Creative Comp HELL

Creative Nonfiction

Uses literary devices / Figure of speech -> NEVER TOUCH THE CONTENT

Nonfiction

Information based on facts

Simile

Indirect comparison by using like or as

Metaphor

Direct comparison

Apostrophe

Act of calling without expecting a response

Hyperbole

Exaggeration

Metonymy

Employs the beauty of substitution

Puns

Stresses the idea on how will we play words

Personification

Emphasizes the characteristics of humans toward inanimate objects

Oxymoron

Pairs two contradictory terms

Paradox

A statement that seems to contradict itself but reveals a deeper truth upon reflection

Juxtaposition

Places two contrasting ideas, characters, or objects side-by-side to highlight their differences

Irony

Expectation vs. Reality

Alliteration

Repeats initial consonant sounds

Assonance

Repeats similar vowel sounds within nearby words

Onomatopoeia

Imitates the natural sound associated with what they describe

Anaphora

Repeats specific words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines, clauses, or sentences

Dynamic

Change in Character / Persona

Static

No change

Flat

No info

Round Character

A lot of info in the story

Iambic

2 syllables = unstressed + stressed

Trochaic

2 syllables = stressed + unstressed

Spondaic

2 syllables = stressed + stressed

Anapestic

3 syllables = unstressed + unstressed + stressed

Dactylic

3 syllables = stressed + unstressed + unstressed

Monometer

1 foot

Dimeter

2 feet

Trimeter

3 feet

Tetrameter

4 feet

Pentameter

5 feet

Hexameter

6 feet

Heptameter

7 feet

Octameter

8 feet

Setting

Time, location

Symbolism

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities beyond their literal meaning

POV / Point of View

Persona (poem) / narrator perspective

1st, 2nd, 3rd

Imaginary talker / narrator viewpoints

3rd person allknowing

Talks about ALL Characters

Literary devices

Techniques and structures used by writers to convey messages, create effects, and enrich their text

Deconstruction

A technique of critical analysis that breaks down text to expose internal contradictions and multiple interpretations

Inspo from another work

Drawing artistic influence or creative inspiration from an existing text or artistic work

Local color

Language: using another language

Place

Province

Stream of consciousness

Uninterrupted narrative style

Poetry

A literary genre from one's experiences and imagination that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings or emotions

Persona

The voice or narrator created by the poet to speak the poem

Addressee

The specific audience, person, entity, or object to whom the persona directs their words within the poem

Tone

The speaker's attitude towards the subject, audience, or self

Mood

Feelings evoked in the reader

Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of end-line rhyme by using letters as labels

Imagery

Language that appeals directly to the physical senses to evoke vivid mental pictures

Connotation

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Denotation

Literary / literal meaning of a word

Poetic feet / Metrical Feet

Units of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up the rhythmic structure / length of a line of poetry

Trochee

Foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one

Iamb

Foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

Spondee

Foot consisting of two stressed syllables

Dactyl

Foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones

Anapest

Foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one

Sonnet

A poem stressing 14 lines

Iambic pentameter

Meter where iambs are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet

Octave

First eight lines in a sonnet that reflect thoughts and emotions, creating a sense of entrapment or cyclical thought

Volta

The "turn," reflecting the turn of thought or argument between the octave and the sestet, or the last six lines

Sestet

The last six lines in a sonnet

Couplet

The last two lines of verse that form a unit, have the same rhyme and meter

Haiku

Poetry classification underscoring a 5-7-5 syllable pattern

Elegy

Shows mourning from a certain death

Ode

Refers to a particular appreciation

Limerick

Employs funny lines

Epic

Provides heroic deeds

Ballad

Tells a story

Internal rhyme

Any rhyme that occurs inside a line rather than at the end of the line

Stanza

A section of lines grouped together; also called a verse

Free verse

Gives total freedom to the poet

Conventional

Traditional form and structure in poetry