CREATIVE WRITING

Ms. Lawrence
 WARM UP

Anecdotes are everywhere.

List 6 places you can find
them.
 CLASS EXPECTATIONS:
Self-discipline
Responsibility
Friendship
Work
Perseverance
Courage
Honesty
No put downs
Active listening
Personal best
Respect your neighbor
 AREAS OF FOCUS
Autobiography
Fairy Tales
Mystery
Narrative
Novel Writing
Photo Story
Play Writing
Poetry
Short Story
 AUTOBIOGRAPHY
1. Birth and Early Childhood
2. Family
3. Growing Up
4. Friendships
5. Hobbies
6. Highlights in School
7. How I Have Changed
8. Person You Admire the Most
9. Future Goals
10. Unforgettable Experiences
 VOCABULARY
Anecdote
Sensory details
Descriptive writing
Detail
Sequence
Technique
Engage
Convey
Autobiography
 WHAT MAKES A GREAT STORY?
Action
Characters
Setting
Humor/comedy
Tension
 ANECDOTE
a short and amusing or interesting story about a real
incident or person.

Anecdote is defined as a short and interesting story or

an amusing event often used to support or
demonstrate some point and make readers and
listeners laugh. Anecdotes can include an extensive
range of tales and stories.

https://literaryterms.net/anecdote/
 TYPES OF ANECDOTES
1. Humorous
An anecdote that adds humor to the topic at hand.
For example, two friends are arguing about driving
directions. The driver tells the passenger to turn off
the GPS, insisting that he knows the way. The
passenger replies, oh, like the time we turned it off
and ended up out in the middle of that cow
farm?! We then see a flashback of their car
surrounded by loudly mooing cows.

 TYPES OF ANECDOTES
2. Reminiscent
A story that remembers something general about the
past or a specific event, expressed in ways such as that
reminds me of, when I used to, I remember
when, and so on. For example, a child asks her
grandmother for $2 to buy candy at the store, and the
grandmother says, you know back in my day, all you
needed was a penny to go to the candy shop! My
grandmother would give me a nickel and Id be a
happy clam!
 TYPES OF ANECDOTES
3. Philosophical
An anecdote expressed in order to make others
think more deeply about the topic at hand. For
example, a group of college students are discussing
the morality of lying; most are arguing that it is never
okay to lie. One student offers an anecdote to the
others: what about families who lied to German
soldiers, you know, about hiding Jews in their homes
during World War II? Do the lives saved justify the lies
they told? The students then contemplate the
validity of their prior arguments.
 INSPIRATIONAL
An anecdote that is told in order to inspire
hope or other positive emotions. They are often
about not giving up, achieving goals or
dreams, making the impossible possible, and so
on. For example, a doctor talking to a group of
war amputees tells them about a soldier who
came in with no hands and no hopebut left
the hospital holding his newborn baby in his
prosthetic hands.
 TYPES OF ANECDOTES

5. Cautionary
Stories that warn others about the dangers or
negative consequences surrounding the topic at
hand. For example, a speaker is giving a talk to
teenagers about the risks of using drugs. During his
presentation, he reminds them of a well-known
straight-A student who died of a heroin overdose a
few years before; warning them that it could
happen to anyone.
 TYPES OF ANECDOTES

6. Quote (related)
A quote is something that has been said by a
person, not necessarily a story. Sometimes, quotes
are used as anecdotes, which leads some to
wrongly use the terms anecdote and quote
interchangeably.
Ex. If at first you dont succeed, try and try again.
 ANECDOTE VIDEOS

https://literaryterms.net/anecdote/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pC1jsoD0ns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_lA4gQE4m8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9RfwGvNA_U
 WARM UP
Write the proper heading on your page. Use your notes to
complete these sentences about anecdotes by filling in the
blanks:
1. Anecdotes start at the ___________ of your writing.
2. Show me, dont ___________me.
3. Start in the middle of the ____________.
4. Put the reader in your ______________.
5. Use sensory ___________.
6. Stick to the ___________ tense.
7. Use ___________ person (I, me, my).
8. Use __________ order.
 TYPES OF ANECDOTES

