Terms to assist in the creative writing process
737054085 | Creative Writing | provides students with the opportunity to play with language, to express emotions, to articulate stories, or to develop a drama for others to enjoy | 1 | |
737054086 | Descriptive | describing the structure of a language, serving to describe or inform or characterized by description, giving details about; illustrating; explaining | 2 | |
737054087 | Sensory Details | words and phrases that create imagery by using the 5 senses, Use of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and textures to convey meaning | 3 | |
737054088 | Tactile | Pertaining to the sense of touch; in descriptive writing words are used to describe how something would feel. | 4 | |
737054089 | Taste | sense involving the tongue where flavors can be detected; in writing words would be used to describe the taste of objects or elements. | 5 | |
737054090 | Visual | relating to or using sight; in writing words that are used to describe how someone or something looks. | 6 | |
737054091 | Auditory | Pertaining to the sense of hearing; in writing these are words that describe what something or someone sounds like. | 7 | |
737054092 | Olfactory | pertaining to the sense of smell; in writing these are words that describe what something or someone may smell like; odors | 8 | |
737054093 | Five Senses | sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell | 9 | |
737054094 | Imagery | The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, thing, place, or experience | 10 | |
737055353 | Haiku | a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons. Can sometimes be found in 3-5-3 | 11 |