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2. Creative Nonfiction
It seeks closer to the truth as it
continues to provide the human aspects
of triumphs and tragedies.
Although creative nonfiction may look
poetic or crafted, it still illustrates
creativity in weaving all the details
together.
Writing for creative nonfiction makes
you uncovered as you continue to
reveal all what you have in life.

3. Types and Forms of Creative
NonFiction
1.Autobiography (Journals, Diaries,
Letters, Memoirs)
2.Literary Journalism or Reportage
3.Personal Narratives
4.Travelogue
5.Reflection Essay
6.Blog
7.Testimonio

4. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
A written account of the life of a
person written by that person
himself.
It is a story of a person’s life in a
specific moment in time that is
told by the person himself or
herself.
It is always told in the 1
st
person
POV since it is a story reshaped by
reminiscing memories.

5. Types of AUTOBIOGRAPHY
❑Journals –are daily written personal
accounts, observations, experiences but not
emotional.
❑Diaries –are emotional accounts and
personal experiences of the writer.
❑Memoirs–are narrower in focus, carrying
memories, feelings, and emotions of the
writer.
❑Letters –are written messages addressed to
a particular person, organization, or
institution.

7. LITERARY JOURNALISM or
REPORTAGE
Is a precise, well-researched report of
which a reporter follows topic,
subject, or theme for a long period of
time and then provides a personal
angle on it.
Reportage –a kind of literary
journalism that reports on an event,
history or an actual case based on
direct observation, investigation or
thorough research and documentation.

16. PERSONAL NARRATIVES
are taken from real life
situations where the writer
depicts vividly the event,
incident, or experience.
It creates a dramatic effect to
the readers by making readers
laugh, be frightened, or make
them feel at the edge of their
seats.

17. TRAVELOGUE
embraces the personal
accounts of a writer on travel
as he or she evaluates the
food, hotels, restaurants, and
best sites to visit.

18. Sample Travelogue

36. REFLECTION ESSAY
examines a writer’s perspectives in life by allowing
the author to introspect and ponder back if such
situation created an impact on his/her life.
It challenges the writer to think critically by
exploring personal thoughts, feelings, and opinions on
specific topic and subject.
a form of writing that examines and observes the
progress and meaning of a writer’s individual
experiences like a journal about the thoughts on a
certain topic.

37. BLOG
a web log: a website containing short articles
called posts that are changed regularly. Some
blogs are written by one person containing
his/her own opinion, interests and experiences,
while others are written by many different
people.
Belongs to social networking service where it
portrays an online discussion among writers as
they engage in an informal diary-method of
presenting their stories.

38. BLOG
Usuallythepostsareshowninreverseorder
sothattherecentwritingsappearfirst.
Manyblogcoversports,music,art,films,
videos,lifestyle,politics,onlinediaries,
advertising,photography,cooking,and
amongamultitudeoftopics.
Readersorfollowersmayalsocommentand
livelyinteractiongoeson.

39. TESTIMONIO ESSAY
literally,asolemnattestationastothe
truthofamatter.
Inliterature,itisanoralorwritten
autobiographicalnarrativereferredtoas
“testimonialliterature.”Theterm
“testimonio”referstoakindofwriting
whichcomesfromLatinAmericadealing
withexperiencesofhumanrightsabuse.

40. TESTIMONIO ESSAY
Consist of a person’s written or
spoken statement on a product
or experience.
it can also be seen as a
historical biography.