Writing Exercises

No. 1 Writing a Cinquain

A quick creative writing tool to use to capture a thought, learning or feeling. Try it – it’s fun!
The first line is one word (a noun/the topic)

The second line is two words (2 adjectives that describe the first word)

The third line is three action words (3 -ly adverbs or –ing verbs)

The fourth line is four words to express a feeling (a 4 word phrase)

The last line is one word (a synonym or adjective that refers to the first word)

Here’s my first one:

Painting
Luscious, Delicious
Shiny touchy sparkly
Imagination totally on fire
Joy!
(I didn’t say it had to be good!)

Here’s a link to some better Cinquains at Cinquian.org

Here’s a link to some variations on Cinquain patterns