Creative Writing Class Exercise

I. Alliteration and Assonance - 10 words close in sound relation

1. Modest Mouse

2. Cool Cat

3. Dumb Dog

4. Insistent Inquiry

5. Aggravated Assault

6. Quirky work

7. Tacky Jacket

8. Lovely Lace

9. Oncoming Storm

10. Holy Roller

II. Metaphors/similes for life - List of 10 real-life events, but said in a different way
1. Conception - You are the result of the joining of stardust.

2. Birth - The slimy emergence from the dark cave.

3. First word - Her cry for momma was more like a monkey’s screech.

4. First Step - She made her panda’s wobble across the floor.

5. First Day of School - Abandoned for a journey into the big unknown.

6. Driving Lessons - Free as an awkward, fledgling newly kicked from the nest...

7. First Job - indentured servitude

8. Being in Love - head over heels

9. Breaking friendship - I lost my arm or a chunk of my heart.

10. Loss of parent/mentor - I am an empty shell, washed, worn and left on the beach.

III. Lyrics and Musicality - Find a song, a catchy song; re-write the lyrics but stick to the rhythm and meter. Off-topic from the original idea.

Re Write of Ellie Goulding’s “Burn”

“Cake”

When, when I’ve got a sweet tooth craving

I start the oven, and I bring out some sugar for icing

They, they gonna see us from outer space, outer space

Light it up, because we’re going to bake a cake, cake

You get the eggs and the flour and get ready to stir

Milk, salt, and vanilla and some chocolate powder
And it’s easiest with an electric mixer

'Cause we’re baking cake, cake, cake

Yeah we’re baking cake, cake, cake

Don’tcha let it burn, burn, burn, burn

We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn

Don’tcha let it burn, burn, burn, burn

We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn