5. Learning Task 1:
Directions:
1. Using the K-W-L chart, write down on the
first column (K) 5 things you know about
Creative Nonfiction
2. On the second column, write the things
that you want to learn about the said word.
3. Leave the last column blank as you will do
this on the latter part of the lesson.
4. Do this in your notebook.
7. WHAT IS CREATIVE NON-
FICTION?
Nonfiction is a wide kind of
compositions that incorporates all
books that are not established in an
anecdotal account.
8. WHAT IS CREATIVE NON-
FICTION?
Creative nonfiction can be
classified in history and biography.
it might be instructional;
it can offer publication and humor;
and
9. WHAT IS CREATIVE NON-
FICTION?
it can mull over philosophical
requests.
If a book is not delved in a made-up
story, by then it is certified.
10. When you are reading or
encountering stories that are
based from reality or
sources came from the truth,
you can simply tell that it is
creative nonfiction.
11. Creative nonfiction (also known
as literary nonfiction or narrative
nonfiction or literary
journalism or verfabula)
is a genre of writing that uses literary styles
and techniques to create factually accurate
narratives.
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14. •Fact. The core of
nonfiction is fact. Factual
information shall be
included in the piece and
not a made up
information.
15. • Extensive research.
Conducting and gathering
information through
research provide accurate
and reliable information
that you may use in writing
your nonfiction write-up.
16. • 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.
17. • 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
19. 1. 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.
20. 2. Character/Characterization.
In a nonfiction story, characters are
also important.
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.
21. 3. Setting, atmosphere
and scene.
The writer creates scenes
that are action -oriented;
include dialogue; and
contain vivid descriptions.
22. 4. 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.
23. 5. Figurative language.
The use of figurative
languages helps the writer to
provide aesthetics to the piece.
It gives vibrant effect to the
story.
24. 6. Imagery.
The use of different
sensory images helps also
to add color in writing a
nonfiction piece.
25. 7. Angle/Point of view.
Most of the time nonfiction
adheres with the use of First
Person Point of View since
the experiences are being
told.
29. Lee Gutkind, who is a writer,
professor, and expert on creative
nonfiction, wrote an essay called
“The Five R’s of Creative
Nonfiction.”
In this essay, he identified five
essential elements of creative
nonfiction. These include:
30. 1. 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.
31. 2. Creative nonfiction lets the writer to
engage on his personal reflection about
the subject.
After gathering information, the writer
needs to scrutinize and analyse the
gathered information.
Assessing and considering his
ideologies and beliefs. Through this, it
will help the writer to be more factual
based.
32. 3. 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.
Finishing auxiliary examination will lead to
create a complete and substantial contents. For an
instance, looking into an individual diary, or
meeting a companion or relative, to guarantee
that the data is honest and genuine.
33. 4. The fourth aspect of creative
nonfiction is reading.
Reading while conducting research
is not enough.
The writer must recall the
components through reading to
improve and make some
modifications.
34. 5. The final element of creative
nonfiction is writing.
Writing imaginative true to life is both
a 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
paramount imaginative true to life.
36. `1. 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.”
37. 2. 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.
38. 3. 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.
39. 4. Autobiography. The writer
writes his/her own life story,
from birth to the present,
using the first person “I.”
40. 5. Travel Writing. The
writer creates article
narration about travel using
literary devices and
figurative languages.
41. 6. Food writing. The writer
crafts stories about food and
cuisine using literary
techniques that mat lead to a
review and recommendation.
42. 7. Profiles. The writer
constructs life stories of
people using literary
devices.
43. WHAT ARE CENTRAL
IDEAS?
These are the most essential
ideas of a text; the key points
the author wants to make! The
BIG idea.
44. Nonfiction works use supporting details to develop
central ideas. Details within the text support and
develop the central idea in the following ways:
Prove the concept since you must consider
reality;
Explain the central idea of the story;
Define the concept;
Show some examples and illustrations; and
Give additional information.
45. Determining Central Ideas
Often, the central idea is directly stated
near the beginning of the text. However,
readers may also have to infer the central
idea by determining what point
(message/idea) all the details come
together to support. The main ideas of
individual paragraphs will lead to the
central idea of the whole text.
46. Constructing Paragraphs in Nonfiction Text
Each paragraph has its own main idea. The main
idea of each paragraph is used to support the central
idea of the whole text. The main idea of a paragraph
must be associated with supporting information and
evidences to strengthen the main idea. The details of
the piece shall go along with the central idea to attain
unity and coherence. Delivering paragraphs shall
consider the strength and weakness of the ideas
being imparted in the story. Reviewing the central
idea will lead you to paragraphs that are substantial
and purposive.
48. Topic and Question.
In prewriting, you need to choose a topic and
then try to link possible questions to be
answered. In doing this, it helps you to focus
on the areas that you intend to highlight, For
instance, in choosing a topic on a travelogue,
you need to formulate questions like How to
get there? What are the amenities or activities
that can be done? The transportation fares and
routes
49. Narrative Structure or Shape of a
Story.
Narrative structure lets you to discover
within the way on delivering the story
through narration, meaning that you
discover the details of the story and its
structure as you write. In creative
nonfiction, there are five popular
narrative structures or shapes
52. Collage:
Using a thematic and segmented
approach that combines a quotation
or two, poem, scene, metaphor,
simile, allusion, personification,
image, vignette, anecdote, a short,
short, true story, with an epiphany.
53. Frame:
Telling a story by opening
with a particular scene or
reflecting and closing with a
particular scene or reflection.
55. Distinctive Voice, Style, and Intimate Point of View.
All good writers have a distinctive voice, which is the
persona of the writer expressed on the age. Good
writers also have a unique style. Additionally have a
one of a kind style. An author's style is his/her
demeanor of persona on the page. It incorporates
decision of expression, sentence assortment, and tone,
perspective, utilization of illustration, and other
abstract gadgets. The tone of the keeping in touch with
itself is in every case well disposed, conversational.
Stories are regularly told utilizing the main individual
perspective.