CREATIVE WRITING PRELIMS

Diction

speaking/writing style that is dependent on word choice and ideas

SLANG

INFORMAL, COMMON SPEECHES, PROGRESSIVE AND CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME

(USED BY GROUP OF TEENS)

COLLOQUIAL

DERIVED FROM FORMAL LANGUAGE

COMMON IN SPEECHES

(idioms, lemme, dunno, wanna)

PEDANTIC

HIGHLY SPECIFIC WORD USED BY SPECIFIC GROUP/ PROFFESSION

JARGON

POETIC

LYRICAL WORDS TO CREATE A HARMONY RYTHMN

USES DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE

IMAGERY

LITERARY DEVICE THAT USES 5 SENSES

VISUAL

sense of sight helps us THE WORLD

(color, shape, size, pattern)

OLFACTORY

sense of smell helps us notice diff.

(fragrances, smell, odour,scents)

AUDITORY

sense of hearing helps us listen to the world

(music, noise, silence)

GUSTATORY

SENSE OF TASTE

(SOUR, BITTERY, SWEET, SALTY)

TACTILE

SENSE OF TOUCH

(MOVEMENT, TEXTURE, TEMP)

Creative writing

fiction, poetry, drama

• crafting original and imaginative works of literature, poetry, prose, scripts

• express their thoughts, emotions, ideas through power of words

journalistic

printed, digital, journalist

• writing used in newspapers, broadcast in tv, on radio, on internet (short bold and catchy)

Academic writing

research, textbooks, case study, book report, police report

• conveys data, knowledge, and information. formal lanuage and structure.

• thesis papers, essays, textbooks

Technical

map, signages, rules, manual, guide, laws

• gives direction, instuctions, explanation

• found on products and manuals

Simile

• compares using like or us

• show similarities to make descriptions more interesting and vivid.

metaphor

• describes something by saying something else

• hidden comparison that helps understand and imagine in a new way

personification

• give human characteristics/qualities to non-human objects, animals

• helps imagine them as if theyre humans

• making description more than engaging

apostrophe

• addressing someone/something isnt present/cannot respond

• can be deceased/inamate persona