MARCH 24, 2020

CREATIVE NON FICTION

CONCEPT NOTES:

ESSAYS are vital manifestation of one’s ideas, thoughts, insights and feelings.

 It is classified as a composition in prose form of enough length and is typically intended to explain idea,
theory or an impression.
 It covers variety of text like diaries, journals, letters, newspaper editorials, reports and reviews.
 It is an analytical or interpretative literary composition that a person’s thoughts and opinion or personal
point of view about a certain subject.

BUILDING BLOCK OF THE ESSAY:

 FORM AND STRUCTURE includes the arrangement or order of ideas, unity, coherence, expository
device used and patterns of development.
 CONTENT AND THEME includes the point that the essay attempts to raise, the writers purpose and
intentions are also under content and theme.
 LANGUAGE AND STYLE provides information as to what makes the essay literary about tone, mood,
diction and literary devised used.

GENERAL TYPES OF ESSAY:

FORMAL ESSAY includes “highbrow” or entirely intellectual topics; there is seriousness in tone and
language is formal. The style is authoritative and scholarly. The writer exhibits great mastery of the
topic. It is straightforward, objective and clear.
INFORMAL ESSAY the ideals with commonplace and light topics. Language is somewhat familiar and
conversational but still insightful. This greatly establishes emotional appeal rather that intellectual.

CLASSIFICATIONS OF ESSAYS

 REFLECTIVE ESSAY – this considers a subject which is heavily philosophical in nature.

 CRITICAL ESSAY – this includes reviews of books, movies, works of art and other forms of composition. It
highlights the positive and the negative aspect of a certain work being judged.
 EDITORIAL ESSAY – it highlights the writer’s opinion about an important issue of the day.
 NATURE ESSAY – it showcase the beauty of nature and outdoor life.
 SCIENTIFIC ESSAY – it is entirely expository, logical, clear and highly objective. It deals with the
discussion of the exploration and finding taken from scientific experimentations.
 NARRATIVE ESSAY – this is written in the form of a story as it utilizes events or incidents to give shape to
a certain theme.
 SPECULATIVE ESSAY – highlights contemplations which is difficult to prove using posing inquiries about
an interesting topic.
 BIOGRAPHICAL/CHARACTER SKETCH ESSAY – depicts the life of an individual considered as subject
from infancy, maturity, to one’s death; shows a description of a particular aspect of the life a certain
person.
 DIDACTIC ESSAY – described as serious and formal teaches a moral lesson. It’s mainly driven to explain
and to convince as it greatly emphasizes the ethical way of life.
 DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY – provides information as to show something looks like, highlights qualities of
something which provides animation, clarity and reality to a narrative essay.
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II. Now that you have gained a strong familiarity of the essay as a piece of nonfiction writing, reflect
on the important roles played by writing and reading essays to you as a 21st – century learners.

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 MARCH 26, 2020
CREATIVE NON FICTION
CONCEPT NOTES:

PERSONAL ESSAY is either a personal narrative in which the author writes a personal incident or experience that
provided significant personal meaning or a lesson learned or it is a personal opinion about some topic or issue that
is important to the writer. It is autobiographical.

PERSONAL ESSAY as a PERSONAL NARRATIVE:

 It is based on a personal and real – life experiences.

 It is a personal narrative. It a glimpse of writer’s life.
 It is written in first person point of view.
 It does not have to be objective.
 The writer uses self – disclosure and is honest with his/her readers.

PERSONAL ESSAY as a PERSONAL OPINION:

 Personal essay can also be an opinion piece, an opinion that is based on a particular political or social
concern or topic of interest. The writer presents his/her opinion in a way that allows the readers decide for
themselves.
 It is a conversation with your reader.
 It is an informed mixture of storytelling, facts, wisdom and personality.
 It examines a subject outside of yourself, but through the lens of self.
 The subject may be the self but it is treated as evidence for the argument.
 Passages of narrative often appear but generally get used as evidence in the inductive argument.
 It strives to say what is evident and come to a conclusion that the reader may agree or disagree.
 It can wonder through its subject, always providing experiences, knowledge, learning and personal history.

