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CREATIVE WRITING (HUMSS 11)

WEEK 5-6
Self-Learning Module

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.

Most Essential Learning Competency (MELC):

1. Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in various modes of fiction (HUMSS_CW/MPIg-i-11)
2. Write journal entries and other short compositions exploring key elements of fiction (HUMSS_CW/MPIg-i-13)

Topic Title: Reading and Writing Fiction

Objectives:
At the end of the module the students can:
1. identify the elements of fiction;
2. discuss the various of fiction;
3. explain the techniques in writing fiction; and
4. compose a short story using the elements of fiction.

Pre-assessment

What is Fiction?

Etymologically, the word fiction has been derived from Latin word “fictus,” which means “to form.” However, in
literature, Merriam Webster defines it as, “literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and
people.”

In fact, it is one of the two branches of literature, the other being non-fiction. This particular branch of literature consists
of stories, novels, and dramas based on made-up and fabricated stories and characters. Fiction contains certain symbolic and
thematic features known as “literary merits.” In other words, fiction narrates a story, which aims at something bigger than merely
a story. In this attempt, it comments on something significant related to social, political, or human related issues.

Fiction may be based on stories of actual historical events. Although fictitious characters are presented in a fictitious
setting in stories and novels, they may have some resemblance to real life events and characters. Writers alter their characters
very skillfully when they take them from actual life.

Function of Fiction

The function of fiction is to entertain, educate, and inspire the readers and the audience. Literature in general, and
fiction in particular, is capable enough to sweep our emotions. Therefore, fiction gives the audience an experience beyond their
daily lives. It provides them an insight into the life of the characters, their manners, vicissitudes, and events related to them. It
also is used to point out the flaws and drawbacks of a society, race, and nation in a manner that it does not touch the boundary
of stricture or criticism. Rather, fiction points out drawbacks, and then suggests solutions for the individuals and the nations
alike. To sum up, fiction can also provide a vent to our pent-up emotions such as hatred, anger and dislike but in a very light
manner without pointing out specific individuals or groups.

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What I Know
Read and understand the poem by Maya Angelou titled “Phenomenal Woman”. Identify the words, images, and details that stand
out in the poem. Then, complete the matrix below by writing the words, imagery, or details that stood out when you read the
poem yourself. You can list down as much as you can if your feel that those words really stand out for you.

Discussion

Imaginative Writing versus Technical Writing

Imaginative writing is that which expresses the writer’s thoughts and feelings in a creative, unique, and poetic way. Examples of
imaginative writing are poetry, fiction such as short stories and novels, creative non-fiction like travel writing, nature writing,
sports writing, autobiography, memoir, interviews, comics, play scripts, and hypertext.
While imaginative writing may be for a variety of purposes, its main purposes is to entertain and educate. Its content
imaginative, and symbolic. Its language is informal, artistic, and figurative. The vocabulary used is evocative and is usually
written for a general audience. The tone, which refers to the mood, attitude, feelings, or emotion of the writer towards the
subject or topic, is subjective.
On the other hand, technical writing is a form of writing technical communication or documentary in science and technology, or
applied science that helps people understand a product or service.
The main purpose of technical writing is to form and to trigger the person into action such as purchasing a product or service. Its
purpose may also be to instruct or to persuade, but never to entertain.

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The content is factual and straightforward. It is expressed in formal, standard, or academic language. The write-up uses a
specialized vocabulary and follows a set of rules conventions. It is also organized in a sequential or systematic pattern. Often, it
is detail and requires advanced knowledge in the specific field.
The tone of technical writing output is objective and its audience is specific uses language to evoke either an emotional or
intellectual response from the audience or reader.
Examples of technical writing are end user documentation like manuals that accompany cellular phones, personal computers, or
laptops; traditional technical writing such as legal analysis, summary of experiments for journal publications, or articles for trade
publication; and technological marketing communication.

