creative writing 2

1. TECHNIQUES AND
LITERARY DEVICES IN
FICTION

2. Fiction writers, just
like poets, use literary
techniques and
devices to add flavor
to the story they are
creating.
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3. They greatly affect the plot
structure, so studying
them gives someone the
opportunity to find ways
that will make his or her
story interesting.
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4. This lesson will enable you
to determine some of the
literary techniques and
devices you may use in
writing fiction.
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Identify the various elements, techniques, and
literary devices in various modes of fiction
(HUMSS_CW/MPig-i-11).

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● Identify the techniques and literary
devices used in sample literary texts.
● Analyze the techniques and literary
devices as applied in selected literary
texts.
● Write a sample fictional text using the
given techniques and literary devices.

7. A. Choose the letter of the phrase that completes
each number so that it makes use of the given
literary technique or device.
B. Answer the guide questions that follow.
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FINDING THE PERFECT FIGURE

8. 1. Her eyes were as large and bright
___________________________. (simile)
a. as the moon
b. because of the moon
1. The sickly child looked out the window and saw the
reeds _______________________. (personification)
a. waving at him in unison
b. growing out of the ground
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FINDING THE PERFECT FIGURE

9. 3. The lost and hungry people didn’t know what to do, so they
began to see the reliable man that led them as
_______________________. (allusion)
a. a strong leader
b. their Moses
3. The silence was broken only by the sound of the
grandfather clock _____________________.
(onomatopoeia)
a. going tick-tock
b. chiming at midnight 9
FINDING THE PERFECT FIGURE

10. 5. She sells sea-shells
________________________________. (alliteration)
a. as white as pearls
b. on the sea-shore
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FINDING THE PERFECT FIGURE

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1. WHICH OF THE SENTENCES ABOVE
CONTAINS A FIGURE OF COMPARISON?
EXPLAIN.
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2. WHICH OF THE SENTENCES ABOVE
CONTAINS FIGURES OF REPRESENTATION
AND REFERENCE? EXPLAIN.
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3. WHICH OF THE SENTENCES ABOVE
CONTAINS FIGURES OF SOUND? EXPLAIN.
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What literary techniques and devices can we use
in fiction writing?

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
A fiction writer may use an assortment of techniques and devices
to complete the text he or she is creating. Let us discuss some of
them.

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device that utilizes mythological, literary, historical,
biblical, scientific, or political figures, events, places, or objects
to represent someone or something
Allusion

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device that is concerned
with the meticulous selection of
words and phrases to convey a
message.
Diction

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device in which the writer repeats the initial sound
or letter in a string of words in a statement or phrase
Alliteration

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device in which a story, or an element of a story, is
created to deliver a message about the issues and
occurrences of the real world; also known as extended
metaphor
Allegory

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Among the four literary techniques and devices
mentioned above (i.e., allusion, diction,
alliteration, and allegory), which do you think will
help you the most in establishing a distinct voice
and style in your story?
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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device in which a writer uses a word or a phrase
that acts as an alternative to another word or phrase that is
considered harsh, blunt, or taboo
Euphemism

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device in which the writer
interrupts the chronological events of
a story by narrating some events that
happened prior to it
Flashback

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device in which a hint about something that will
happen in the future is provided at an earlier point in the
narrative
Foreshadowing

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device that enables the
writer to paint a picture using
words; involves using a catalyst to
affect the readers’ senses,
emotions and feelings
Imagery

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device that “endows animals, ideas, abstractions,
and inanimate objects with human form” (Harmon and
Holman 1996, 385)
Personification

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Among the five literary techniques and devices
mentioned above (i.e., euphemism, flashback,
foreshadowing, imagery, and personification),
which do you think will help you the most in
evoking emotion in readers?
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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device in which the writer creates two elements
that have obvious differences and puts them side-by-side in
a story
Juxtaposition

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
The former is a figure of comparison that directly expresses
the similarity between two objects, while the latter is a figure
of comparison that declares that two objects are identical.
Simile and Metaphor

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device in which the
writer makes use of words that
are formed from the sounds they
represent in a text
Onomatopoeia

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device in which the writer
uses someone or something to
suggest an emblematic or abstract
meaning
Symbolism

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Symbols are universal. It means that their
meanings are common to people no matter where
they live. A writer may use his or her knowledge
of symbols to transmit an abstraction to the
readers. For example, we know that colors might
symbolize something.

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Black is a symbol for death and chaos. White is a
symbol for peace and goodness. These shades of
colors can be used to brand your characters in the
story you created. Have you noticed that in a
narrative, good people always wear white, while
bad people always wear black?

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LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES IN FICTION
a literary device inherent in a story; creates the emotional
climate that readers might feel as they indulge themselves
in the text
Tone

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Among the five literary techniques and devices
mentioned above (i.e., juxtaposition, simile and
metaphor, onomatopoeia, symbolism, tone), which
do you think will help you the most in making a
poetic impact in the story you are creating?
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SPELL IT BACKWARDS. IDENTIFY THE CORRECT
ANSWER BUT IT MUST BE SPELLED OUT
BACKWARDS.
1. IT IS THE LITERARY DEVICE THAT
ENABLES A CONCRETE OBJECT TO HAVE
AN ABSTRACT MEANING.

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SPELL IT BACKWARDS. IDENTIFY THE CORRECT
ANSWER BUT IT MUST BE SPELLED OUT
BACKWARDS.
2. IT IS THE LITERARY DEVICE THAT
INTERRUPTS THE CHRONOLOGICAL
ARRANGEMENT OF A STORY BY
NARRATING AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN
THE PAST.

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SPELL IT BACKWARDS. IDENTIFY THE CORRECT
ANSWER BUT IT MUST BE SPELLED OUT
BACKWARDS.
3. IT IS THE LITERARY DEVICE THAT
PRESENTS AN EVENT THAT PROVIDES A
CLUE OF WHAT WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE
STORY.

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SPELL IT BACKWARDS. IDENTIFY THE CORRECT
ANSWER BUT IT MUST BE SPELLED OUT
BACKWARDS.
4. IT IS THE LITERARY DEVICE THAT
PROVIDES THE EMOTIONAL CLIMATE
INHERENT IN A STORY.

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SPELL IT BACKWARDS. IDENTIFY THE CORRECT
ANSWER BUT IT MUST BE SPELLED OUT
BACKWARDS.
5. IT IS THE LITERARY DEVICE THAT IS MADE
UP OF WORDS THAT INDICATE A SPECIFIC
SOUND.

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● Every artist uses a variety of tools in creating his or
her masterpiece. A fiction writer, as an artist, uses
different kinds of literary techniques and devices
to complete the text he or she is creating.

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● There are a lot of literary techniques and
devices a fiction writer may use. In this lesson,
we discussed fourteen of them. These are
allusion, diction, alliteration, allegory,
euphemism, flashback, foreshadowing,
imagery, personification, juxtaposition,
simile and metaphor, onomatopoeia,
symbolism, and tone.

42. Create flash fiction about a world where evolution
is backtracking, making the people behave like
animals.