Creative Writing

2. Understanding
Figurative Language

4. Figurative Language
A figure of speech is a specific
device or kind of figurative
language.
Figurative language is used for
descriptive effect, often to imply
ideas indirectly. It is not meant to
be taken literally.

5. Comparing two
unlike things
using like or as.
Simile

6. * My love is like a red, red
rose.
* That little girl is as sweet
as sugar.
* The child chattered like a
magpie.

7. An implied comparison
between two unlike
things that actually
have something
important in common.
Metaphor

8. * The boy was a fish in
the water.
* Mike is a Teddy bear.
* The school students
were a wild pack of
animals.

9. A figure of speech in
which an inanimate
object or abstraction is
endowed with human
qualities or abilities.
Personification

10. * The car danced on the icy
road.
* The angry clouds marched
across the sky.
* The stars in the clear night
sky winked at me.

11. Hyperbole
•Figure of speech that
uses exaggeration to
express strong emotion
or to create a comic
effect.

12. • The mountain of paperwork
weighed heavily on the teacher's
desk.
• The ancient castle was so big that it
took a week to walk from one end
to the other.
• That joke is so old, the last time I
heard it I was riding on a dinosaur.

13. •Myrna is the exact
opposite of her mom.
•The artist performed in a
small crowd.
•I heard the roaring
silence of the wind.

14. Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a
word that sounds
like the sound it
makes.

15. • The rustle of the leaves startled the
kids.
• Pitter-patter rain drops are falling
from the sky.
• My teacher told me to shoosh,
because I was making too much
noise.
• The door creaked open in the old
mansion.

16. Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition
of sounds, most often
consonant sounds, at the
beginning of words.
Alliteration gives emphasis
to words.

17. • Carries cat clawed her
couch, creating chaos.
• She shouted and shooed the
sheep to the shelter.
• Dan's dog dove deep in the
dam, drinking dirty water
as he.

18. Assonance
Assonance is the
repetition of vowel
sounds (not a
rhyme).

19. •Take the gun and have fun.
•Play with the clay to make the
days.
•Baked the cake and ate
quickly.
•Then came the drone of a boat
in the cove.

20. Consonance
Consonance is the
repetition of consonant
sounds at the end or
middle of words (not
rhyme).

21. •He struck a streak of bad
luck.
•Buckets of big blue berries.
•I dropped the locket in the
thick mud.
•Some mammals are clammy.

22. Repetition
It is often used in poetry or song,
and it is used to create rhythm
and bring attention to an idea.
It is also often used in speech, as
a rhetorical device to bring
attention to an idea.

23. • Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
• "Oh, woeful, oh woeful, woeful,
woeful day!
--Shakespeare
• "And miles to go before I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep.”
• --Robert Frost

24. Irony
Contrast between
expectation and
reality.

25. Types of Irony
• Verbal irony- when a writer or
speaker says one thing but
really means something
completely different.
• The locker room smells really
good.
• Awesome! Another homework
packet!

26. Types of Irony
• Situational irony- when there is a
contrast between what would
seem appropriate and what really
happens.
The chef won’t eat his/her own
cooking.
The barber always needs a hair
cut himself.

27. Types of Irony
• Dramatic irony- when the audience
or reader knows something that the
character do
Tim’s parents are proud of the “A”
he got on the test, but we know he
cheated.
 Alex writes a love poem to Judy
but we know that Judy loves Devin.

29. Idiom
It refers to a set expression or
a phrase comprising two or
more words. An interesting
fact regarding the device is
that the expression is not
interpreted literally.

30. • Rub someone the wrong way -
meaning to annoy or bother
• Jump the gun - would mean to
be doing something early
• Pay the piper - means you need
to face the consequences of
your actions

31. Apostrophe
It is when a character in a literary
work speaks to an object, an
idea, or someone who doesn't
exist as if it is a living person.
This is done to produce dramatic
effect and to show the
importance of the object or idea.

32. • Oh, rose, how sweet you smell
and how bright you look!
• Car, please get me to work
today.
• Oh, trees, how majestic you are
as you throw down your golden
leaves.

33. Euphemism
It is a word or phrase that is
substituted for a word or
phrase that is considered to be
too straightforward or blunt
when referring to something
sad, distasteful, or upsetting.

34. • Passed away = dead
• Early retirement = fired/let go
• Economically disadvantaged =
poor
• Misspoke = lied
• In the family way = pregnant
• big-boned = fat

35. Oxymoron
An Oxymoron is a
figure of speech that is
a combination of
seemingly
contradictory words.

36. •falsely true
•constant change
•act naturally
•same difference
•pretty ugly

37. Paradox
It is a statement that
seems to contradict itself
because it combines
words or ideas that are
opposites.

38. •I had come up with a bitter
sweet decision.
• These are the dark days of
my life.
• My order for dinner is a
boneless ribs with fine
sauce.

39. Difference between oxymoron
and paradox
Paradox consists of a whole sentence.
Oxymoron on the other hand comes with
only two words that contradicts itself.
In simple words, Paradox is considered to
be an action that is contradictory and
oxymoron is a description of a phrase,
which is contradictory.

