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Imaginative Writing Versus Technical Writing: Lesson 1

This document provides an overview of the differences between imaginative writing and technical writing. Imaginative writing, also called creative writing, focuses on narrative craft, character development, and use of literary tropes to convey emotions and thoughts rather than just information. It aims to be fictional, imaginative, artistic, and subjective. Technical writing focuses on being factual, informative, instructional, clear, precise, and objective. It delivers specialized information to a specific audience rather than being generally entertaining. Examples are then provided to illustrate the difference between creative and technical writing styles.

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Imaginative Writing Versus Technical Writing: Lesson 1

This document provides an overview of the differences between imaginative writing and technical writing. Imaginative writing, also called creative writing, focuses on narrative craft, character development, and use of literary tropes to convey emotions and thoughts rather than just information. It aims to be fictional, imaginative, artistic, and subjective. Technical writing focuses on being factual, informative, instructional, clear, precise, and objective. It delivers specialized information to a specific audience rather than being generally entertaining. Examples are then provided to illustrate the difference between creative and technical writing styles.

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Lesson IMAGINATIVE WRITING VERSUS

1
TECHNICAL WRITING

What I Need to Know


At the end of this lesson, you are expected to differentiate imaginative writing from technical
writing.
(HUMSS_CW/MP11/12-Ia-b-1)

What I Know

Directions: Write a check mark inside the box before the item if it is an
example of creative writing. If not, write an XX mark instead.

1. novels /
2. Songs /
3. Business letter/plan X
4. Action plan X
5. Student’s handbook X
6. Movie scripts /
7. Personal essay X
8. Advertisement X
9. Short story /
10. Book review X

What’s New
A. Create your own answer of the following ‘what if’ questions. Write your answer on the
blank provided/on your answer sheet.

1. What if you are a super hero, who would you save first?
If I’m a super hero, I will save first the person near me.

2. What if your parents let you name yourself when you were born, what would your
name be?
My name would be Eidos. Eidos because it is the greek word for kind.

3. What if you could have a full scholarship to any university, what would you choose to
study?
I would study to Massachusetts Institute of Technology because it is the number one
university in the world and almost the students there are great so I think I will be able
to learn more and it is challenging for me and I love that feeling.

B. Read, evaluate and arrange the following instructions in making a lemonade. Write
only the number in each blank.

7 Steps in Making a Lemonade

4 Add a very small amount of water to your container.


2 Squeeze all the juice out of it that you can.
7 Serve and enjoy.
1 Cut the lemon in half.
3 Pour the juice into the container with ¼ sugar.
6 Fill up the container with water and ice.
5 Stir the solution until sugar dissolves.

What Is It

LESSON 1.1. What is creative writing?

“Creative Writing” is additionally called the “art of constructing things up”. It's any
writing that doesn't follow the traditional skilled, print media, tutorial or technical types of
literature, usually known by a stress on narrative crafts, character development and therefore
the use of literary tropes or with numerous traditions of poetry and literary study. It's
wherever the aim of writing is to specific thoughts, feelings and emotions instead of to feed
information. Creative Writing vs. Technical Writing
Let’s look at the fundamental differences between creative and technical writing.

Creative Writing Technical Writing

 Fictional & Imaginative  Factual

  or
Entertaining, Provocative & Informative, Instructional
Captivating Persuasive
  an
Artistic, Figurative, Symbolic or Clear, Precise
d
Even Vague Straightforward

 Subjective  Objective

 Generalized Vocabulary  Specialized Vocabulary

To add it up, creative writing is for masses but technical writing is for specific audience.
In creative writing, the most of the part is self – created, although the idea might be inspired
but in technical writing the facts are to be delivered and the ideas are delivered from leading
on what others have thought.

What’s More
Think and write. Go over with the following texts given below. Write CW if the writing is an
example of Creative Writing and write TW if it is an example of Technical Writing. Write your
answer on the space provided.
ASSESSMENT
Arrange the following terms into their proper type of writing. Write the correct word in either
Creative Writing or Technical Writing.

personal research formal story Serious


entertaining

instructional
CREATIVE WRITING conversational TECHNICAL
informal inform
WRITING

ENTERTAINING INSTRUCTIONAL
STORY SERIOUS
CONVERSATIONAL FORMAL
INFORMAL INFORM RESEARCH
PERSONAL

1.CW
2.CW
3. CW
4.CW
5.TW
6.TW
7.CW
8. TW
9.TW
10. TW

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