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  • Description
    A type of writing wherein the writer creates a picture of what something or someone is like
  • Exposition
    A kind of writing used to explain, show, or tell something about a subject. This is also considered as the most common type of everyday writing
  • Creative writing
    A type of writing that uses language imaginatively
  • Reasons to indulge in Creative Writing
    • To convey a message
    • To reveal a secret
    • To satisfy my soul
    • To gain knowledge
  • Scene

    The basic indivisible unit where the action takes place (in writing fiction)
  • Baby seals, by nature of their size and weakness, are easily devoured by sharks
  • Flash fiction
    A type of fiction writing which is a subgenre of short story characterized by limited word length between 250 to 1000 words
  • Microfiction
    The shortest version of fiction writing
  • Short story
    Offers restriction in length of anywhere between 7,500 – 20,000 words, and can be read in one sitting
  • Denouement
    Another word for "resolution" in a short story's plot
  • Novella
    Novels that are often shorter than usual
  • Form and structure
    The way a piece is written
  • Rags to Riches

    The all-time favorite "Cinderella" is classified as this type of story
  • Character
    According to John Gardner, this is the heart and mind of a story – it is what makes it live
  • Creative nonfiction
    A type of writing which remains truthful to facts while delivering them using literary devices to tell them well
  • Tragedy
    A type of drama in which the protagonist meets a calamitous end
  • Music in drama
    Everything that can be heard
  • Exposition
    The part of the plot that provides background information about the drama itself
  • Spectacle
    The element in drama that refers to everything that is seen
  • Simple paragraph in prose writing
    Often composed of topic, supporting, and concluding sentences