Chapter 1 - Key Words
There are a few key words and vocabulary terms in Chapter 1. Please list two of the terms and their definitions in the comments box.
Images - American History Looks for Light - A Prayer for the Survival of Barack Obama by Roger Bonair - Agard
American History Looks for Light - A Prayer for the Survival of Barack Obama by Roger Bonair - Agard Discussion Questions: Identify the images used in this poem. You may refer to chapter 2 of Imaginative Writing and your class partner (s) for assistance. Consider how to the images in this poem appeal to the senses of the reader. Identify at least two concrete, significant details. Identify one figure of speech that enhances the ways this poet used images. Be "Reader of a Writerly Kind" In the comments box below, write about one of your favorite images in the poem and why it appealed to you as "a reader of a writerly kind". This answer should only be 2-3 sentences. Best practices include drafting the statement using word software and posting the revised answer into the comments box below.
“All writing is autobiographical” “we dont play enough”
ReplyDeleteCamden Hedrick
Deleteinsofar- To the degree or extent
ReplyDeletecapacious- roomy
Genre: Different kinds or forms of literature- nonfiction, poetry, fiction, and drama.
ReplyDeleteFocused freewrite: Pick a topic and focus on it. Write for five to ten minutes.
-Donovan Bender.
Freewrite- "automatic writing", without any plan whatsoever of what you are going to write.
ReplyDeleteFocused freewrite- focusing on a specific topic and writing whatever comes to mind about it, in any order.
Freewrite - write without any plan whatsoever. Write anything that comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteFocused Freewrite - pick a topic and focus on it, write anything that comes to mind about that topic.
Motion poetry, imaginative writing, and prose poem.
ReplyDeleteMotion poetry-poet to artist in moving image. Imaginative writing- anything goes before finish something. Prose poem-lyric or story
Delete^Olivia Carter
DeleteFocused Freewrite: When you pick a topic and focus on it, and write for 5-10 minutes non-stop.
ReplyDeleteBrainstorm: Starting with a question or idea and then writing anything around it to prepare for whatever project you are planning.
free write- when you sit down and just start writing without thinking about what you are writing too much and just writing what comes to you. This warms you up for writing.
ReplyDeletefocused free write- when you set a timer for say ten minutes or so and make yourself write whatever comes to mind in that allowed time and freely express your thoughts on paper. This is also a warm up of sorts
Kate Henderson
free write- sitting down and writing ANYTHING you want to. Flow of consciousness, no direction, anything that comes to you, write it down.
ReplyDeletefocused free write- pick a topic, and then free write about this specific topic.
Freewriting- also called "automatic writing", is where sit wherever you are and write about anything that comes to mind. in most cases, it doesn't matter where you are or what you write about as there is no form or structure.
ReplyDeleteBrainstorming- this happens by asking the question, "what if?" and by using that question to derive an idea about possible answers. This is helpful to let your mind run free.
- Mackenzee Gearhart
Free write: Writing whatever comes to your mind without worrying about form or making sense.
ReplyDeleteBrainstorm: Thinking of anything you possibly can to answer a question, solve a problem, or just to get ideas.
Staid- sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.
ReplyDeleteMoiling- working hard
“ carry me “ take me
ReplyDelete“Motion poetry “ matches poet to artist in moving image
Keili Martin
"Your journal is totally forgiving" "It's impossible to tell the truth"
ReplyDeleteGenre is different forms of literature
ReplyDeletegenre: forms of literature
ReplyDeletefocused free-write: writing about 1 specific topic. anything that comes to your mind about THE topic you write it down.
Brainstorm- Absolutely anything that pops into your head- ideas, situations, connections, solutions and images.
ReplyDeleteMotion Poetry- Matches poet to artist in moving image.
Free write - automatic writing
ReplyDeleteFocused free write - choosing a topic and you keep writing.
^ - Anthony Nguyen
Delete- "You never 'catch' an experience; you are able to recast it through writing."
ReplyDelete- Freewrite: automatic writing
Capacious- having a lot of space inside; roomy.
ReplyDeleteCajole-persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flatter
This was mine
DeleteScanty- small in quantity
ReplyDeletePlucky- having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties
Imaginative- writing that expresses the writer's ideas and emotions in an unique way. choreographers- a composer, usually for dancing.
ReplyDeletetranscendent- exceptional
ReplyDeletefreewrite- writing without a plan
Zoe Brewer
Genre: different kinds or forms of literature; certain traditions within fiction
ReplyDeleteInterstitial Fiction: fiction that mixes genres; intertwining two or more traditions within fiction
Writing- the translation of experience or thought into words is of itself an imaginative process
ReplyDeleteGenre- certain traditions within fiction, western, spy story, romance, horror
Freewrite -Writing without any plan whatsoever of what your are going to write. Genre - Different Kinds or forms of literature.
