Creative Writing Flashcards
_____ _______ is all about using your own creativity - your own imaginative, out-of-the-box, embellished way of thinking to create a piece of text.
Creative Writing
Types of Creative Writing
Biographies, Novels, Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry, Spoken Poetry, Playwriting, Personal Essays, Speeches
What makes a good piece of CW?
- Know your audience
- Write what you know
- Creativity is key
- Challenge your imagination
- Plot a loose arc
How to start CW?
- Read at every opportunity
- Start journaling
- Write, write, write…
_______ _______ is an expressive form of contemporary literature; one which allows you to draw on your own self-expression, imagination and ideas to portray a particular message, emotion, or narrative.
Creative Writing
Poetry is derived from the Greek term _____ meaning “______”.
poieo, I create
_______ evokes imagery and emotion through the play or words.
Poetry
______ is a form of art that predates literacy.
Poetry
The earliest poetry existed in forms of _____ and _____.
hymns and chants
5/12 Elements of Poetry
- Line
- Stanza
- Tone
- Rhythm
- Rhyme
Imagery
Theme
Density
Alliteration
Assonance
Figurative Language
Symbolism
This functions as a natural pause to signal a break in the flow.
Line
This is composed of a series of lines that are grouped together to form a structure of a poem.
Stanza
7 lines of stanzas
Couplet, Tercet, Quatrain, Cinquain, Sestet, Septet, Octave
______ is considered to be one of the most popular of all, considering how easy it is to group rhyming words in such structure.
Quatrain
______ implies to the attitude the writer has when writing about the poem’s subject and audiences’ feelings towards the subject.
Tone
This refers to the repetition of stressed and unstressed sound in poetry.
Rhythm
A strong pause within a line of poetry that adds to the rhythm of the entire line is called a ______.
Caesura
______ is the repetition of ending syllables in different words that sound identical.
Rhyme
1 example of rhyme
pitter and patter
It is a figurative language used to represent a certain action, object, and idea in a way that would appeal to 5 senses.
Imagery
This element is the general idea that a poet wants his or her readers to grasp.
Theme
______ is what makes poetry different from the normal speech and writing patterns.
Density
It is a repetition of mostly initial consonant sounds in one or two neighboring words or syllables.
Alliteration
1 example of alliteration
kick and cake or (tongue twister) “peter piper picked a peck of pickled pepper”
______ is the repetition of internal vowel sounds within a sentence or a line. It is used to emphasize the meaning of words or to set the mood.
Assonance
______ ________ is commonly used in poetry to substitute the literal meaning words into something else. It is a play of words and is used as the color that intensifies the piece.
Figurative Language
2 types of FL
Simile and Metaphor
_____ is a comparison between one thing to another thing of a different kind using the words like or as.
Simile
______ is a comparison between very different things minus the words like or as.
Metaphor
_____ in poetry is used to express one’s thoughts gracefully and yet gently as well.
Symbolism
_________ _____ is a focused piece of writing that develops an idea or argument using evidence, analysis, and interpretation.
Academic Essay
Most essays at university level are _________ —they aim to persuade the reader of a particular position or perspective on a topic.
argumentative
3 Main Stages of Essay Writing
- Preparation
- Writing
- Revision
Decide on your topic, do your research, and create an essay outline.
Preparation
Set out your argument in the introduction, develop it with evidence in the main body, and wrap it up with a conclusion.
Writing
Check the content, organization, grammar, spelling, and formatting of your essay.
Revision
5 Steps in Prep of Essay
Understand your assign
Define a topic
Do your research
Come up with a thesis
Create an outline
4 Steps on writing Intro
Hook your reader
Provide a background on your topic
Present the thesis statement
Map the structure
Its purpose is to present, interpret, and analyze the information and sources you have gathered to support your argument.
Body
The _______ is the final paragraph of an essay.
conclusion
4 Categories of essay
argumentative, expository, narrative, descriptive
_________ and _________ essays are focused on conveying information and making clear points
argumentative and expository
_________ and ________ essays are about exercising creativity and writing in an interesting way.
narrative and descriptive
8 Types of poems
ballad, haiku, elegy, blank verse, epic, epistle, ode, sonnet
________ ______ presents an extended, evidence-based argument.
argumentative essay
_________ ______ provides a clear, focused explanation of a topic. It doesn’t require an original argument, just a balanced and well-organized view of the topic.
expository essay
_______ _______ is one that tells a story.
narrative essay
______ _____ provides a detailed sensory description of something.
descriptive essay
