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La Rinconada Analyze Craft and Structure

This document defines and distinguishes literary nonfiction and literary journalism. [1] Literary nonfiction incorporates literary techniques such as imagery and description into nonfiction writing. [2] Journalism also sometimes includes elements of literary nonfiction, and when it does it is called literary journalism. [3] The key distinction is that literary journalism includes the author's personal thoughts and observations in addition to facts about a topic.

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La Rinconada Analyze Craft and Structure

This document defines and distinguishes literary nonfiction and literary journalism. [1] Literary nonfiction incorporates literary techniques such as imagery and description into nonfiction writing. [2] Journalism also sometimes includes elements of literary nonfiction, and when it does it is called literary journalism. [3] The key distinction is that literary journalism includes the author's personal thoughts and observations in addition to facts about a topic.

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LITERARY NONFICTION

In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness


Marie Arana

Authors who incorporate literary techniques into their nonfiction are using a
type of writing called literary nonfiction. Journalism, or writing that
presents research on a topic for a general audience, often includes elements of
literary nonfiction. When it does, the writing is called literary journalism.
What distinguishes literary journalism from journalism is the inclusion of
literary elements, such as imagery and description, as well as insight into the
author’s own thoughts and observations.

DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions about the use of literary journalism in “In
La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness” below.

1. Is the following sentence an image or a personal observation? Gold no longer rolls


from the mountain in chunks the size of a man’s head (if indeed it ever did). How
can you tell?

2. Why might the author include this personal observation? Wandering the ice-mud
streets of La Rinconada, one can’t help but hope that this gold town’s days are
numbered.

3. Is the following sentence an example of a fact or imagery? In the past six years, its
annual growth has hovered between 6 and 9 percent, rivaling the colossal engines
of China and India. How do you know?

4. What does the author achieve with the following sentence? As Dante might say, let
me guide you through a fascinating circle of hell.

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