Creative Writing ETA Term 2

Sensory Details

Helps add depth to the story by create immersive scenes for the reader

Sight

Visual details like colors, shapes, and patterns

Sound

Auditory details that can use onomatopeias and alliterations

Smell

Olfactory details that is considered the most evocative sense in a reader

Taste

Gustatory details that can help ground readers in the physical sensations of a charater

Touch

Tactile details that helps the reader understand the physical world of the story

What to Avoid When Using Sensory Details?

Too many adjectives, too many adverbs, cliche figures of speech

Character

Textual representation of a person in a story

Characterization

The way a character is introduced and developed throughout the story

Stream of Consciousness

Characterization technique that immerses the readers in a character’s inner world through sensory perceptions

Methods of Characterization

Physical descriptions, speech, explanation of thoughts, responses and reactions

Protagonist

Character who dominates the story and is the most developed

Antagonist

Character who opposes the protagonist, it doesn’t have to a person

Anti-Hero

Protagonist who has the opposite usual attributes of a hero

Tragic Hero

Protagonist who comes to a bad end as a result of their behavior

Flat Characters

Characters who have 1-2 personality traits and are usually sterotypes

Round Characters

Characters who have multiple personality traits and feel like real people

Static Characters

Characters who remain the same throughout the story

Dynamic Characters

Characters who grow throughout the story

Stock Characters

Characters who are very stereotypical

Sacrificial Characters

Characters whose sole purpose is to die

Foil Characters

Characters who contrast the protagonist to highlight their qualities

Bit Players

Characters with a very small role in the story

Psycho

Character with mental issues that stem from trauma

Phobic

Characters who deal with anxiety by extreme avoidance

The Confidant

Character whom the protagonist confides in

Unseen/Absent Character

Character who is mentioned in the sotry but doesn’t have involvement in the action

Point of View

Vantage point from which an author presents the story

First Person

Uses first pronouns, narration is restricted to what that characters observes or thinks

Second Person

Uses pronouns like “you“, rarely used technique, reader is immersed in the narrative as a character in the story

Third Person Omniscient

Uses third person pronouns, narrator is outside the story

Third Person Limited

Uses third person pronouns, limit the perspective to the mind of one character

Third Person Objective

Uses third person pronouns, doesn’t enter the minds of the characters, presents the event objectively

Multiple Points of View

Several points of view are present in the story

Diction

Poet’s choice of words

Syntax

Poem’s sentence structure

Imagery

Can be a descriptive passage or figurative language

Symbolism

They are highly suggestive yet succinct

Rhythm

Creates a pattern of yearning and expectation

Word Sounds

Used to emphasize meaning, action, and emotion, and to call the reader's attention to connections between words

Caesura

Strong pause in the line, denoted with 2 vertical lines: ||

Structure

The way that the poem is organized

Lines

Most visible structural device

Stanza

Group of lines,

Stichic

Poem without stanzas

Strophic

Poems with stanzas

Types of Stanzas

Monostich, Couplet, Tercet, Quatrain,Quintet, Sestet, Septet, Octave

Rhyme Schemes

Any pattern of end rhymes

Free Verse

Poem that obeys no set metrical patters

Enjabment

Continuance of a phrase from one line to the next

End-Stopped Line

A definite pause at the end of a line

Fiction

Narrative that recounts made-up events in time

Plot

Events of a narrative

Freytag Pyramid

Exposition

Beginning of the story, Unstable situation that sets the plot in motion

Rising Action

Interconnected series of events that lead to the climax

Climax

Most intense turning point of the story

Falling Action

Resolution begins

Resolution

Final outcome of events

Plot vs Story

Plot = events arranged by causality

Story = events arranged by time sequence

Happy Ending

Everything ends well and all is resolved

Tragic Ending

Things don’t end well, forces the reader to contemplate life

Setting

Physical and social environment of the story

Irony

Contrast between appearance and reality

Types of Irony

Verbal, Situational, Attitudinal, Dramatic

Symbols

Object with meaning beyond itself

Public Symbols

Recognizable symbols

Private Symbols

Symbols unique to an individual or work

Themes

Ideas about real life that we gained from the story