What’s In

Activity 1

Unlocking of difficulties
Direction: In you ½ crosswise, define in one sentence the following words that are found in the poem “Phenomenal Woman” by
Maya Angelou. Then, use these words in a sentence.
1. PHENOMENAL –
2. STRIDE –
3. SWARM –
4. MYSTERY –
5. ARCH –

Activity 2
Direction: Search and list down at least five (5) examples of imaginative writing and technical writing using the given graphic
organizer. Write your answers in a ½ crosswise.

Imginative Writing Technical Writing

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Activity 3
Direction: In a ½ crosswise, compare and contrast imaginative writing and technical writing using the Venn diagram.

Guide Questions:
1. What is imaginative writing?
2. What is technical writing?
3. What are the elements of imaginative writing? technical writing?
4. What is the main difference between imaginative writing and technical writing?

Assessment:
Direction: Read the selections below. Draw a if you think it is imaginative writing and a if it is technical writing.

Selection Heart or Star

1. “We had become very hungry; we felt that it was necessary for us to eat in order to maintain
both our morale and our endurance. Our cabman took us to a restaurant. When we entered
it was rather crowded, but we managed to find a table and sit down. There followed that
hiatus of which every Negro in the United States knows the meaning. At length, a man in
charge came over and told us without any preference of palliation that could not be served.”
(James Weldon Johnson, “Outcasts in Salt Lake City”)
2. “The effects of a respondent’s socio-economic back-ground on his or her attitudes toward
minority groups were analysed with the help of a multivariate linear regression model.
Multivariate regression models explain variations of the dependent variables by a linear
combination of independent variables. In this case, the models were calculated to explain
the sum indices for each dimension, country by country.” (SORA, “Attitudes towards
Minority Groups in the European Union”)
3. “The tree entered my hands, / The sap has descended my arms. / The tree has grown in my
breast - / Down-wards, / The branches grow out of me, like arms.” (Ezra Pound, “A Girl”)
4. “The most common mistake when planting a tree is digging a hole, which is either to deep
or too narrow. Too deep and the roots don’t have access to sufficient oxygen to ensure
proper growth. Too narrow and the root structure can’t expand sufficiently to nourish and
properly anchor the tree.” (“Planting a Tree @ tree-planting.com)
5. “If you see the signup form, fill out your name, email address or phone number, password,
birthday and gender. If you don’t see the form, click Sign Up, then fill out the form, Click
Sign Up.” (www.facebook.com)
6. “The internet is, a fountain of information. / It’s available to everyone, in every nation. /
Pages for children to read and enjoy / along with the spam, which can really annoy. / Poetry
and forums for everyone’s pleasure / just about anything, even selling your treasure.”
(Bernard Howe, “The Internet”)
7. “This paper presents the conceptual linkages between food security and nutrition and
reviews data on the associations between experience-based measures of food insecurity
and nutritional status outcomes in countries at different stages of the nutrition transition.”
(Voices of the Hungry, “Food Security and Nutrition in the context of the Global Nutrition
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 Transition”)
8. I come among the peoples like a shadow. / I sit down by each man’s side. / None sees me,
but they look on one another. / And know that I am there. / My silence is like the silence of
the tide / That buries the playground of children; (Robert Laurence Binyon, “Hunger”)
9. “it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of
obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their
advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.” (Niccolo
Machiavelli, “The Prince”)
10. “Results from cumulative years of the National Demographic and Health Survey and the
latest result of the 2011 Family Health Survey, shows that teenage pregnancy in the
Philippines, measured as the proportion of women who have begun childbearing in their
teen years, has been steadily rising over a 35-year period. These teenage mothers are
predominantly poor, reside in rural areas and have low educational attainment.” (“Teenage
Pregnancy in the Philippines: Trends, Correlates and Data Sources”, Dr. Josefina
Natividad)

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

DENNIS JADE G. NUMERON RAE ABNEE GARRIDO

Subject Teacher Asst. School Principal/SHS Coordinator

LUZ L. ESPERA
School Principal

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