CREATIVE
Lesson 1
THEME AND
TECHNIQUES
In this lesson, you are expected to
analyze the theme and techniques
used in a particular text.
Activity 1: Write your understanding on the
elements below. Tell if you think that the elements are still part of
creative nonfiction. Do this in your notebook.
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Creative nonfiction can be classified in history and biography; it might be
instructional; it can offer publication and humor; and it can mull over
philosophical requests.
The essence of originality are well-used in evident occasions,
numerous true to life stories offer unequivocally obstinate editorial
on those genuine occasions. In a short concept, nonfiction deals
with reality
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Creative nonfiction can be described as a hybrid genre that pulls in elements
of fiction (literary techniques), the writer's perspective, and information.
Lee Gutkind (2002) defines creative nonfiction as "a concept that
offers great flexibility and freedom, while adhering to the basic
tenets of nonfiction writing and/or reporting. In creative nonfiction,
writers can be poetic and journalistic simultaneously.
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Facts
Extensive Research
Reportage/Reporting
Personal experience and
opinion
Explanation/ Exposition
Essay Format
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
*Facts
The core of nonfiction is fact. Factual information shall be included in the piece and not a made up
information.
*Extensive Research
Conducting and gathering information through research provide accurate and reliable information that
you may use in writing your nonfiction write-up.
*Reportage/Reporting
Documenting the gathered information like interview and reports helps you keep records and files for
future usages.
*Personal experience and personal opinion.
Since the main source of contents are based from the personal experiences and personal insights of the
writer, it makes an easy way to write a piece.
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
*Explanation/Exposition.
Explaining the story to the reader is expected to attain the objectives of the piece.
*Essay format.
The outputs in creative nonfiction are often in essay format.
Examples: Procedural Essay, Personal Essay, Literary essays, descriptive essay
stories that are based on reality
or sources came from the truth
Creative nonfiction is the literature of fact. Yet,
creative nonfiction writer utilizes many of the
literary devices of fiction writing.
Can you recall
the most common
literary devices?
Storytelling/Narration
The goal, challenges and obstacles, a
turning point, and resolution of the story
Shall be delivered spontaneously to help
the readers understand the flow of the
story.
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Character/Characterization
The main character serves as the core or central
idea of the storyline. The story revolves to the
experiences of the main character with the help
of the other characters.
Setting, atmosphere and
scene
The writer creates scenes that are
action -oriented; include dialogue;
and contain vivid descriptions
Plot and plot structure
These are the main events that make up the story. In a
personal essay, there might be only one event. In a memoir,
there are often several significant events.
Figurative Language
The use of figurative languages helps the writer to
provide aesthetic to the piece. It gives vibrant effect to the story.
Imagery
The use of different sensory images helps also to add color in
writing a nonfiction piece.
Angle/ Point of View
Refers to who is telling or narrating a story
First Person Point of View
Second Person Point of View
Third Person Point of View
Dialogue
This pertains to conversation between two or more
people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
It is the central idea or
universal truth
presented in the work.
Types of Creative
nonfiction
Personal Essay
The writer uses information that is based
on personal experience or a single event
which leads in significant personal
meaning, or a lesson learned that he
encountered.
The writer uses the first person "I".
Memoir
The writer creates a real story within a time or period of life, one that
contributed a significant personal meaning and truth.
The writer uses the first person "I" in the story.
Literary journalism
essay.
The writer creates an output on an issue or topic using the understood
literary devices, such as the elements of fiction and figurative
languages.
Autobiography.
The writer writes his/her own life story, from birth to the present, using
the first person “I.”
Travel Writing
The writer creates article narration about travel using literary devices
and figurative languages
Food writing
The writer crafts stories about food and
cuisine using literary techniques that mat
lead to a review and recommendation
Profiles
The writer constructs life stories of people using literary devices.
The 5'Rs of
Creative
NonFiction
-Lee Gutkind
Creative nonfiction uses a real-life elements. The
writer creates concepts of a story using the vital and
real information about the subject which can be
associated on close attributes of the real
experiences.
1. Real Life Elements
Creative nonfiction lets the writer to engage on his
personal reflection about the subject. After
gathering information, the writer needs to
scrutinize and analyzed the gathered information.
Assessing and considering his ideologies and belief.
2. Reflection
Through this, it will help the writer to be more
factual based.
Creative nonfiction instructs the author to do a
complete research. The author needs to find out
relevant and vital information about the subject. The
writer needs to finish investigating and weighing
information that will be included in the story. 3. Research
Reading while conducting research is not enough.
The writer must recall the components through
reading to improve and make some modifications.
4. Reading
Writing imaginative true to life is both workmanship
and specialty.
The craft of inventive true to life necessitates that
the essayist utilizes his gifts, senses, innovative
capacities, and creative mind to compose
5. Writing
paramount imaginative true to life.
