. Personification
 Animation; non human things are given human attitudes.
5. Apostrophe
 A direct address; calling someone or something
 E.g. Oh dear fate, why did you bring me this much pain?
6. Oxymoron
 Placing side-by-side two contradicting words
 E.g. The dress the First lady is wearing is pretty ugly
 Mr. Villarreal’s son was found missing after the party
7. Paradox
 Self-contradicting statement but makes sense
 E.g. We must fall in order to rise.
 To live is to die.
8. Synecdoche
 Using a part of something to represent the whole.
 E.g. Lloyd rode on a bus since his wheels is under repair. (Wheels-Vehicle)
 Monica was in the forest when she met a gray beard. (Gray beard-Old man)
9. Metonymy
 Replacing the name of a thing with the name of something else which it is closely
associated with.
 E.g. The crown ordered the investigation of the princess death. (Crown-King or Queen)
 Last year, thousands of boots marched to Mindanao to resolve conflicts. (Boots-Soldiers)
10. Chiasmus
 Putting two or more clauses that are balanced against each other by the reversal of
their structures in order to produce an artistic effect.
11. Alliteration
 Repetition of consonant sound
 E.g. Betty Botter bought some butter.
12. Assonance
 Repetition of a vowel sound in several words
 E.g. An ant ate an apple
13. Onomatopoeia
 Words that imitate sound
 E.g. My heart seemed to beat with the ticktock of the clock.
14. Rhyme
 Repeating similar sounding words
 E.g. Black Sheep Song