Creative Nonfiction Reviewer PDF

**CREATIVE NONFICTION REVIEWER** **INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY GENRES** **Creative Nonfiction** - - **Literature -** derived from Latin **"Literatura"** meaning **"writing formed with letters"** most commonly refers to works of the creative imagination including poetry, drama fiction, nonficti...

**CREATIVE NONFICTION REVIEWER** **INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY GENRES** **Creative Nonfiction** - - **Literature -** derived from Latin **"Literatura"** meaning **"writing formed with letters"** most commonly refers to works of the creative imagination including poetry, drama fiction, nonfiction, journalism, and some instances, song. **Genre -** a particular type of literature, painting, music, film or; other art form which people consider as class because it has special characteristics. **Literary Genres -** a category of literary techniques, tone, content; or even (as in the case of fiction). The distinction between genres and categories is flexible and loosely designed; often with subgroups. The most general genres in literature are: **epic, tragedy, comedy, and creative nonfiction.** **Literary Conventions** - - - **What is the Difference Between Literary Conventions and Literary Devices?** **Literary Conventions** - - - **Literary Devices** - - - **FIVE TYPES OF LITERARY CONVENTIONS** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. **A Literary Convention is** a customary feature of a literary work, in other words, it is a cliché, device or trope that acts as a defining feature of a genre. - - - - - - - **COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE CONVENTIONS AND DEVICES BETWEN FICTION AND DRAMA** 1. - - - 2. 3. **FREYTAG'S PYRAMID** - - - - - **LITERARY ELEMENTS** **TOP 9 LITERARY ELEMENTS LIST** 1. 2. - - - - - - 3. - - - 4. 5. 6. - - - - 7. - - 8. 9. - - **GENRE** **Genre -** a type of art, literature or music characterized by specific form, content, and style **TYPES OF GENRE** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. **FUNCTIONS OF GENRE** **Media -** the newest type of literature that has been defined as a distinct is media (this categorization was created to encompass the many new and important kinds of texts in our society today, such as movies and films, websites, commercials, billboards, and radio programs) **OTHER TYPES OF LITERATURE** - - - **WHAT CREATIVE NONFICTION ACTUALLY MEANS?** - CREATIVE NONFICTION IS ESSENTIALLY A NARRATIVE WITH FACTUAL EVENTS.