Sir Enzo Santos,LPT

- Creative nonfiction is a genre of writing that

uses literary styles and techniques to create
factually accurate narratives.
- Truth + literary devices = creative nonfiction
- It need not be written with jargon or dreary
language.
- Not boring & Compelling
- memoir, personal essays, feature-length articles
in magazines, and narratives in literary journals.
Different Literary Genres

Fiction
- Fiction refers to literary works that tackle events that
did not happen in real life. Some fictional works
showcase events that could very well happen in real
life. They could have happened, but the details are not
fully authentic.
- Fiction usually makes use of prose format, but it also
makes use of poetic forms.
- Prose refers to regular lines that we expect in novels
or short stories.
Different Literary Genres

Poetry
Literary devices abound
Language is precise
Use of metaphors and similes
Form can change
Sentences are not important
Lines are used
Different Literary Genres
Combinations
Fiction and nonfiction can be combined
with the devices:
Prose fiction
Prose nonfiction
Poetic fiction
Poetic nonfiction
Drama fiction
Drama nonfiction
Elements of Creative Non-Fiction
Based on Genres
Prose form of fiction
Poetic meters and colorful words
Strong dialogue
Descriptive diction
Food for Thought
• What movies have you seen that are based on real
life?
• How many books have you read that are based on
real life?

• Those are works of creative nonfiction

• They can be as interesting as fiction
• They may even be more interesting because real
people are involved