40. Synecdoche
• It is a figure of speech in
which a whole is represented
by a part of it.
• In synecdoche, the part that is
used to represent the whole is
actually a part of the whole.

41. • Referring to a car as "wheels".
• Referring to a helper as a "hand.“
• Referring to the alphabet as the
"ABCs.“
• Referring to cows as "heads" of
cattle.
• Referring to a gossip as a
"wagging tongue."

42. Other figurative
languages

43. Understatement
• It is the deliberate description of
something in a way that makes
it seem less important than it
actually is.
• It is the opposite of hyperbole,
which is deliberate
exaggeration.

44. • In the middle of an intense
thunderstorm: "We're having a
little rain.“
• After wrecking your car:
"There's a little scratch."
• When you have lost a thousand
dollars in a poker game: "I lost a
couple of dollars."

45. Pun
It is a joke that plays on the multiple
meanings of a word, or on two
words that sound the same. Authors
make use of pun to add humor, or
sometimes, the author exploits the
double meaning of words in order
to add ambiguity or make a
statement.

46. •You were right, so I left.
•Geometry is so pointless.
• Santa’s helpers are known
as subordinate Clauses.

47. Metonymy
It is when you substitute an
attribute or something
closely related to a thing
for the name of the thing.

48. •Suit = business man
•Crown = monarch/monarchy
•Oval Office = presidency /
president
•Lend a hand = help
•pen = written word

49. Litotes
It is understatement that
uses a negation to express
a positive. In other words,
a statement is made about
what is - by saying what is
not.

50. • You won't be sorry!
• The casserole wasn't too bad.
• The trip was not a total loss.
• I cannot disagree with your point.
• Karen is not unlike her father.
• The game is not likely to be rained
out.

51. Chiasmus
It is the term for a rhetorical
device in which a sentence
or phrase is followed by a
sentence or phrase that
reverses the structure and
order of the first one.

52. • You can take the girl out of the
country, but you can't take the
country out of the girl.
• Her life was full of children, and
her children full of life.
• Do I love you because you're
beautiful? Or are you beautiful
because I love you?

53. Antithesis
It is the term used to refer to an
author's use of two contrasting
or opposite terms in a sentence
for effect. The two terms are set
near each other to enhance or
highlight the contrast in
opposite meaning.

54. • When he became the first man to
walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong
said that it was a "small step for man,
but a giant leap for mankind.“
• "It was the best of times, it was
the worst of times, it was the age
of wisdom, it was the age
of foolishness.”
• Let's agree to disagree.

55. Anaphora
It is a rhetorical term for
when a writer or
speaker repeats the
same beginning of a
sentence several times.

56. • I am awake. I am strong. I am
ready.
• Mom, we will not run. We will
not scream. We will not be late.
• Every day, every night, in every
way, I am getting better and
better”

57. Epiphora
It is the repetition of a
word or phrase at the
end of sentences that
are close together in the
text.

58. • I want pizza, he wants pizza, we
all want pizza!
• Keep your hands to yourself.
Keep your feet to yourself. Keep
your belongings to yourself.
• The sky was bright. Her smile
was bright. My heart was bright.

59. ACTIVITY

60. Identify what
figurative
language each
sentence belongs.

61. 1. I was so hungry that I
even ate the plate.
A) personification
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) hyperbole

62. 2. My father was the sun
and the moon to me.
A) metaphor
B) hyperbole
C) personification
D) simile

63. 3. The rain seemed like an
old friend who had finally
found us.
A) onomatopoeia
B) simile
C) personification
D) metaphor

64. 4. Dear love, please don't
shoot me with your Cupid's
bow.
A) metonymy
B) apostrophe
C) euphemism
D) anaphora

65. 5. He was a library of
information about baseball.
A) simile
B) personification
C) metaphor
D) hyperbole

66. 6. A seminar on Global
Warming was cancelled due
to snow.
A) paradox
B) irony
C) oxymoron
D) litotes

67. 7. "Foul is fair and fair is
foul."
A) antithesis
B) epiphora
C) chiasmus
D) litotes

68. 8. We must wait to hear from
the crown until we make any
further decisions.
A) synecdoche
B) chiasmus
C) metonymy
D) idiom

69. 9. The grammarian was very
logical. He had a lot of
comma sense.
A) oxymoron
B) pun
C) understatement
D) euphemism

70. 10. "I wouldn't say he was
thin" - describing a very
obese person.
A) pun
B) anaphora
C) synecdoche
D) understatement

71. 11. “Buying nappies for the baby,
feeding the baby, playing with the
baby: This is what your life is
when you have a baby.
A) epiphora
B) anaphora
C) antithesis
D) litotes

72. 12. Speech is silver, but
silence is gold.
A) chiasmus
B) irony
C) antithesis
D) repetition

73. 13. The criminal was
sentenced to put into sleep.
A) litotes
B) understatement
C) synecdoche
D) euphemism

74. 14. He is not the cleverest
person I have ever met.
A) chiasmus
B) litotes
C) epiphora
D) antithesis

75. 15. "Friends, Romans,
Countrymen, lend me your
ears."
A) understatement
B) pun
C) epiphora
D) synecdoche

