Aguila, Augusto Antonio A.,
Wording the world : the art of creative writing for senior high school / Augusto Antonio A. Aguila, Ralph Semino Galàn, and John Jeck G. Wigley, authors ; Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo ; reviewer. - Revised edition. - Quezon City, Philippines : C&E Publishing, Inc., c2021. - vii, 326 pages : colored illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.
Unit 1 Getting started with creative writing -- Lesson 1 Creative writing & academic writing -- Lesson 2 The use of imagery -- Lesson 3 Using analogies -- Lesson 4 Diction: the effective use of words -- Lesson 5 The effective use of sentences -- Lesson 6 Descriptive writing and narrative writing -- Unit 2 Writing fiction -- Lesson 1 Character -- Lesson 2 Point of view -- Lesson 3 Plot -- Lesson 4 Setting and atmosphere -- Lesson 5 Literary concerns: theme and symbol -- Unit 3 Writing drama -- Lesson 1 Plot and the dramatic structure -- Lesson 2 Setting -- Lesson 3 Character -- Lesson 4 Dialogue -- Unit 4 Writing poetry -- Chapter 1 Imagery and the imagination: painting pictures using words -- Lesson 1 Concreteness versus abstraction -- Lesson 2 The particular versus the universal -- Lesson 3 Figurative language versus literal language -- Lesson 4 Similes, metaphors, and other kinds of trope -- Chapter 2 Rhythm and rhyme: making music using sound devices -- Lesson 1 Voice and tone, mood and atmosphere: the confluence of sounds and emotions -- Lesson 2 Rhymes and rhyme schemes: the correspondence of sounds -- Lesson 3 Rhythm and meter: the heartbeat of poetry -- Lesson 4 Alliteration, assonance, and other kinds of rhetorical figures -- Chapter 3 Diction and form: best words, best order -- Lesson 1 Word choice: diction and the dictionary -- Lesson 2 Western poetic forms: sonnet,ode, elegy, villanelle -- Lesson 3 Eastern poetic forms: haiku, tanka, tanaga, diona -- Lesson 4 Nonconventional forms of poetry: free verse, prose poetry, concrete poetry, performance poetry.
"Wording of the world: The Art of Creative Writing is both a textbook that introduces the basics of creative writing and a workbook, that provides writing prompts, tips, and writing exercises. It intends to develop the students' creative and critical thinking skills through the reading and writing of fiction, drama, and poetry as well as the application of creative writing techniques. The book starts with unit that introduces the art of creative writing and practical elements that every creative writer should pay attention to. The following three units comprehensively discuss fiction, drama, and poetry. Unit introductions present these genres to familiarize students with literary elements. Each unit contains lessons that focus in specific aspects of the genre and includes creative writing techniques for students to apply in their own writing."--Preface
Adolescence
Text in English
9789719816683 [paperback]
Creative writing.
Authorship.
Wording the world : the art of creative writing for senior high school / Augusto Antonio A. Aguila, Ralph Semino Galàn, and John Jeck G. Wigley, authors ; Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo ; reviewer. - Revised edition. - Quezon City, Philippines : C&E Publishing, Inc., c2021. - vii, 326 pages : colored illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.
Unit 1 Getting started with creative writing -- Lesson 1 Creative writing & academic writing -- Lesson 2 The use of imagery -- Lesson 3 Using analogies -- Lesson 4 Diction: the effective use of words -- Lesson 5 The effective use of sentences -- Lesson 6 Descriptive writing and narrative writing -- Unit 2 Writing fiction -- Lesson 1 Character -- Lesson 2 Point of view -- Lesson 3 Plot -- Lesson 4 Setting and atmosphere -- Lesson 5 Literary concerns: theme and symbol -- Unit 3 Writing drama -- Lesson 1 Plot and the dramatic structure -- Lesson 2 Setting -- Lesson 3 Character -- Lesson 4 Dialogue -- Unit 4 Writing poetry -- Chapter 1 Imagery and the imagination: painting pictures using words -- Lesson 1 Concreteness versus abstraction -- Lesson 2 The particular versus the universal -- Lesson 3 Figurative language versus literal language -- Lesson 4 Similes, metaphors, and other kinds of trope -- Chapter 2 Rhythm and rhyme: making music using sound devices -- Lesson 1 Voice and tone, mood and atmosphere: the confluence of sounds and emotions -- Lesson 2 Rhymes and rhyme schemes: the correspondence of sounds -- Lesson 3 Rhythm and meter: the heartbeat of poetry -- Lesson 4 Alliteration, assonance, and other kinds of rhetorical figures -- Chapter 3 Diction and form: best words, best order -- Lesson 1 Word choice: diction and the dictionary -- Lesson 2 Western poetic forms: sonnet,ode, elegy, villanelle -- Lesson 3 Eastern poetic forms: haiku, tanka, tanaga, diona -- Lesson 4 Nonconventional forms of poetry: free verse, prose poetry, concrete poetry, performance poetry.
"Wording of the world: The Art of Creative Writing is both a textbook that introduces the basics of creative writing and a workbook, that provides writing prompts, tips, and writing exercises. It intends to develop the students' creative and critical thinking skills through the reading and writing of fiction, drama, and poetry as well as the application of creative writing techniques. The book starts with unit that introduces the art of creative writing and practical elements that every creative writer should pay attention to. The following three units comprehensively discuss fiction, drama, and poetry. Unit introductions present these genres to familiarize students with literary elements. Each unit contains lessons that focus in specific aspects of the genre and includes creative writing techniques for students to apply in their own writing."--Preface
Adolescence
Text in English
9789719816683 [paperback]
Creative writing.
Authorship.