Module

G11/12-CNF-MELC 5.5 6
UNDERSTANDING VARIOUS FORMS AND TYPES OF Week
CREATIVE NONFICTION: AUTOBIOGRAPHY 9
I What I Need to Know?

Creative Nonfiction includes different types of writing such as food, travel,

memoir, personal, reflective essays and other hybridized types. It employs the literary
techniques to achieve elegance in the language, character and make the story
heartwarming and nearer to the readers. 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.

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

1. present a commentary/critique on a chosen creative nonfictional text
representing a particular type or form (Biography/Autobiography,
Literary Journalism/Reportage, Personal Narratives, Travelogue,
Reflection Essay, True Narratives, Blogs, Testimonies, Other Forms)
2. define autobiography
3. delineate different types of autobiography
4. outline a personal autobiography

D What I Know?
Task 1: PRE-TEST

Direction: Read and analyze each statement and identify what is asked or described in
each statement. Choose your answer from the given choices.

1. These are daily written personal accounts, observations, experiences but not
emotional.
A. Autobiography C. Memoirs
B. Journals D. Letters

2. It is a story of person’s life in a specific moment in time that is told by the person
himself or herself.
A. Biography C. Reportage
B. Autobiography D. Journals

3. These are written messages addressed to a particular person, organization, or

institution.
A. Diaries C. Literary Journalism
B. Biography D. Letters

4. These are emotional accounts and personal experiences of the writer.

A. Blog C. Reportage
B. Diaries D. Biography

5. These are narrower in focus, carrying memories, feelings and emotions of the writer.
A. Autobiography C. Literary Journalism or Reportage
B. Memoirs D. Journals

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D What is It?

Autobiography
Definition An autobiography is a self-written life story. It is different from a
biography, which is the life story of a person written by someone else.
Some people may have their life story written by another person because
they don’t believe they can write well, but they are still considered an
author because they are providing the information. Reading
autobiographies may be more interesting than biographies because you
are reading the thoughts of the person instead of someone else’s
interpretation.

Types Journals Diaries Letters Memoirs

Definition Daily written Emotional Written messages Narrower in focus,
personal account, accounts and addressed to a carrying
observations, personal particular person, memories, feelings
experiences but not experiences of the organization or and emotions of
emotional. writer. institution. the writer.

Sample of Different Types

Journ JOURNAL ENTRY SOC 1 Name Withheld

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July 14th
In Class on Monday we spoke of Intersectionality; forms of intersecting systems
of oppression and discrimination. Things such as Age, disability, race, gender,
and class are all examples of reasons to justify mistreatment of people with
different backgrounds and even gender stratification. The focus of the day was
based on the inequalities of gender.An examples that was given to us were the
glass ceiling which represents how women are able to make it so far until they
reach the invisible ceiling or barrier to which they can overturn the male in
charge. Where no matter the qualifications and achievements still cannot move
them past the ranks above other men in charge. Although it is not exclusive to
women, most of the time it is used as an explanation for lack of women in
positions of power, well as minority groups. We saw how the notion of gender
roles are promoted by labeling colors to genders as well as toys i.e. the Barbie
dolls. We began to see a documentary called Miss Representation . It focused
mainly on what we talked about with gender inequality and how females are
depicted in the mass media and through politics and really all across
mainstream medias in the U.S. Views y women and men who see that females
are objectified if they attempt to rise into positions of power. Leadership
positions depict females as emotional and unstable for decision making.

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Diary

Tea Key
May 31, 2019
Dear Diary,

After I woke up this morning, I made the regrettable decision of waking up. I
tried to go back to sleep, but I could not even relax. Today was one of those
days where either I get up, or I get up. I then decided to go outside, but because
it was raining, I got wet. I went back inside, felt tired enough to go back to bed,
but I still had to change out of my wet clothes. Then I got a phone call from you
know who. I got so excited that I didn’t care that I was naked, tired, and there
was a puddle on the floor. We are going on a date this Friday. I don’t know how
I’m going to sleep. What am I going to wear? :naked dance: :singing in the rain:
oh diary, one day I’ll look back on this and say remember when I didn’t pay
attention to anything but the phone ringing. FINALLY.

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Letter

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r Angela's Ashes

Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Angela's Ashes, tells the story of his upbringing
in the Irish slums during the era of the Great Depression. Published by Simon and Schuster, this
memoir reads like a novel as Frank somehow manages to withstand an unspeakably difficult
childhood.

When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a
miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while.

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E What’s More?
Task 2: WRITING AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Direction: Following the sequence below, write your example of autobiography. Write
your answers in the box.

Task 3: WHO SAYS WHAT…

Direction: Write your own example of the following types of autobiography.

Types Example
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Letter

Memoir

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E What can I Engage In?

Task 4: APPLYING THE ANALYSIS

Directions: Analyze the message of the picture. From our lesson above, choose 5 words
that you understand and then write your own definition.

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A What I have Learned?

Task 5: EXIT VISA: 3-2-1 CHART

EXIT VISA
Task: 3-2-1 chart

Have you learned so much from this module? Let us check the level of your
understanding through 3-2-1 chart.

3 best things I learned today:

1. _____________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________

2 things that caught my interest:

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

1 thing that I wanted to learn more about:

1. _____________________________________________________________________________________

A What I can Do?

Task 6: POST-TEST

A. True or False. Write T if the statement is true and F if the statement is false.

_____1. Writing for creative nonfiction makes you uncovered as you continue to reveal
all what you have in life.
_____2. Diaries are written messages addressed to a particular person, organization, or
institution.
_____3. Although creative nonfiction may look poetic or crafted, it still illustrates
creativity in weaving all the details together.
_____4. Creative Nonfiction includes different types of writing such as food, travel,
memoir, personal, reflective essays and other hybridized types.
_____5. Creative Nonfiction employs the literary techniques to achieve elegance in the
language, character and make the story heartwarming and nearer to the
readers.

B. Identification: Identify the term/concept being defined in the given statements.

For Nos. 6-10:
Autobiography Journal Diary
Memoir Letter

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_____________6. It is a daily written personal account, observations, experiences but not
emotional.
_____________7. It is different from a biography, which is the life story of a person written
by someone else.
_____________8. It is an emotional account and personal experience of the writer.
_____________9. It is a written message addressed to a particular person, organization or
institution.
_____________10. It is narrower in focus, carrying memories, feelings and emotions of the
writer.

C. Essay: Choose one creative nonfictional text representing a particular type or form
(Autobiography), then present a commentary/critique about the forms that you have
chosen. Write your answer on the space provided below. (You may use the internet for
the list of types or forms)
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