ReplyDeleteGenre: refers to different kinds or forms of literatures as well as traditions in fiction.
ReplyDeleteMotion poetry: poetry that conveys a moving image.
Complexity- the state or quality of being intricate or complicated
ReplyDeleteFalsity- the fact of being untrue, incorrect or insincere
genre - different kinds or forms of literature
ReplyDeletefree-write - automatic writing
“It’s impossible to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in words, because words are of a different form than experience, and their choice is determined by the vast array of cultural and personal influences” : (definition) different words hold different meanings based off of how somebody has experienced them or what experience that person has behind the words that are chosen to be used.
ReplyDeleteEmotional undertow : (definition) that feeling exists in such a weak form that you are hardly aware of it, but it influences the way you think or behave
- Jackson Klein
Free write-automatic writing, without a plan
ReplyDeleteGenre- a category of artistic composition
Focused freewrite: pick a topic and focus on it. write for five or ten minutes, saying anything at all about it, in any order.
ReplyDeleteFree Write: on a regular schedule or at any time sit down and write without any plan about what youre going to write or how youre going to write.
Abby Ford
Habit- a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.
ReplyDeleteFreewrite - writing without any plan whatsoever.
“Genre” - different kinds of forms or literature or certain traditions within fiction.
ReplyDelete“Focused free write” - picking a topic and focusing on it, writing anything at all in no particular order.
Genre- The different kinds or forms of literature- non fiction, poetry, fiction, drama, ect.
ReplyDeleteFreewrite- "automatic writing". Either on a regular schedule or at frequent intervals, sitting down and
write without any plan.
Genre:
ReplyDelete1) different kinds or forms of literature (ex: nonfiction, poetry, fiction, drama, etc)
2) certain traditions within fiction (ex: western, detective, spy, romance, sci-fi, horror)
Using the world: these can be personal experiences with your own feelings and problems but they have to involve outward experiences. Meaning that you have to observe these feelings in the outside world, some sort of conflict that is external rather than internal.
Madelyn Curriera
Deletefocused freewrite- when you focus on one topic and write nonstop for 5 or 10 minutes.
ReplyDeletescanty - a small quantity of something
Emma Caudill
DeleteGenre-different kinds of literature
ReplyDeleteFocused free write-choosing a topic and just writing what comes to mind for a set amount of time
freewrite- automatic writing, writing without any plan
ReplyDeletebrainstorm- a problem solving technique for imaginative writing, start with a question and finish it with anything that pops in your head
Freewrite - write without any plan whatsoever. Write anything that comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteMotion poetry- poetry that conveys a moving image or scene
Avery Gulgren
ReplyDeleteUndertow- an emotion or influence that leaves an impression
Focused Free write- focusing on one thing and writing all and everything about it.
Genre: different kinds of literature: poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction
ReplyDeleteStaid: sedate, respectable, and unadventurous
Isabelle faulkner
Imaginative - having or showing creativity or inventiveness.
ReplyDeleteWriting - activity of marking coherent words on paper and composing text.
Creative writing-Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics.
ReplyDeleteAmbition-
a strong desire to do or to achieve something
“Carry me” take me
ReplyDeleteFocused Freewrite- picking something to write about and directing all attention to that
ReplyDeleteBrainstorm- a problem solving technique to generate energy for imaginative writing
Bella Hardin
Genre: Refers to the certain traditions within fiction such as western, romance etc. as well as the type of writing such as poetry, nonfiction.
ReplyDeleteMotion Poetry: matches poet to artist in a moving image.
Focused Freewrite- Focus on a certain topic and write what your mind comes up with for 5-10 minutes.
ReplyDeleteBrainstorm- Start with a topic and or idea, and write down, situations, smells, feelings, solutions, images, anything that pops into your head. This helps with coming up with ideas
Oliver King
Freewrite- automatic writing; writing without a plan
ReplyDeleteBrainstorm- technique to generate energy for creative writing
Vitality- the state of being strong and active; energy. Experience- practical contact with and observation of facts or events.
ReplyDeleteFreewrite- "automatic writing" sitting down and writing without any plan whatsoever, write anything that comes to your head. Doesn't matter what it is, just what comes to your head.
ReplyDeletefocussed free write- pick a topic and focus on it, write for five or ten minutes, saying anything at all about it. Nothing at all, in any order.
