Year 8 Creative Writing

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Year 8 Creative Writing


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RULE #1

SHOW

DONT

TELL


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IMAGERY

Remember that the purpose of CREATIVE WRITING is notto tell the responder what to see, feel or hear. But use

words to allow responders to create their own imagery.

There are five different types of imagery:


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Imagine the oldest person you know

Create a mind map of images you associatewith that person or stereotype

Oldestperson

your know

Sights Sounds

TastesSmells

Tactile


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HOMEWORK

Using your brainstorming ideas, prestend youhave just walked into a room that the personyou brainstormed about lives in or is in.

describe what you see, hear, smell, feel, taste.

When I opened the door the first thing that hitme was


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Sound Imagery

SOUND

Alliteration Assonance

Onomatopoeia


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Visual Imagery

Beware the Clich

Metaphors

Similes

Personification

Symbolism


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HOW?

Simile

Comparison using like, as or than.

Metaphor

Comparison that asks us to picture

one as if it is another Personification

A type of metaphor in which non-living (inanimate) things aregiven human qualities

Symbolism

The use of a concrete object torepresent an abstract idea. Yourwords or phrases can have adouble meaning.

AlliterationThe repetition of the same

consonantsound.

Assonance

The repetition of the samevowelsound.

OnomatopoeiaWords that echo the sound of

the action.

RhymeWhen the endings of words or

lines sound the same.


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RULE #2

KNOW

YOUR

ENDING


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RULE #2: Know your ending

Know the end before you begin.

like buying a train ticket, if you know whereyoure going, you will take the right steps toget there.


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WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A

NARRATIVE?

1.

2.

3.

4.


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THE STORY GRAPH

Action begins

Build-up

Tension scene

CLIMAX

RESOLUTION

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ORIENTATION

Plot unfolds -

Quest revealed


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FIND A STORYLINEChristopher Booker The

Seven Basic Plots: Overcoming the Monster

Rags to Riches The Quest

Voyage and Return Comedy

Tragedy Rebirth.

(Find examples for each fromyour own experience)

Another interpretation:

[wo]man vs. nature [wo]man vs. man

[wo]man vs. theenvironment

[wo]man vs.machines/technology

[wo]man vs. thesupernatural

[wo]man vs. self

[wo]man vs. god/religion

We tend to tell variations of the same stories over and over because they have theirbasis in human psychology. These are the stories we identify with.

The main character (the one the audience identifies with most and cares about most)is called the protagonist


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CREATING CHARACTER

To SHOW rather than TELL a reader about theircharacters, writers:

SHOW the objects around them

SHOW the way the character does things(body language)

SHOWs what the character looks like lets the reader speak or what they are

thinking


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ACTIVITY

Read the following text in the next slide andconsider how elements of Eugenies characterare being introduced.

Annotate the passage highlighting whichparts reveal: OBJECTS; ACTIONS;APPEARANCE; SPEECH

l k d d h h i d h


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He liked Eugenies room. It was untidy. There was the piano open and her teawith the cup half full as usual, and the branches of withering red and yellowleaves stuck about the place in vases. She liked flowers. He was glad he hadremembered to bring her his usual gift, and he held the flower wrapped in tissuepaper in front of him. But why was the room so full of smoke?

A gust blew in. Both windows were open and the smoke was being blown in fromthe garden. He walked to the window and looked out. There was Eugenie tossingwhole armfuls of dead leaves onto a bonfire. She jerked them as high as shecouldand the fire blazed up. A great fan of red flame flung out.

Thats dangerous! he called

Eugenie saw him and raised a hand in welcome, waving with excitement.

Stay where you are! she cried. Im coming

Through a cloud of smoke she hurried towards him with both armsoutstretched. She was extremely handsome; she has great dark eyes like a

foreigner, and a nose with a ripple in it.Im having a bonfire, she said, her eyes glowing, her hair looping down,thats why Im all blown about.

She was untidy, like her room, and just like the fire, cracklingly alive.

From The Years by Virginia Woolf


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Writing TASK: Creating Character

Will take less than 10 minutes!!!!

Step 1 (2 minutes)

Write about your characters space: it can be their room; home;backyard; balcony

Focus on three or four key objects and consider what they revealabout the character

Eg. Eugenies room. It was very untidy. There was a piano open andher tea with the cup half full as usual, and branches of withering redand yellow leaves stuck about the place in vases. She liked flowersnotice that these are simple everyday, even random objects, buttogether create the impression that Eugenie is untidy.

In your opening lines, do not let the reader see your character yet! If you have someone that can read it and give you feedback, do

that! Explain to them what the objects signify


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Step 2 (2 minutes)

Now show your reader your character is doingfrom a distance. Your character doesnt knowthat we can see them being unaware ofbeing watched, your character will be morenatural.

Make them do a particular action in a specialway



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Step 3 (2 minutes) Now tell your reader what your character looks like. Dont focus only on appearance! You should either (or

do both): Make them move as you write about them: Eugenie

hurried towards him with her arms outstretched(shows us she is friendly towards the man)

Make something about them move: her hair looped

down.(what this convey?) Let the reader hear something your character says.

Consider vocabulary and HOW they say it

Writing TASK: Creating CharacterWill take less than 10 minutes!!!!


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Step 4

Finish your introduction to your characterwith a statement about how you feel abouther (evaluative): She was as untidy, like herroom, and just like the fire, crackling alive




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Now show this to a friend/parent/sibling and getfeedback



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