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- 1. Adapted from PPT by ERNA B. SAGNOY, LPT & Lyrica
- 2. Creative writing: any writing that is original, artistic, & self-expressive. Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Its purpose is to entertain share human experiences Through expressing feelings or thoughts
- 3. What does it mean to write what you know? Can imagination grow without personal experience? Why are your sensory experiences important in creative writing? What are some motivations that keep people engaged in reading?
- 4. Clarity Form Emotion Meaning & Connection Language
- 5. Artistic expression draws on the imagination to convey thoughts, ideas, and feelings through: narrative structure character development literary techniques Narrative devices (PoV, narration, flashbacks, foreshadowing) Sensory details Figurative language (Metaphors, similes, personification)
- 6. Sensory details allow you to show the readers rather than tell them (Show dont tell) Creates imagery through Hearing (silence, music, background noise) Touch (texture, movement, temperature) Sight (colors, shapes, patterns, size) Smell (pleasant or distasteful odors) Taste (sour, sweet, acidic, bitter, salty)
- 7. Allows you to create imagery through Metaphors Similes Personification Pathetic Fallacy And more
- 8. Comparing two things by creating a resemblance between the two without using words as or like The snow is a white blanket. He is a shining star. Her long hair was a flowing golden river. The falling snowflakes are dancers. The calm lake was a mirror.
- 9. Comparing two different things using the words as and like Her eyes shine Like diamonds He was as handsome as Shawn Mendes My brother eats like a pig Shes as red as a beetroot
- 10. Personification is giving an inanimate object human feelings and qualities. Lightning danced across the sky. The wind howled in the night. The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition. Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name. Time flies when you're having fun.
- 11. Reflecting human feelings through the weather and environment. The wind whispered through the trees The flowers danced in the breeze.
- 12. GoThrough Buckeye By Scott Russell Sanders Identify instances of sensory details and figurative language
- 13. In groups of 3, pick one image Discuss what it can mean or represent to you Each member should write 4-5 sentences using sensory details and figurative language. The short text should illustrate meaning beyond just describing the picture The short text should be posted on the Free-writing Google Doc. Once you are done, compare what each person wrote