"The progress of any writer": Internalizing criticism we all are anticipating and become too harsh on ourselves during the writing process due to this
ReplyDelete"slipstream or Interstitial fiction": pressing the boundaries of fiction and reality involving both real statistics and false reality.
Genre: refers to the different kinds or forms of literature
ReplyDeleteFreewrite: automatic writing in which you write anything that you can think of
Genre: A specific type of literature, for example nonfiction
ReplyDeleteFocused Free Write: taking one topic and drawing all of your attention to it for a set amount of time and letting your mind compose all of your unique ideas.
Focused free write: Pick a topic to focus on and write anything about it for 5-10 minutes
ReplyDeleteInsofar- very spacious; roomy
Interstitial: occurring in or being an interval or intervening space or segment
ReplyDeleteLiterary Sophisticate: a person who has a lot of knowledge about the world and about culture, art, literature
--Callie McBrierty
DeleteFocused Free Write: When you write about anything that you want for 5-10 minutes without a break.
ReplyDeleteBrainstorm: Starting with a “what if” and then problem solving around that question in order to get ideas.
"it's impossible to tell the truth" - there is no such thing as a true story. All writing is from the imagination. The pleasure of writing is discovering what the purpose is. Someone's personal experience will shape their writing.
ReplyDelete"take apart a piece of literature" - look at other writers writing strategies and apply them to your own work. Taking pieces from other writings will teach you a better way to reproduce your writing.
Brainstorm: Starting with the question of "what if?" and free-associating around it.
ReplyDeleteFreewrite: Writing without any plan whatsoever of what you're going to write.
Vitality: The state of being strong and active.
ReplyDeleteStrenuous: Requiring or using great exertion.
Genre: different types of literature
ReplyDeleteBrainstorm: Start with a question/topic and write down anything that pops into your mind
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ReplyDeleteFreewrite: Writing without a plan, or thought, on what your writing will be about
DeleteBrainstorm: Starting with a "what if" question and writing whatever thoughts come from that question
Freewrite - writing without a plan of what your are going to write, writing anything that comes into your head
ReplyDeleteFocused freewrite - writing on one specific topic for a short set amount of time
splay: spread (things, especially limbs) out and apart
ReplyDeletemotion poetry: matches poet to artist in moving image
haley kolinski
ReplyDeletefocused free-write-pick a topic and focus on it. write for ten minutes and say anything-anything at all.
brainstorm- start with the question what if? this is a problem solving technique.
Apotheosis- the highest point of something; Climax
ReplyDeleteInquisitive- curious or inquiring
"we are used to moiling at it until its perfect or new," moiling- to work hard.
ReplyDelete"you are in fact a literary sophisticate,' Literally sophisticate- make someone more sophisticated
Charlotte pesek
Genre: The different kinds of literature and how it is used, but also traditions in fiction.
ReplyDeleteBrainstorming: A problem solving technique in which you can generate ideas.
Freewrite- Considered automatic writing, either on a regular schedule or at frequent intervals; sitting down to write without any plan of what you are going to write
ReplyDeleteBrainstorm- A problem solving technique that can also generate energy for imaginative writing
Encyclopedic- comprehension in terms of information.
ReplyDeleteRelating to or containing names of famous people and places and information about words that is not simply linguistic.
Genre - genre has two meanings,non fiction, fiction. Another meaning could be romance,horror, drama.
Freewrite: To write anything that comes into your head, also called “automatic writing”.
ReplyDeleteBrainstorm: A problem solving technique that is used to come up with new ideas.
Gabriel Roman
Forecasting- predict or estimate
ReplyDeleteIndulging- allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of
“Genre- refers to the different kinds of forms or literature-nonfiction, poetry, fiction, drama and so forth”
ReplyDelete“Criticize- .indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.”
Genre: the many different types of literature, basically categories of writing.
ReplyDeletefree-write: the most pure form of writing, all things that come to mind you right down, not really any structure. just the human brain and paper.
Luminous- A very bright light or burst of light that is visible to the eye.
ReplyDeleteCommemorate- To gather and to recall or show respect to someone or something.
BRANDON FIGUEROA
ReplyDeleteApotheosis- the highest point in the development of something
Interstitial fiction - fiction that mixes genres, in particular, fiction that interleaves the realistic and the fantastic
Imaginative Writing: "assumes that you will play before you work-dance before performing, doodle before fiddling with... anything goes before finish something."
ReplyDeleteImaginative Process: The translation of experience or thought into words is of itself an imaginative process
- Insofar: a type of skill writing that can only be learned by doing. Is a type of writing that is inspired.
ReplyDelete- Apotheosis: the highest point / development of something; climax.