Definition

Multiple Choice

“To a great mind, nothing is little.”

“ Elementary, Watson.”

“The game is on!”

 

Multiple Choice

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

 

Multiple Choice

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

 

Multiple Choice

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."

 

Multiple Choice

"To be or not to be—that is the question."   

 

 

​Module 1:

​ Introduction to Creative Writing

“Creative writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”-Rozakis, 1997

 

Definitions of Creative Writing​

​1. Creative writing is an art of sorts - the art of making things up. It’s a writing done in a way that is not academic or technical but still attracts an audience.  

Definitions of Creative Writing​

2. Creative writing is a kind of writing that uses language in imaginative and bold ways…You’ll know creative writing when you see it. (Rozakis, 1997)​

​CW vs. Other Types

of Writing

​Academic writing

• the style commonly used in scholastic compositions

• mainly used in publications and references used by teachers and researchers, or in educational conference 

​Examples:

abstract

-academic journal article

book report

conference paper

dissertation

essay

​literary criticism

​CW vs. Other Types

of Writing

​Technical writing conveys specific information about a technical subject for a specific purpose

  

   - usually aims to inform or instruct and has a formal, standardized, and simple language     

​Examples:

​-user manual

​-resume and application letter

​-informational paper

​FORMS:

​POETRY

​ - language arranged in lines

​ - attempts to recreate emotions and experiences like other forms of creative writing

​ - is more condensed and suggestive than prose

​

​FORMS:

​FICTION

​ - narrative that springs from the imagination of the writer, though it may be based on actual events and real people

​ - Types of literature in the fiction genre include the novel, short story, and novella.

​FORMS:

​DRAMA

​ - literature in play form

​ - it is a writing that develops plot and character through dialogue and action.

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​Examples:

​Walang Sugat by Severino Reyes

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