This document defines and discusses creative writing. It states that creative writing uses images and experiences, whether true or not, to convey meaning rather than focusing on facts. Creative writing is used extensively in literary forms like poems, novels, short stories, and plays. It can also include creative non-fiction and descriptive essays. The document also discusses using sensory details and imagery in creative writing.

1. LAURETA NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL
CREATIVE WRITING
1ST SEMESTER – 1ST QUARTER
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3. WHAT IS CREATIVE
WRITING?

4. CREATIVEWRITINGisaformofwriting thatisbasedontheuseof
images and or experiences not necessarily true
to convey meaning. This is in contrast with
academic or scientific writing that prioritizes
factual information and/or details.

5. CREATIVEWRITING is used extensively in literary pieces like
poems, novels, short stories and stage plays,
including creative non- fiction. As such,
creative writing is often associated with
literature.
Descriptive essays can also be considered as a
form of creative writing.

6.  Creative writing can be considered any writing that is original and self-
expressive.
 Traditionally it is referred as literature.
 It is done in a way that is not academic or technical but still attracts an
audience.
 Also known as “the art of making things up”.
 Most commonly, the creative writing is for general audience or for
masses
 Creative writing is a vital part of modern society

7. I went to the store and bought some
flowers. Then I headed to the meat
department. Later I realized I forgot to
buy bread.
Here's a passage without sensory details:

8. Here's a passage with sensory details:
Upon entering the grocery store, I headed
directly for the flower department, where
I spotted yellow tulips. As I tenderly
rested the tulips in my rusty shopping
cart, I caught a whiff of minty dried
eucalyptus, so I added the fragrant forest
green bouquet of eucalyptus to my cart.
While heading for the

9.  Sensory details help the reader feel like he or
she was there and create a more intimate
connection to the narrator or writer and a
greater understanding of the text.
 Adjectives help set mood and tone in the text
and help establish a strong voice.

10. USING IMAGERY
Imagery is a literary device
that appeals to the readers’
senses. This pertains to
words or phrases that
describe the content of the
text vividly.

11. Visual imagery describes what we see: comic book images,
paintings, or images directly experienced through the
narrator’s eyes.
It may include:
 Pattern, such as: polka-dotted, striped, zig-zagged, jagged, and straight.
 Size, such as: minuscule, tiny, small, medium-sized, large, and gigantic.
 Shapes, such as: square, circular, tubular, rectangular, and conical.
 Color, such as: burnt red, bright orange, dull yellow, verdant green, and Robin’s
egg blue.

12. The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit
up the sky in beautiful and varied
constellations which were sprinkled across the
astronomical landscape.
Taal volcano: deadly beauty in the middle of
the lake.
Examples:

13. Auditory imagery describes what we hear, from music to
noise to pure silence.
It may include:
 Noises, such as: the bang of a gun, the sound of a broom
moving across the floor, and the sound of broken glass
shattering on the hard floor.
 Enjoyable sounds, such as: beautiful music, birdsong, and the
voices of a chorus

14. Examples:
Silence was broken by the peal of piano keys
as Shannon began practicing her concerto.
There were loud rumbling sounds all over.
I couldn’t sleep, there were the synchronized
tickling of the clock, the whirring of the
electric fan and snoring of my roommates.

15. Olfactory imagery describes what we smell.
It may include:
Odors, such as rotting trash, body odors, or a stinky
wet dog.
Fragrances, such as perfumes, enticing food and drink,
and blooming flowers.

16. Examples:
She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus
wafting through the air, its tropical smell a
reminder that she was on vacation in
a beautiful place
Sulfur is among the easiest detectable
substances, and for good reason. It is a sign of
decay, as in rotten eggs, and it is actively
damaging to our bodies.

17. Gustatory imagery describes what we taste.
It may include:
 Savoriness, such as a steak dinner or thick soup.
 Spiciness, such as salsas and curries.
 Saltiness, such as pretzels, French fries, and pepperonis.
 Sourness, bitterness, and tartness, such as lemons and limes.
 Sweetness, such as candies, cookies, and desserts.

18. Examples:
The candy melted in her mouth and swirls of
bittersweet chocolate and slightly sweet but salty
caramel blended together on her tongue.
The familiar comforting warmth of the chicken
noodle soup instantly made her feel much better.
The rich, creamy sweetness of the homemade
ice cream was an amazing treat after working
hard on her modules.

19. Tactile imagery describes what we feel or touch.
It may include:
 Movement, such as burning muscles from exertion, swimming in cold
water, or kicking a soccer ball
 Touch, such as hand-holding, one’s in the grass, or the feeling of starched
fabric on one’s skin.
 Texture, such as rough, ragged, seamless, and smooth.
 Temperature, such as bitter cold, humidity, mildness, and stifling heat.

20. Examples:
After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with
tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his
skin and sweat cooled on his brow.
The baby cactus appeared to have soft little
spines that wouldn't hurt a fly. Turns out, one
touch of those "soft little spines" will leave you
with a bloodied finger!

21. Assessment:

22. 1. On rainy afternoons, embroidering with a group of friends on the begonia porch, she
would lose the thread of the conversation and a tear of nostalgia would salt her palate when she
saw the strips of damp earth and the piles of mud that the earthworms had pushed up in the
garden. Those secret tastes, defeated in the past by oranges and rhubarb, broke out into an
irrepressible urge when she began to weep. She went back to eating earth. The first time she did
it almost out of curiosity, sure that the bad taste would be the best cure for the temptation. And,
in fact, she could not bear the earth in her mouth. But she persevered, overcome by the growing
anxiety, and little by little she was getting back her ancestral appetite, the taste of primary
minerals, the unbridled satisfaction of what was the original food.
(One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez)
Assessment:

23. 2.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
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.
(“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost)
Assessment:

24. 3. Outside, even through the shut window-pane, the world looked cold.
Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper
into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there
seemed to be no colour in anything, except the posters that were plastered
everywhere. The black mustachioed face gazed down from every
commanding corner. There was one on the house-front immediately opposite.
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked
deep into Winston’s own. Down at street level another poster, torn at one
corner, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the
single word INGSOC. In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between
the roofs, hovered for an instant like a bluebottle, and darted away again with
a curving flight. (1984 by George Orwell)
Assessment:

25. 1. The clang of heavy dishes glided from the kitchen.
2. Summer has always tasted like hot chocolate to me.
3. She looked at the broken screen, saw his name, and
slapped the phone back down on her desk.
4. The street going to their house stinks of manure
and the courtyard of urine, the stairwells stank of
moldering wood and rat droppings.
5. His kisses tasted like strawberries under the sun.
Assessment:

26. 6. When we quickly plunge into the cool water, it took our
breath away and raised goose bumps to our arms.
7. Ice tinkled as it settled in his water glass. His watch read
9:30. She wasn't coming.
8. The sweet fondant icing melted on my tongue.
9. Armani stretched across her couch, legs twitching excitedly.
10. The streets stank of manure, the courtyards
of urine, the stairwells stank of moldering wood and rat
droppings .
Assessment:

27. 11. I felt the warm air wrap around my body like a shock
blanket.
12. My sodden clothes and hair keep chilling my skin.
13. The juicy apple tasted tangy and sweet.
14. Pitter-patter of the rain.
15. The sweet fragrance of honeysuckle always reminded
Jenny of her mother’s perfume.
Assessment: