21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

2. EMERGING TRENDS IN PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE: CREATIVE NONFICTION

3. CREATIVE NONFICTION IS SEEN MORE AS A CATEGORY OR A
METHOD OF CLASSIFICATION, TO DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM
OTHER TYPES OF ESSAYS.

4. FOR A WORK TO BE CONSIDERED CREATIVE NONFICTION, IT
MUST USE CREATIVE WRITING TECHNIQUES MORE
COMMONLY TECHNIQUES FOUND IN FICTION.

5. ESSAYS THAT HAVE CLEAR NARRATIVE ELEMENTS, OR USE
FICTION TECHNIQUES SUCH AS DIALOGUE OR
CHARACTERIZATION, ARE CLASSIFIED AS CREATIVE
NONFICTION.

6. THE ELEMENTS SUCH AS DESCRIPTION, NARRATION,
ANECDOTES, CHARACTERISTICS, DIALOGUE, AND INSIGHTS,
ALL THESE TOGETHER MAKE FOR AN ESSAY.

7. DESCRIPTION
IT IS THE IMPRESSION OF A PERSON, OBJECT, OR EVENT THAT
ENABLES THE READER TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT IS
BEING
DESCRIBED.

8. NARRATION
IT IS THE ACT OF TELLING THE STORY.

9. ANECDOTE
THIS REFERS TO A SHORT STORY BASED ON TRUE ACCOUNTS.

10. DIALOGUE
IT REFERS TO A CONVERSATION FOUND IN WRITTEN WORKS
SUCH AS
BOOKS PLAY OR FILMS.

11. INSIGHT
IT IS THE EXPANSION OF UNDERSTANDING GAINED BY THE
NARRATOR OR THE READER.

12. BIOGRAPHY
IT IS USUALLY WRITTEN HISTORY OF A PERSON’S LIFE.

13. CREATIVE NONFICTION
THIS REFERS TO A GENRE OF WRITING THAT USES LITERARY
STYLES AND
TECHNIQUES TO CREATE FACTUALLY ACCURATE NARRATIVES.

14. CHARACTERISTICS
THESE ARE THE MENTAL AND MORAL QUALITIES THAT MAKE
SOMEONE DISTINCTIVE.

15. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
IT IS THE BIOGRAPHY OF A PERSON NARRATED BY HIMSELF
OR HERSELF.

16. ESSAY
IT IS A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF A SUBJECT IN PROSE, USUALLY
EXPRESSING PERSONAL OR LIMITED VIEW OF THE TOPIC.

17. FIVE BROTHERS, ONE MOTHER
FROM “MANY MANSIONS”
BY EXIE ABOLA