creative nonfiction

4. Introduction to
Creative Non-
Fiction

5. Learning Competency:
1. Identify dominant literary
conventions of a particular
genre.
2.Compare and contrast how the
elements are used in the
different genres.

6. CREATIVE NONFICTION
Nonfiction is a true story
told in a literary way where
plot, character development,
and dialogue are as
important as the facts and
research.

7. CREATIVE NONFICTION
Creative Nonfiction has many
names. 1. Narrative Nonfiction
2. The literature of fact
3. The fourth genre
4. The Literature of reality
5. Literary journalism

8. Brief history of
Creative Nonfiction

9. •16th century French
writer
•Coined the term
“essais” to write
about himself
introspectively

10. LEE GUTKIND
Creative nonfiction allows a
writer to employ the
diligence of a reporter, the
shifting voices and
viewpoints of a novelist,
the refined wordplay of a
poet, and the analytical
modes of the essayist.

11. Reasons for writing
Creative Nonfiction

12. 1. You want to write a family history or a
journal for future generations.
2. You want to share exciting, painful, or
extraordinary experiences.
3. You just had a profound realization or
insight about an important subject.
4. You have survived a difficult childhood
or adulthood.

13. 5. You want to preserve your feelings
and emotions about an experience.
6. You want to give hope or inspiration
to other people.

15. FICTION
Characters
are based on
real people.
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Characters
are real
people.

16. FICTION
Character
personalities
are a
combination of
qualities
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
The personalities
of the characters
are as they are in
real life.

17. FICTION
Dialogue can be
made up.
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Dialogue is
verbatim or
recreated to the
best of the
author’s ability.

18. FICTION
The plot can be
made up long
the way
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Events truly
happened.
Written as
accurately and
truthful as
possible.

19. FICTION CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Research may be
used when
necessary.

20. CREATIVE NONFICTION

21. Directions: Identify
if the following
descriptions
pertain to FICTION
or NONFICTION

22. 1. Characters are
based on real
people.
FICTION

23. 2. Dialogue is word-
for-word or
recreated as
accurately as
possible.
NONFICTION

24. 3. Research is
encouraged to
ensure accuracy.
NONFICTION

25. Short Forms of
CREATIVE
NONFICTION

26. Short forms of Creative Nonfiction
Word count is
typically
around 750-
5,000 words

27. Short forms of Creative Nonfiction
•Personal essay
•Lyrical essay
•Travel essay or
article
•Food article

28. Short forms of Creative Nonfiction
•Profile
•Literary journalism
•Science and nature
writing
•Mosaic, vignette, or
hybrid piece

29. Longer Forms
of
CREATIVE
NONFICTION

30. Longer forms of Creative Nonfiction
Longer forms of
nonfiction are
usually in “book
length- 50,000 -
100,000 words”

31. Longer forms of Creative Nonfiction
•Memoirs
•Autobiography
•Biography
•Nonfiction
“novels”

32. Activity:
Write a
memoire of
your most
significant life
event.
3-5 paragraphs

34. MEMOIRE
A memoir is a
narrative, written
from the
perspective of the
author, about an
important part of
their life.

35. MEMOIRE
Memoirs still include all
the facts of the event,
but the author has more
flexibility here because
she is telling a story as
she remembers it, not
as others can prove or
disprove it.

36. TYPES OF MEMOIRE
Confessional memoirs
The author shares painful
or difficult secrets about
themselves or their family
and how it has affected
them.

37. TYPES OF MEMOIRE
Professional or celebrity
memoirs
cover important
moments in the author’s
rise to fame and
success.

38. TYPES OF MEMOIRE
Travel memoirs
let us escape with the
author and learn about a
time and place through
their experiences.

39. LESSON 1
•Literary Genres and
Conventions

43. There are two kinds of words:
• Literal word means exactly
as it says.
• Ex. The dictionary defines
the apple as a round, red,
or green edible fruit.

44. Non-Literal Languange is figurative
or the transfer of a different meaning
to the literal word.
Ex. The apple can be used in a
saying “an apple a day keeps the
doctor away” which promotes
good health.

46. • French word means the
classification of the variety and
diversity.
• tacit bond between the writer and
the reader.
• shapes the writer’s writing habits
to fulfill the reader’s expectations.

47. •Literary Genre- is a type or
category or literature

48. 1. Fiction is a believable
make-believe story. It is
usually written in the form
of a short story and the
longer novel.

51. 2. Non-Fiction refers to literature based
in fact. It’s the broadest category of
literature. This includes different
categories including biography, business,
cooking, health and fitness, pets, crafts,
home decorating, languages, travel,
religion, art and music,,history,crime
science, and humor.

54. 3. Poetry is writing using
languange and sounds special
ways to express ideas.

56. 4. Drama is a unique and distinctive
genre of literature presented by
actors/actresses on a stage through
dialogue/monologue. It is a story
acted through the combination of
performance, music, dance, props,
etc.

60. Write a four-line stanza
poem using this title, I am.
In this short poem, write
about about yourself-your
character, fears, and virtues.
You can also write about your
dreams and aspirations.