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Creative Writing Flashcards

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_____ _______ is all about using your own creativity - your own imaginative, out-of-the-box, embellished way of thinking to create a piece of text.

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Creative Writing

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Types of Creative Writing

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Biographies, Novels, Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry, Spoken Poetry, Playwriting, Personal Essays, Speeches

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What makes a good piece of CW?

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  1. Know your audience
  2. Write what you know
  3. Creativity is key
  4. Challenge your imagination
  5. Plot a loose arc
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How to start CW?

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  1. Read at every opportunity
  2. Start journaling
  3. Write, write, write…
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_______ _______ 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.

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Creative Writing

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Poetry is derived from the Greek term _____ meaning “______”.

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poieo, I create

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_______ evokes imagery and emotion through the play or words.

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Poetry

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______ is a form of art that predates literacy.

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Poetry

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The earliest poetry existed in forms of _____ and _____.

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hymns and chants

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5/12 Elements of Poetry

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  1. Line
  2. Stanza
  3. Tone
  4. Rhythm
  5. Rhyme
    Imagery
    Theme
    Density
    Alliteration
    Assonance
    Figurative Language
    Symbolism
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This functions as a natural pause to signal a break in the flow.

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Line

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This is composed of a series of lines that are grouped together to form a structure of a poem.

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Stanza

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7 lines of stanzas

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Couplet, Tercet, Quatrain, Cinquain, Sestet, Septet, Octave

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______ is considered to be one of the most popular of all, considering how easy it is to group rhyming words in such structure.

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Quatrain

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______ implies to the attitude the writer has when writing about the poem’s subject and audiences’ feelings towards the subject.

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Tone

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This refers to the repetition of stressed and unstressed sound in poetry.

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Rhythm

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A strong pause within a line of poetry that adds to the rhythm of the entire line is called a ______.

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Caesura

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______ is the repetition of ending syllables in different words that sound identical.

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Rhyme

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1 example of rhyme

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pitter and patter

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It is a figurative language used to represent a certain action, object, and idea in a way that would appeal to 5 senses.

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Imagery

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This element is the general idea that a poet wants his or her readers to grasp.

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Theme

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______ is what makes poetry different from the normal speech and writing patterns.

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Density

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It is a repetition of mostly initial consonant sounds in one or two neighboring words or syllables.

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Alliteration

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1 example of alliteration

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kick and cake or (tongue twister) “peter piper picked a peck of pickled pepper”

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______ 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.

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Assonance

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______ ________ 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.

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Figurative Language

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2 types of FL

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Simile and Metaphor

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_____ is a comparison between one thing to another thing of a different kind using the words like or as.

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Simile

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______ is a comparison between very different things minus the words like or as.

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Metaphor

30
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_____ in poetry is used to express one’s thoughts gracefully and yet gently as well.

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Symbolism

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_________ _____ is a focused piece of writing that develops an idea or argument using evidence, analysis, and interpretation.

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Academic Essay

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Most essays at university level are _________ —they aim to persuade the reader of a particular position or perspective on a topic.

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argumentative

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3 Main Stages of Essay Writing

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  1. Preparation
  2. Writing
  3. Revision
34
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Decide on your topic, do your research, and create an essay outline.

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Preparation

35
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Set out your argument in the introduction, develop it with evidence in the main body, and wrap it up with a conclusion.

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Writing

36
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Check the content, organization, grammar, spelling, and formatting of your essay.

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Revision

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5 Steps in Prep of Essay

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Understand your assign
Define a topic
Do your research
Come up with a thesis
Create an outline

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4 Steps on writing Intro

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Hook your reader
Provide a background on your topic
Present the thesis statement
Map the structure

39
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Its purpose is to present, interpret, and analyze the information and sources you have gathered to support your argument.

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Body

40
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The _______ is the final paragraph of an essay.

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conclusion

41
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4 Categories of essay

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argumentative, expository, narrative, descriptive

42
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_________ and _________ essays are focused on conveying information and making clear points

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argumentative and expository

43
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_________ and ________ essays are about exercising creativity and writing in an interesting way.

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narrative and descriptive

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8 Types of poems

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ballad, haiku, elegy, blank verse, epic, epistle, ode, sonnet

45
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________ ______ presents an extended, evidence-based argument.

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argumentative essay

46
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_________ ______ 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.

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expository essay

47
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_______ _______ is one that tells a story.

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narrative essay

48
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______ _____ provides a detailed sensory description of something.

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descriptive essay

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