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Lesson 1.4 Figurative Language and Literary Devices in Creative Writing

This document discusses various literary devices used in creative writing, including different types of imagery that appeal to the senses (visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and organic) as well as common figures of speech such as simile, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, irony, personification, hyperbole, apostrophe, allusion, metonymy, synecdoche, anaphora, and euphemism. Examples of each are provided. The document encourages applying these techniques to uphold excellence in writing consistent with a school's core values.

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Lesson 1.4 Figurative Language and Literary Devices in Creative Writing

This document discusses various literary devices used in creative writing, including different types of imagery that appeal to the senses (visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and organic) as well as common figures of speech such as simile, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, irony, personification, hyperbole, apostrophe, allusion, metonymy, synecdoche, anaphora, and euphemism. Examples of each are provided. The document encourages applying these techniques to uphold excellence in writing consistent with a school's core values.

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CREATIVE WRITING

Hello Grade
11
WHAT ARE
WE?
Do I Sense Something?
05 Sensory
Motors
CREATIVE WRITING

Figurative Language
and Literary Devices
in Creative
Writing
Objectives:
Identify the use of imagery in texts.

Be familiar with the types of imagery.

Identify the different figures of speech.


IMAGERY
IMAGERY
A literary device that enables
writers to paint a picture
using words.
Visual Imagery

appeals to the reader’s sense of


sight.
Visual Imagery

The bright orange sunset covers


the entire western sky.
Auditory
Imagery
appeals to the reader’s sense of
hearing.
Auditory Imagery

The woman hums the tune to La Vie En


Rose; it sounds as if the sound comes
from her nose.
Olfactory
Imagery
appeals to the reader’s sense of
smell.
Olfactory Imagery

Bernice went to the attic and she smelt


the strong yet addicting scent of
mothballs.
Gustatory
Imagery
appeals to the reader’s sense of
taste.
Gustatory Imagery

The crunch of the salted peanuts filled


Karli’s mouth as she waited for the
entree.
Tactile Imagery

appeals to the reader’s sense of


touch.
Tactile Imagery

Nova, Brian’s dog, slobbered on my face


with her wet tongue.
Kinetic
Imagery
appeals to the reader’s sense of
motion.
Kinetic Imagery

Amanda tried to knock at the door five


times before she gave up and strutted out
of the private yard.
Organic
Imagery
appeals to the reader’s internal
sensations and emotions.
Organic Imagery

The woman is too weary to think about


the hunger and thirst she is experiencing
right now.
Figures of
Speech
Figures of Speech that
Compares
SIMILE
The simile is a figure of
comparison that directly
expresses the similarity between
two objects.

as or like
SIMILE

That guy is as fast as


lighting!
SIMILE

“Shine bright like a


diamond.”
- Diamonds, Rihanna
METAPHOR
It is a figure of speech that
declares that two objects are
identical.

without using
as or like
METAPHOR

You are the moon that


guides me in the
darkness.
METAPHOR

“You’re my kryptonite.”
- One Direction
OXYMORON
from the Greek
word oxumōron,
meaning
“sharp dull.”
OXYMORON
An oxymoron is a figure of
contrast that combines two
contradicting words or smaller
verbal units to get the reader’s
attention.
OXYMORON
Look on your right,
don’t you think they’re
pretty ugly?
PARADOX
A paradox is a statement that
appears to contradict itself but
contains some truth, theme, or
humor.
PARADOX
As I ponder what kind of
costume I should wear this
Halloween, Sabrina whispers to
me, “Less is more, Anna.”
IRONY
The irony, just like the oxymoron
and the paradox, is a figure of
contrast. The difference is that it
depicts a situation that subverts a
reader’s expectations.
IRONY
“Tigilan na po natin ang
kaboboto dahil sikat at may
pera”
-Sen. Robin Padilla, 2023
PERSONIFICATION
It is a figure of speech that gives
animals, ideas, abstractions, and
inanimate objects human-like
characteristics.
PERSONIFICATION
The wind speaks to me; she is
angry.
HYPERBOLE
A figure of speech that uses
exaggeration to emphasize a
point or idea.
HYPERBOLE
I have a mountainous amount of
laundry waiting for me.
APOSTROPHE
Apostrophe as a figure of speech
addressing someone or something
that isn’t present or cannot respond.
It can be someone deceased, an
inanimate object, or a concept.
APOSTROPHE
“Hello, darkness, my old
friend… I’ve come to talk to
you again…”
– Paul Simon
ALLUSION
An allusion is a figure of speech
referencing mythological, literary,
historical, public, or political figures,
events, places, or objects.
ALLUSION
“I’m surprised his nose didn’t
grow like Pinocchio’s.”
ALLUSION
“Lead me, Lord. Lead me by the
hand and help me face the rising
sun.”

- Lead me, Lord by Gary V.


METONYMY
Metonymy is a figure of speech
wherein the name of the object or noun
is substituted with a word that is
closely related in name or concept.
METONYMY

“The power of the crown was


mortally weakened”
SYNECDOCHE
Synecdoche is a figure of speech in
which a part of something signifies its
whole or the whole of something
signifies its part.
SYNECDOCHE
“Friends, Romans, countrymen,
lend me your ears.”
– William Shakespeare's Julius
Caesar
ANAPHORA
An anaphora is a figure of repetition in
which the same word or phrase is
repeated at the initial part of two or
more sentences, clauses, or lines.
ANAPHORA
“It rained on his lousy tombstone, and
it rained on the grass on his stomach.
It rained all over the place.”

- “The Catcher in the Rye“


EUPHEMISM
A euphemism is a word or phrase that
softens an uncomfortable topic. It
uses figurative language to refer to a
situation without having to confront it
directly.
EUPHEMISM
“Passed away” instead of “died”

“Let go” instead of “fired”

“Make love” instead of “sex”


COMPREHENSION
CHECK!
“Milly is applying for a job. While
waiting, her mind runs for miles as the
clock seems to be moving like a slug.
Right after the interview, the company
correspondent said, “Don’t call us, we’ll
call you.” That is when she knew her
uneasiness got the best of her.”
"Jack hopped (simile) down the hill. He
met Jill who (hyperbole). The two of
them loved to go to the park where
(personification)."
Activity:
On a ½ crosswise sheet of yellow paper, provide
at least 3-5 example phrases for each figure of
speech.
1. Simile
2. Personification
3. Hyperbole
4. Metonymy
5. Synecdoche
Given the school’s core
value, ‘Commitment to
Excellence’, how would you
uphold excellence in writing
using the literary device and
figures of speech discussed?
Thank you!

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