CREATIVE NON FICTION

• Biography


  A kind of narrative that deals with the life of a person (3rd person point of view)
• Autobiography


  A kind of corporate blogs that centers the life of the narrator himself/herself (1st person point of view)
• Etymology of autobiography


  • AUTOS means "self"
  • BIOS means "life"
  • GRAPHEIN means "to write"
• Types of autobiography


  • Traditional
  • Memoirs
  • Fictionalized
  • Spiritual
  • Confession
• Literary journalism


  A type of creative nonfiction that is closely related to magazine and newspaper
• Personal narrative


  Shares some aspects of the traditional structure of fiction such as characters and setting
• Essay


  Considered one of the canonical genres of literature along with poetry, fiction, and drama
• Basic parts of an essay


  • Introduction
  • Body
  • Conclusion
• Testimonio


  A relatively new literary genre that shares some characteristics with the old genre -witness account-
• Travelogue


  A kind of creative nonfiction that deals with travel
• Literary devices


  Such as figurative language, it makes the writing more vivid
• Peter Merholz


  First introduced the term "blog" in 1999, and used the word as a verb (as "weblog")
• Types of imagery


  • Visual
  • Auditory
  • Kinesthetic
  • Olfactory
  • Gustatory
• Types of essays


  • Narrative
  • Descriptive
  • Expository
  • Argumentative
• Different kinds of blogs


  • Art blogs
  • Photoblogs
  • Videoblogs
  • Music blogs
  • Podcasts
  • Edublogs
  • Corporate blogs
  • Organizational blogs
  • Microblogs
• Elements of plot


  • Exposition
  • Rising action
  • Climax
  • Falling action
  • Resolution
• Traditional 


  Autobiography of oneself narrated by oneself
• Memoirs


  An nonfiction narrative in which the authors shares their memories from specific time or period or reflects upon a string of theme occurs throughout their life.
• Fictionalized


  Story that uses made up characters and events to represent and authors experiencing
• Spritual


  Is a subgenre of memoir that traces the author’s spiritual journey
• Confession 


  Real or fictious in which intimate and hidden details of the subjects life are reveal
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  SPEECH

  TRAITS

  EMOTION

  ACTION

  LANGUAGE
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  Physical description

  Action

  Inner thoughts

  Reaction

  Speech
• Direct characterization 


  Tell
• Indirect characterization 


  Show
• Population 


  Refers to the entire group chat is under study or investigation