ENG/340 - Creative Writing

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to expand students’ imaginative writing processes. Students produce original creative works that demonstrate a developed understanding and implementation of creative techniques in various genres of creative writing.

This undergraduate course is 5 weeks.

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Course Objectives

Creativity, Generating Ideas, and the Writing Process

• Compare techniques for generating ideas.
• Apply various techniques for generating ideas.
• Explain the creative writing process.

Poetic Language and Structure

• Use imagery to generate meaning, emotion, and aesthetic effect.
• Use metaphor to generate meaning, emotion, and aesthetic effect.
• Use line breaks to generate meaning, emotion, and aesthetic effect.
• Use rhythm to generate meaning, emotion, and aesthetic effect.
• Use rhyme to generate meaning, emotion, and aesthetic effect.

Fiction Techniques

• Identify dramatic effect, character development, and point of view as primary techniques for writing fiction.
• Plot a short story for dramatic effect.
• Develop characters to engage readers.
• Use a point of view appropriate to your story.

Writing The Personal Essay

• Identify the elements of a personal essay.
• Structure a personal essay for emotional and aesthetic impact.
• Apply style and voice for emotional and aesthetic impact.
• Give appropriate peer feedback to guide revision.

Feedback and Final Analysis

• Apply peer and instructor feedback to guide revision.
• Synthesize how the writing process differs according to genre.

Notes

A prerequisite is required for this course. The purpose of a prerequisite is to ensure students have the knowledge and/or skills needed to be successful in the course. Students are required to provide proof of prerequisite during the enrollment/registration process. To meet to a course prerequisite requirement, a student must have successfully completed the prerequisite course at University of Phoenix, provide proof via transcript of completing a comparable course (at least 75% match) or higher level course with at least a grade of C at another institution or have a University of Phoenix approved Student Appeal on file with the University.

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Required Materials

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