Types and Forms of Creative Nonfiction
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What distinguishes personal narrative from autobiography?

  • Personal narratives include fictional embellishments while autobiographies are strictly factual
  • Personal narratives use direct observations while autobiographies rely on interviews
  • Personal narratives focus on specific events while autobiographies tell the author's life story as a whole (correct)
  • Personal narratives are written by bloggers while autobiographies are written by journalists

What is a key characteristic of reportage or literary journalism?

  • It focuses solely on objective facts and straightforward reporting
  • It includes fictional elements to enhance storytelling
  • It primarily consists of interviews with fictional characters
  • It uses literary practices to capture scenes or personas (correct)

How does a true narrative differ from a fictional narrative?

  • True narratives have no defined form, while fictional narratives follow strict guidelines
  • True narratives must be based on real-life events, while fictional narratives can be completely made up (correct)
  • True narratives are always written by journalists, while fictional narratives are solely the work of bloggers
  • True narratives aim to deceive readers, whereas fictional narratives are created for entertainment

What defines a blog compared to a vlog?

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What is a distinguishing feature of personal narratives?

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What is the primary distinction between an autobiography and a biography?

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What is the etymological origin of the word 'autobiography'?

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What is the primary task of a biographer when writing a biography?

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Which of the following statements about autobiographies and biographies is true?

<p>Autobiographies and biographies can both present factual information. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is not a characteristic of creative nonfiction?

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Personal Narrative vs. Autobiography

Personal narratives focus on a specific event, while autobiographies cover a whole life story.

Reportage/Literary Journalism

Uses literary methods to describe scenes and people.

True vs. Fictional Narrative

True narratives are based on real events; fictional ones are imagined.

Blog vs. Vlog

Blogs are written, while vlogs use video.

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Personal Narrative - Feature

A personal narrative is a story about a specific true event.

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Autobiography vs Biography

Autobiography is written by the subject; biography is written by someone else.

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Autobiography - Origin

Combines Greek words for 'self,' 'life,' and 'write'.

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Biographer's Task

Researching and accurately representing a subject's life.

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Auto/Bio Facts

Both autobiographies and biographies can include factual details.

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Creative Nonfiction - Not this

Not a characteristic of creative nonfiction is incorporating fictional elements.

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Study Notes

Creative Nonfiction

  • Combines different literary styles and techniques to present factual information, distinguishing it from other nonfiction genres.

Types of Creative Nonfiction

Autobiography

  • Etymology: Greek words "auto" (self), "bio" or "bios" (life), and "gráphō" or "graphien" (write).
  • Definition: A written account of a person's life written by themselves, or a narration of their life story.
  • Contrasted with biography, which is a description of a person's life story written by another person.

Reportage/Literary Journalism

  • Reports on events, history, or actual cases based on direct observation, investigation, or thorough research and documentation.
  • Uses literary practices to capture the scene or setting of the assignment, or the persona of the person being interviewed.
  • Can be narrative or heavily imagistic.

Personal Narrative

  • A true story about a specific event in the author's life.
  • Autobiographical in nature, but differs from autobiography in scope, focusing on a single event rather than the author's entire life story.

True Narrative

  • A story based on real-life experiences or events, with an undefined form.
  • Must clearly come from or be based on real-life situations and events, or else it will be considered a fictional narrative.

Blog

  • A website containing short articles called posts, which are changed regularly.
  • The person who writes blogs regularly is called a blogger.
  • Can be written by one person or many different people, and may focus on specific topics or interests.

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Explore the various types and forms of creative nonfiction, such as autobiography, that combine literary styles with factual information. Learn about the etymology and definitions of autobiography in this genre.

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