Creative Writing

QUARTER 3
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET
No. 1

Imagery, Diction and Figures of Speech

Subject Area and Grade Level: Creative Writing
Activity Sheet No. 1
First Edition, 2021

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Writer: Karen B. Ariap, SST-I

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Name of Learner: _____________________________ Grade Level:
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School: ______________________________________ Date: _________________

IMAGERY, DICTION, AND FIGURES OF SPEECH

I.Introduction:

Imagery, diction and figures of speech are all literary devices used to add
aesthetic taste and may give justice to a creative writing. As you run through to
this activity sheet, you will have a wider understanding about imagery, diction
and figures of speech with the several activities embedded to test your learning.
Read the instructions carefully of every exercise, if ever you may encounter
difficulty, you may ask assistance from your parents or your teacher. Enjoy
doing your tasks!

II. MELC (with Code)

Use imagery, diction, figures of speech, and specific experiences to evoke

meaningful responses from readers (HUMSS_CW/MP11/12- Ia-b-4)

III. Strategy

A. Explore

Read the following excerpts from the novels and answer the given
questions.
“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm baldly broken at
the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football
were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm
was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of
his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh.”
(To Kill a Mocking Bird, Harper Lee)
“The studio was filled with the rich odor of roses, and when the light
summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden there came through the
open door the heavy scent of the lilac or the most delicate perfume of the pink
flowering thorn.”
(The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde)
Questions:
1. Can you picture out Jem’s arm the way it was described in the first
sample text?
2. Can you vividly imagine the scent of the studio in the second sample
text?
3. Are the words used formal or informal?
 4. Are there figures of speech used?

B. Learn
It’s time to learn about imagery, diction and figures of speech. Are you
ready?
Imagery
Imagery is a literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to
evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader. By utilizing
effective descriptive language and figures of speech, writers appeal to a reader’s
senses of sight, taste, smell, touch, and sound, as well as internal emotion and
feelings. Therefore, imagery is not limited to visual representations or mental
images, but also includes physical sensations and internal emotions.
Imagery includes language that appeals to all of the human senses,
including sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
Example of Imagery in Romeo and Juliet
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo describes his first sight of Juliet with
rich visual imagery:
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear
This imagery does involve the use of figurative language, as Romeo describes
Juliet's beauty in the nighttime by using a simile that compares her to a jewel
shining against dark skin.
Diction
Diction refers to language and word choice of the writer. It shows the level of
formality of a text which helps in shaping the perception and view of the readers.
There are three levels of diction. These are formal, informal, and colloquial.

Levels Characteristics
Formal Diction Academic/Scholarly Language
Informal Diction Conversational Language
Colloquial Diction Slang Language; Captures Regional
Dialect

Figures of Speech
Figures of speech are words or phrases used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical
or vivid effect.
The most common figures of speech are simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia,
personification, apostrophe, hyperbole, synecdoche, metonymy, oxymoron,
and paradox.

1. Simile – a stated comparison (formed with “like” or “as” between two

fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
 Example: “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” – Langston Hughes,
“Harlem”
2. Metaphor – an implied comparison between two unlike things that have
something in common.
Example: “Hope is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –”
- Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”
3. Onomatopoeia – uses words that imitate sounds associated with objects or
actions.
Example: “The crooked skirt swinging, whack by whack by whack.”
- James Joyce, “Ulysses”
4. Personification – endows human qualities or abilities to inanimate objects
or abstraction.
Example: “Ah, William, we’re wary of the weather,” said the sunflowers
shining with dew.
– William Blake, “Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room”
5. Apostrophe – is addressing an absent person or thing that is an abstract,
inanimate, or inexistent character.
Example: “Death be not proud, though some have called thee.”
- John Donne, “Death Be Not Proud”
6. Hyperbole – a figure of speech which contains an exaggeration for
emphasis.
Example: “To make enough noise to wake the dead.”
– R. Davies, “What’s Bred in the Bone”
7. Synecdoche – a figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole,
and thus something else is understood within the thing mentioned.
Example: “Give us this day out daily bread” *Bread
stands for the meals taken each day.
8. Metonymy – a figure of speech in which the name of an attribute or a
thing is substituted for the thing itself.
Example: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
– William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar”
*Lend me your ears = to pay attention; to listen
9. Oxymoron – a figure of speech which combines incongruous and
apparently contradictory words and meanings for a special effect.
Example: “Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.
Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O anything! of nothing first create!
O heavy lightness! serious vanity!
Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!”

- William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet”

10.Paradox – a statement which seems on its face to be logically contradictory
or absurd yet turns out to be interpretable in a way that makes sense.
Example: “One short sleep past, we wake eternally
 And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”
- John Donne, “Death Be Not Proud”
C. Engage:
I. Write down all the words/adjectives you can think that appeal to the
senses. One point will be given for appropriate word written.

SIGHT SMELL TASTE HEARING TOUCH

II. Think of the three words and write the words in formal, informal and
slang diction.

Formal Diction Informal Diction Colloquial Diction

Money Cash Bucks

Figures of Speech
III. Identify what figures of speech are the following sentences. Select your
answer inside the box.

Onomatopoeia Metaphor Synecdoche

Metonymy Hyperbole Apostrophe
Paradox Personification Oxymoron
Simile

1. She's older than dirt.

2. We will swear loyalty to the crown.
3. "Oh, you stupid car, you never work when I need you to," Bert sighed.
4. "This is the beginning of the end," said Eeyore, always the pessimist.
5. That kitchen knife will take a bite out of your hand if you don't handle it
safely.
 6. Roberto was white as a sheet after he walked out of the horror movie.
7. The clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog.
8. My grandchildren are the flowers of my garden.
9. "I like a smuggler. He is the only honest thief."
10. "Beautiful are the feet that bring the good news."

D. Apply:

Take a very careful look at the picture below. Write a brief paragraph of the place
using imagery, diction, and figures of speech. You may incorporate an experience
related to the location to make your literary description more vivid.

Pondang Hills

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 IV. Rubrics

Indicator Rating 1-5

The essay contains a clear description of the object.
Diction used is appropriate to the context and was used
properly.
Used figures of speech to clearly describe the picture—
not clichés.
It is in proper form with correct grammar, spelling and
proper punctuations.
Total

V. References
Buhisan, Arnold Jarn Ford and Ayesha H. Sayseng, “Creative
Writing” K-12 Compliant Worktext for the Senior High School, JFS
Publishing Services

Abrams, M. H., & Harpham, G. G. (1999). A glossary of literary

terms. Boston, Mass: Thomson Wadsworth.

https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/figure-of-
speech

https://literarydevices.net/imagery/

VI. Key to Correct Answers

C. Engage
I. Answers may vary.
II. Answers may vary.
III. 1. Hyperbole
2. Metonymy
3. Apostrophe
4. Paradox
5. Personification
6. Simile
7. Onomatopoeia
8. Metaphor
9. Oxymoron
10. Synecdoche

Prepared by:
KAREN B. ARIAP
SST-I Noted:
JOY P. GUEVARRA
School Head