SUBJECT FOR PERSONAL ESSAY

In writing your subject can be about anything that you are passionate about. It can also be personal opinion on an
issue or concern that is important to you.

 PERSONAL EXPERINCE – “How I spent My Vacation”

 INCIDENT – “How I Survive in a Traffic Accident”
 ANECDOTE – “My Unforgettable Teacher”
 TOPIC – “The Importance of Creative Non-Fiction”
 ISSUE – The Beautiful People of Pangasinan”
 A MEMORY – “ My Graduation Day”

ACADEMIC WRITING according to James Hartley writing in college is the most particular example of academic
writing. THREE CONCEPTS OF ACADEMIC WRITING

1) ACADEMIC WRITING IS DONE BY THE SCHOLARS FOR OTHER SCHOLARS. This means that you
SHS students are part of community of scholars; therefore you will read about, think about, argue about
and write about great ideas.
2) ACADEMIC WRITING IS DEVOTED TO TOPICS AND QUESTIONS THAT ARE INTEREST TO THE
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY. You must write something that your readers will find useful, to help your
readers better understand your topic or to see it in a new way.
 3) ACADEMIC WRITING SHOULD PRESENT THE READER WITH AN INFORMED ARGUMENT. In this
academic writers should be analytical rather than personal. Writer should summarize, evaluate, analyze
and synthesize the text.

REPORT WRITING is a short, sharp, concise document which is written for a particular purpose and audience. It
generally sets out and analyses a situation or problem, often making recommendations for future action. It is a
factual paper and needs to be clear and well – structured.

Report contains the following elements:

 A description of a sequence of events or a situation.

 Some interpretation of the significance of the events or situations.
 An evaluation of the facts or the result of your research.
 Discussion of the likely outcomes or future courses of action
 Your recommendation as to a course of action
 Conclusions

GUIDELINES IN REPORT WRITING:

 Know your topic, including what you are studying and for whom the report should be prepared.
 Keep your topic in mind at all times. All your thinking needs to be focused on your topic. Anything irrelevant
should be discarded.
 Structure of report should be precise.
 Make an executive summary to give busy “executives” a quick summary of the content of the report.
 Set out your introduction to provide the reader a short summary of the problem under discussion.
 Your report main body should be carefully structured in a way that leads the reader through the issue.
 Conclusion sets out what inferences you draw from the information, including experimental results.
 Recommendations suggest how you thinks the situation could be improved, and should be specific,
achievable, measurable and time bounded.
 Your aim should be absolutely clear.
 You should also avoid jargons.
 Consider your audience
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DIRECTIONS: Answer the question in 3-5 sentences. (DEADLINE OF PASSING MARCH 28, 2020)
1) Why is personal essay considered as the most popular forms of creative nonfiction writing in English
classes?
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2) “Academic writing is a writing done by scholars for other scholars.” What does this statement means?
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3) Why should report writing concentrate on facts?
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4) Why is there a need for an executive summary for a report? Support your answer.
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5) What is meant by synthesizing your academic writing?
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NAME: __________________________________________ DATE: __________________
STRAND/LEVEL: _________________________________ SCHOOL: _______________

DIRECTIONS: In the attempt to help you in developing your personal essay, consider the following steps
and procedures. (DEALINE OF PASSING MARCH 30, 2020)
 Recall one (1) life experience or encounters that you consider remarkable.
 Reflect on these experiences and take note of your realizations in each encounter.
 Explain how your encounters changed your perceptions about life.
 Organize your ideas using the writing blueprint provided.

INTRODUCTION: (What is your remarkable experience?

BODY PARAGRAPH: (Details on when, where, how, why or whom you are with)

REFLECTIONS: (What are your realizations in the experience?)

PERCEPTIONS: (How did that experience changed your perception in life? )