Creative writing review for final exam

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Dignity

the quality of being worthy of respect and acting acordingly

Profound

Showing great insight; strongly felt

Oblivion

The state of being forgotten, unaware, or obliterated

Soporific

sleep inducing or boring

Scintillating

brilliant, lively, sparkling

Carthartic

Causing a release of emotion

Persever

to keep going despite struggle

Ambiguous

having more than one possible meaning

tenacity

The quality of strong determination

Felicity

happieness

Vivid

clear, bright, brillent

Scrupulous

attentive to detail; very concerned about mistakes

Visceral

emotional, not logical; from your gut

Complacent

Satisfied with mediocrity

Pseudonym

debauched

completely immoral

Self-deprecating

humorously and modestly self-critical

eclectic

selected from the best of various characters

scathing

bitterly critical

snarky

crabby

facetious

Playfully humors; not meant to be taken seriously

effuisive

over the top in emotion or expression

quixotic

hopelessly romantic

curmudgeon

a crabby person

verbose

using more words than necessary

epiphany

a sudden revolution or insight

nostalgic

having a bitter sweet longing for the past

ambivalent

having simutlaneous contradicting emotions

Sanguine

confidently optimistic

macabre

gruesome, dealing with death

maniacal

insane

Poignant

keenly, stirring to the emotions

idyllic

charmingly, simple, happy, and playfull

Parody

a humorous exaggeration of an existing work

sublime

perfect, noble, of high worth

sentimental

ruled by emotions

dispassionate

not easily moved

whimsical

charming and unpredictable

ineffable

cannot be put into words

nuance

a subtle difference

aesthetic

have appreciation for beauty

Pensive

lost in deep thought

conviction

strongly held belief

increduious

tending to doubt

cynical

tending to critisize

excruciating

tending to criticize

cataclysmic

devastatingly destructive

writing helps you ___ who you are

discover

writing enhances you ___

creativity

stream of consciousness writing follows a character’s or writers flow of ___ as they occur

thoughts

ideas flow onto the page without interruption or ___

distraction

class definition of creativity?

having the ability to create things that are new, unique, or original

how should you measure whether or not something you do is creative?

I am the standerd

CORE stands for

Curiosity

Openess

Risk

Energy

What side of the brain does writing come from?

the left

how to switch from left to right brain

look up from the words, draw, workout or participate in a sport

the 5 writing steps

1: Get ideas

2: organize/list/plan

3: write a rough draft (AKA the spill stage)

4: Revise

5: Edit

what is the difference between edit and revise

Edit is for spelling, punctuation, and other mechanical errors

Revise is for content( meaning, detail, pacing, clarity, order)

Show, don’t ___

Tell

appeal to the ___

senses

to fix dull diction, start with weak ___

verbs

what word begins the weakest sentence?

there

five factors that contribute to voice

Diction: __word choice__

Tone: __attitude__

Rhythm (created primarily through __sentence length+syntax__)

Imagery: how the writer paints pictures in the readers mind including the use of figurative language devises

Detail: which details the writer chooses to include and/or highlight

Best advice for you when it comes to developing you writing voice:

just start talking on paper

6 rules for good writing

1: be specific

2: use active voice

3: use parallel structure

4: vary sentence structure and length

5: prefer strong nouns and strong verbs over adjectives and adverbs

6: avoid cleches

class definition of poetry

just playing with words

poetry is the language of ___

Emotion

metaphor

comparison between two dissimilar things

hyperbole

an exaggeration for the sake of effect

Understatement

diminishes somethings importance

oxymoron

combining two or more contradicting terms

personification

giving human abilities to an object

symbol

when one thing represents another

synecdoche

when one part of something represents the whole

metonymy

when or word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated

synaesthesia

mixing of the senses

Apostrophe

specifically addressing or speaking to a person or idea as if they were present

imagrery

any words that create a picture

Alliteration(example)

WHen Weeds in WHeels"

Assonance

repetition of a vowel

consonance

repetition of the final consonant sound without matching vowel sounds

onomatopoeia

words that sound like they are spelled

eye rhyme

words that look the same but aren’t

Internal rhyme

it comes within one line of poetry rather than the end

Anaphora

repetition at the beginning of a word

free verse poem

the writer decides what the rhythm and flow will be and the poem does not have to rhyme

ode poem

a poem with one theme or purpose

recipe poem

is a recpie

letter poem

has a greeting and a closing

acrostic poem

going down a page(one or few words per line)

list poem

a list

sonnet

14 lines with a rhyme scheme and meter

limerick

a light sometimes humorous poem of five lines and with a specific rhyme and rhythm

rhyming couplets

ends of lines rhyme in sets of two

what is iambic pentameter?

has iambic feet( 2 syllables per foot, the second is stressed) and has 5 feet per line.

what gives a poem a beat?

syllables

Iambic pentameter mirrors what?

your heart

parts of a short story

Exposition → Narrative hook → rising action → Climax → falling action → resolution

points of view?

first

third

omniscient third- knows all

limited third- knows what can be seen

King says that writing is ___

Telepethy