4. Inspirational
An anecdote that is told in order to inspire hope or
other positive emotions. They are often about not
giving up, achieving goals or dreams, making the
impossible possible, and so on. For example, a
doctor talking to a group of war amputees tells
them about a soldier who came in with no hands
and no hopebut left the hospital holding his
newborn baby in his prosthetic hands.
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Have the proper heading on your

paper. What are the 5 types of
anecdotes we learned about?
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Read article on Solar Eclipse. Be

prepared to contribute one
interesting detail you found. DO NOT
WRITE ON ARTICLE
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Write a quote, back flash, short

anecdote, statement, or sentence
about your family. Must be at least
2 sentences. Prepare notes for a
quiz on anecdotes.
 TEST TAKING RULES

DO NOT WRITE ON THE QUIZ

Write COMPLETE sentences.
You ARE allowed to use notes
NO TALKING IS ALLOWED
NO SHARING notes
You CAN ask me questions ONLY IF YOU RAISE
YOUR HAND
 ANECDOTE QUIZ

Choose 2 types of anecdotes and create an

example for each. Must be at least 2- 3 sentences:
1. Humorous
2. Reminiscent
3. Inspirational
4. Philosophical
5. Cautionary.
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Imagine what life would be like if
teachers acted like students.
Describe what that would be like in 3
sentences or more. Take out your
notes in preparation for a quiz on
anecdotes.
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A philosophical anecdote causes
readers to think deeply on an issue.
Create a philosophical anecdote
with dialogue. Must be at least 3
sentences.
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Read the 3 sentences below. Can you guess, what part of the story
they came from, beginning, middle or end? Explain why.

1. I was left back when I was twelve because I had a baby for my
fahver.Push, Saphire (The novel that inspired the film, Precious)

2. My high school friends have begun to suspect I havent told them

the full story of my life.A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,
Ishmael Beah

3. This is how Mortimer Tate ended up killing the first three human
beings hed laid eyes on in nearly a decade: Go-Go Girls of the
Apocalypse, Victor Gischler
 NARRATIVE HOOK

A narrative hook (or hook) is a literary

technique in the opening of a story that
"hooks" the reader's attention so that he or she
will keep on reading. The "opening" may
consist of several paragraphs for a short story,
or several pages for a novel, but ideally it is the
opening sentence.
 TYPES OF HOOKS- THE PUZZLER

1. The Puzzler raises questions that puzzle the

reader

Im never really sure if its a real memory or just

something thats become more solid over
time. But Im sure that my brother once tried to
murder me.
 TYPES OF HOOKS- SALESPERSON

2. The Salespersonstops the reader in

their tracks and addresses them directly

So you want to know all about me? Well,

stay there and Ill begin
 TYPES OF HOOKS- THE HINTER

3. The Hinterthe subtle approach, drops hints

so the reader has to put the pieces together

It wasnt as if we hated each other. I dont

really think he knew what he was doing. I
wasnt much better.
 TYPES OF HOOKS-
THE WEATHERMAN
4. The Weathermansets the atmosphere

The sky was a shade of midnight, the

pavements shined with drizzle and
reflected lights from lamp-posts and car
headlights. I splashed along in my cozy
rain boots.
 TYPES OF HOOKS- THE PAINTER
5. The Painterpaints a visual image of the
scene

My apple red rain boots shone as they

splashed through the puddles on the black tar
pavement. Multi-colored cars raced past,
cutting through the drizzle and the dark of the
winter night.
 TYPES OF HOOKS- THE COMEDIAN

6. The Comedianthe funny approach

Being splashed by a car moving so

quickly that you are soaked to your
underwear is really funny. Unless it
happens to you.
 TYPES OF HOOKS- THE INTERRUPTER

7. The Interrupterbrings you in during

a conversation.

I cant believe he did that! What

happened next? Liz demanded