76. ANSWERS

77. Identify what
figurative
language each
sentence belongs.

78. 1. I was so hungry that I
even ate the plate.
A) personification
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) hyperbole

79. 1. I was so hungry that I
even ate the plate.
A) personification
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) hyperbole

80. 2. My father was the sun
and the moon to me.
A) metaphor
B) hyperbole
C) personification
D) simile

81. 2. My father was the sun
and the moon to me.
A) metaphor
B) hyperbole
C) personification
D) simile

82. 3. The rain seemed like an
old friend who had finally
found us.
A) onomatopoeia
B) simile
C) personification
D) metaphor

83. 3. The rain seemed like an
old friend who had finally
found us.
A) onomatopoeia
B) simile
C) personification
D) metaphor

84. 4. Dear love, please don't
shoot me with your Cupid's
bow.
A) metonymy
B) apostrophe
C) euphemism
D) anaphora

85. 4. Dear love, please don't
shoot me with your Cupid's
bow.
A) metonymy
B) apostrophe
C) euphemism
D) anaphora

86. 5. He was a library of
information about baseball.
A) simile
B) personification
C) metaphor
D) hyperbole

87. 5. He was a library of
information about baseball.
A) simile
B) personification
C) metaphor
D) hyperbole

88. 6. A seminar on Global
Warming was cancelled due
to snow.
A) paradox
B) irony
C) oxymoron
D) litotes

89. 6. A seminar on Global
Warming was cancelled due
to snow.
A) paradox
B) irony
C) oxymoron
D) litotes

90. 7. "Foul is fair and fair is
foul."
A) antithesis
B) epiphora
C) chiasmus
D) litotes

91. 7. "Foul is fair and fair is
foul."
A) antithesis
B) epiphora
C) chiasmus
D) litotes

92. 8. We must wait to hear from
the crown until we make any
further decisions.
A) synecdoche
B) chiasmus
C) metonymy
D) idiom

93. 8. We must wait to hear from
the crown until we make any
further decisions.
A) synecdoche
B) chiasmus
C) metonymy
D) idiom

94. 9. The grammarian was very
logical. He had a lot of
comma sense.
A) oxymoron
B) pun
C) understatement
D) euphemism

95. 9. The grammarian was very
logical. He had a lot of
comma sense.
A) oxymoron
B) pun
C) understatement
D) euphemism

96. 10. "I wouldn't say he was
thin" - describing a very
obese person.
A) pun
B) anaphora
C) synecdoche
D) understatement

97. 10. "I wouldn't say he was
thin" - describing a very
obese person.
A) pun
B) anaphora
C) synecdoche
D) understatement

98. 11. “Buying nappies for the baby,
feeding the baby, playing with the
baby: This is what your life is
when you have a baby.
A) epiphora
B) anaphora
C) antithesis
D) litotes

99. 11. “Buying nappies for the baby,
feeding the baby, playing with the
baby: This is what your life is
when you have a baby.
A) epiphora
B) anaphora
C) antithesis
D) litotes

100. 12. Speech is silver, but
silence is gold.
A) chiasmus
B) irony
C) antithesis
D) repetition

101. 12. Speech is silver, but
silence is gold.
A) chiasmus
B) irony
C) antithesis
D) repetition

102. 13. The criminal was
sentenced to put into sleep.
A) litotes
B) understatement
C) synecdoche
D) euphemism

103. 13. The criminal was
sentenced to put into sleep.
A) litotes
B) understatement
C) synecdoche
D) euphemism

104. 14. He is not the cleverest
person I have ever met.
A) chiasmus
B) litotes
C) epiphora
D) antithesis

105. 14. He is not the cleverest
person I have ever met.
A) chiasmus
B) litotes
C) epiphora
D) antithesis

106. 15. "Friends, Romans,
Countrymen, lend me your
ears."
A) understatement
B) pun
C) epiphora
D) synecdoche

107. 15. "Friends, Romans,
Countrymen, lend me your
ears."
A) understatement
B) pun
C) epiphora
D) synecdoche

108. QUIZ # 4

109. 1. A boiled egg
every morning
is hard to beat.

110. 2. Can you please
give me
a hand carrying
this box up the
stairs?

111. 3. Your
comments on
politics are not
useless.

112. 4. The instinct of a
man is to pursue
everything that flies
from him, and to fly
from all that pursues
him. – Voltaire

113. 5. My life is my
purpose. My life is
my goal. My life is
my inspiration.”

114. ASSIGNMENT
1. Prepare for a long quiz on Thursday
about:
a. Imaginative Writing vs. Technical
writing and other forms of writing
b. Sensory details
c. Dictions
d. Figurative languages

115. ASSIGNMENT
2. Performance Task # 1
a. Research for samples of creative writing written by
well-known local and foreign writers.
b. Make a simple and short PowerPoint presentation for
(1) local and (1) foreign works.
c. Include in your PowerPoint Presentation the reason why
you considered their works as examples of creative
writing. Cite at least 5 examples of the languages
included in their works
d. Minimum of 10 slides and maximum of 15 slides only.
e. To be submitted before Tuesday, July 8, on the class
Group Page.