Quarter 3- Module 1
CREATIVE WRITING
Core Subject Description: The course aims to develop practical and creative skills in reading
and writing; introduce students to the fundamental techniques of writing fiction, poetry, and
drama; and discuss the use of such techniques by well-known authors in a variety of genres.
Each class will be devoted to the examination of techniques and to the workshop of students’
drafts toward the enrichment of their manuscripts. Students learn how to combine inspiration
and revision, and to develop a sense of form.
Introductory Message
To the parent: This module is designed to meet the current needs of your children under
our present condition (pandemic). As partners to the learning process of your children, we the
teachers are humbly requesting you to please assist us under your close supervision for their
development hence this module is prepared by.
To the students: This module is prepared and intended to increase your knowledge and
help you in your studies. It will also help you to expand your knowledge and learn the concepts
related to this subject. Since we are under the crisis (pandemic) this module is prepared for you
by our dear students for your self-study at home under the guidance and supervision of your
honest and devoted parent.
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
1. Differentiate imaginative writing from among other forms of writing.
What is Creative Writing?
Also known as ‘the art of making things up,’ creative writing is a vital part of modern
society. Traditionally referred to as literature, creative writing is an art of sorts- the art of making
things up. It’s writing done in a way that is not academic or technical but still attracts an
audience. Through the definition is rather loose, creative writing can for the most part be
considered of any writing that is original and self-expressive.
The Purpose: (1) the purpose of creative writing is to both entertain and share human
experience, like love or loss. (2) writers attempt to get at a truth about humanity through poetics
and storytelling. (3) if you’d like to try your hand at creative writing, just keep in mind that
whether you are trying to express a feeling or a thought, the first step is to use your imagination.
Techniques used in Creative
Writing include:
Character development
Types of Creative Writing Include: Plot development
Poetry Vivid setting
Plays Underlying theme
Movie and television scripts Point of view
Fiction (novels, novellas, and short stories) Dialogue
Songs Anecdotes
Speeches Figures of speech
Memoirs Imaginative language
Personal essays Emotional appeal
Heavy description
TECHNICAL WRITING CREATIVE WRITING
Factual Fictional and imaginative
Informative, instructional or persuasive Entertaining, provocative and
captivating
Clear, precise and straightforward Artistic, figurative, symbolic or even
vague
Objective Subjective
Specialized vocabulary Generalized vocabulary
Imaginative Writing vs. Academic Writing
Creative writing is different to academic writing. Writing for websites is different to writing
for newspaper columns.
Journal entries are different to writing press releases on behalf of a brand. Writing
purposes do vary. It’s important that when undertaking any writing you have firm grasp on
this concept.
Poetry - literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas
by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
Made up of lines and stanzas
The Importance of Poetry
Poetry is probably the oldest form of literature, and probably predates the origin of writing
itself. The oldest written manuscripts we have are poems, mostly epic poems telling the stories
of ancient mythology. Examples include the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Vedas (sacred texts of
Hinduism). This style of writing may have developed to help people memorize long chains of
information in the days before writing. Rhythm and rhyme can make the text more memorable,
and thus easier to preserve for cultures that do not have a written language.
Poetry is a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm. It often
employs rhyme and meter (a set of rules governing the number and arrangement of syllables in
each line). In poetry, words are strung together to form sounds, images, and ideas that might be
too complex or abstract to describe directly.
Types of Poetry
Haiku and Tanka – poems that originates in Japan
Haiku- a Japanese Poem with 5-7-5 pattern
Example: Autumn moonlight-
a worm digs silently
into the chestnut.
Tanka - poem that also originates in Japan with a pattern 5-7-5-7-7
Example: A cool wind blows in
With a blanket of silence.
Straining to listen
For those first few drops of rain,
The storm begins in earnest
There are many different types of poems. The difference between each type is based on the
format, rhyme scheme and subject matter. Explore the different types of poems along with
examples of each.
acrostic - uses the letters of a name for lines ("Nicky" by Marie Hughes)
ballad - poetic narrative verse ("As You Came from the Holy Land" by Sir Walter Raleigh)
blank verse - a non-rhyming poem with a specific meter ("The Princess" by Alfred, Lord
Tennyson)
burlesque - satiric poem ("Hudibras" by Samuel Butler)
canzone - Italian lyrical poem ("A Lady Asks Me" by Guido Cavalcanti)
elegy - poem expressing grief or sadness ("Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard" by
Thomas Gray)
epic - long, narrative poem ("The Odyssey" by Homer)
epitaph - a short poem for grieving or death, typically on grave stones ("An Epitaph" by
Walter de la Mare)
free verse - artistic poem without boundaries ("The Waste-Land" by TS Eliot)
haiku - short structured Japanese poem ("How Many Gallons" by Issa)
imagery - poems that invoke the senses ("In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound)
limerick - comedic, 5-line poem with AABBA rhyme scheme ("There Was a Young Lady of
Dorking" by Edward Lear)
lyric - short, emotionally powerful poem ("When I Have Fears" by John Keats)
narrative - a poem that tells a story ("The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe)
ode - a poem that celebrates, praises or glorifies ("Ode to a Nightingale" by Percy Bysshe
Shelley)
pastoral - short poem describing rural life ("To a Mouse" by Robert Burns)
Petrarchan sonnet - Italian sonnet that follows specific rhyme scheme ("London, 1802"
by William Wordsworth)
quatrain - four-line stanza with specific rhyme scheme ("The Tyger" by William Blake)
senryu - three-line Japanese poem ("Hide and Seek" by Shuji Terayama)
Shakespearean sonnet - specific sonnet using three quatrains and a couplet ("Sonnet 116"
by Shakespeare)
sonnet - contains 14 lines, typically with two rhyming stanzas known as a rhyming couplet
at the end ("Leda and the Swan" by William Butler Yeats)
tanka - 31 syllable poem ("A Photo" by Alexis Rotella)
terza rima - Italian verse with three stanzas and a specific rhyme scheme ("Acquainted
with the Night" by Robert Frost)
Third Quarter
Module 1-Assessment
CREATIVE WRITING
Name: ________________________________ Grade Level & Strand: ____________ Score:
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Teacher’s Name: Joan L. Lomo
Activity 1.
Answer Directly: Read the question below and write your answer on the space provided.
1. How creative writing differ from other forms of writing?
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Activity 2.
DIRECTION: Write your name below, create a poem that start with the initials of your first
name. Be creative in doing the activity. Write your answer below.
