This document compares and contrasts imaginative writing and technical writing. Imaginative writing uses creative and poetic language to express thoughts and feelings to entertain and educate readers. It uses imaginative metaphors and symbols. Technical writing provides factual information to instruct people on products and services using specialized vocabulary and a sequential structure. The purpose is to inform people and encourage action. Technical writing has a specific audience and objective tone, while imaginative writing has a subjective tone and is meant for a general audience. Examples of each type of writing are also provided.

1. z
Imaginative Writing
vs.
Technical Writing

2. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, students will learn
the
• Definition of imaginative and technical
writing;
• Difference of imaginative and technical
writing;
• Value of a WOMAN.

3. IMAGINATIVE
WRITING• Expresses the writer’s thoughts and feelings in creative,
unique and poetic way.
Examples: Poetry, Short Stories, Novels and Creative-
nonfiction like travel writing, nature writing, sports
writing, autobiography, memoir, interviews, comics,
playscripts and hypertexts.
• Purpose is to entertain and educate
• Its contain is imaginative, metaphoric and symbolic.
• Its language is informal, artistic and figurative
• Vocabulary is written for general audience
• Tone (mood, attitude, feelings, emotions) is subjective

4. •MAN or WOMAN?

9. On the board, write a list of
what a man/woman can do.

10. TECHNICAL
WRITING
• Form of technical communication/documentation is
SciTech or applied sciences that helps people understand
a product service.
Examples: User manuals for cellphones, computers,
summary of experiments for journals, marketing
communications, training manuals and promotional
brochures.
• Purpose is to inform and to trigger the person into
action to purchase a product/service.
• Instruct, persuade but never entertain.
• Content is factual and straightforward.
• Formal, standard or academic language.

11. • Uses specialized vocabulary
• Organized in sequential/systematic pattern
• Requires advanced knowledge in specific fields
• The tone is objective
• Its audience is specific which evoke intellectual
response from the audience.

12. • Free writing
• Blogging
• Analysis of legal case
• Training manuals
• Journalism
• Speeches
• Song lyrics
• Operation guides
• Promotional brochures
• Company policies
• Scripts
• Letter
• Vignettes
• Assembly instructions
• Engineering guides
• Memoirs
• Poetry
• Computer software guides
• Storytelling
• Essays
• Diaries
• journals

13. reference:
Ie for ec: creative writing