Creative nonfiction day 2 loyalty 2.pptx

Powerpoint Presentation

1. INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY GENRES

2. UNDERSTANDING THE GENRES OF FICTION AND DRAMA Fiction – defined as a series of imagined facts which illustrates truths about human life. It is commonly called “stories”, and can either be short (short story) or rather long (novel).

3. Drama – also uses the traditional conventions of fiction but has an additional distinctive characteristics of being performed and mounted on stage.

4. Fiction is generally classified as a short story or novel. a. Short story – a brief artistic prose form that centers on a single main incident and intends to produce a single dominant impression. b. Comparison and Contrast of the Conventions and Devices between Fiction and Drama

5. l iterature and authority of facts (Gutkind 1997) In the book “A Manual for Filipino Writers”, Christina Pantoja Hidalgo writes: The writer of creative nonfiction may not alter facts in the interest of improving his story. He must not deliberately misquote his sources, misconstrue his statements , or mislead his readers.

6. He is expected to write compelling stories about real life, and in doing so, he must employ all the devices and strategies available to the fictionist. Sometimes, this involves the imagining of scenes or even conversations that never actually happen.

7. Creative nonfiction writers don’t just share pithy anecdotes, they use craft and technique to situate the reader into their own personal lives.

8. “In Cold Blood” is an example of non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.

9. ACTIVITY! Accomplish the graphic organizer below by jotting down 8 terms associated to the word Creative Nonfiction based on your understanding with the lesson. Then, write phrases or clauses inside and justify each one of them. Share your answers to the class.

10. Summarize your group’s responses. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________.