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Grade 11 CREATIVE NON-FICTION

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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Quarter 4
Week 7-8
Expectation
This part of the module attempts to explain nonfiction as a new genre in writing. It consists of
a narrative plot with rising action, climax and denouement, similar to a fiction. Nonfiction is
retelling the author’s life experiences which are based on truth. Further, it will attempt to
answer the questions:
What is the difference between a personal and reflective nonfiction?
What are the qualities of a good personal and reflective nonfiction?
How to write personal and reflective nonfiction?

This module is to be used for a week. It is expected that you will make use of this module
according to the needs of the students and the availability of their learning resources and
materials. Thus, this material is crafted to meet the competency for Fourth Quarter
which covers weeks 7 and 8.

The topics covered in the texts consider the relevance and timeliness of situations that the
students are likely to meet in the Information Technological Age we are in. On the whole, the
reading texts included in this module serve as the take-off for each lesson. Accompanying
these texts are comprehension questions as well as vocabulary enhancers. Hence, these
lessons are learner-oriented and task-based.

Pre-Test
Let’s find out how much you know about creative nonfiction through connecting ideas with
images. Below are the necessary reading skills. Match the words or phrases on column A
with the pictures on column B. Make sure to answer all of the items. After taking this short
test, your answers will be checked to find out how much you know about the given topic.
Take note of the items that you were not able to answer correctly and look for the right
answer as you go through this module.

1. Distinguishing between fact and opinion. A.

2. Making connections.
B.

3. Visualization C.

4. Compare and contrast ideas.

D.

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5. Asking questions.
E.

Looking Back
Read the following situations carefully and construct two to three sentences of your
inference. What do you think is going on?

Situation A
1. There are balloons and birthday cake on the table.
2. Mary, Justin and Olga are busy putting decorations on the wall.
3. “Hurry! She’s coming!” Kimmy exclaimed.

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Situation B
1. Ciara received her card view today.
2. She called up her mom and told her about it.
3. Her mom immediately sent her 5,000 pesos in her bank account and congratulated
her.

Situation C
1. The window was destroyed.
2. There are footmarks on the floor.
3. The safety deposit was half-opened and the money was gone.

Brief Introduction
The Creative Nonfiction (CNF) genre focuses on story, meaning it has a narrative plot with
an inciting moment, rising action, climax and denouement, just like fiction. This type is
always based on truth through an accurate retelling of the author’s life experiences. This
genre has evolved from borrowed aspects of voice from poetry, where poets generally look
for truth and write about the realities they see. Nonfiction genre depends on the writer’s
ability to render their voice in a realistic fashion, just as poetry so often does. Nonfiction
pieces can vary greatly in length, just as fiction can vary in any, from a book-length
autobiography to a 500-word food blog.

Reflection is a type of “telling” that allows memoirists to get their present-day perspective
onto the page. Most strong memoirs or personal essays contain two distinct voices: the
voice of innocence and the voice of experience. The voice of innocence is the voice of the
character who experiences the events. The voice of experience, on the other hand, is the
older, wiser reflective voice that looks back on events years later. This is the adult who tells
the readers how his experiences impact his life in the long run. It appears in the text to
impart wisdom and explain why the story’s events matter.

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An example of personal nonfiction:
The painting tells the story of when the Truth and the Lie met on a summery day.

The Lie said to the Truth: "It's a marvelous day today"!

The Truth looked up to the skies and sighed, for the day
was really beautiful. They spent a lot of time together,
ultimately arriving beside a well. The Lie said to the
Truth: "The water is very nice, let's take a bath
together!" The Truth, once again suspicious, tested the

The Naked Truth - "Truth coming out of her well", by Jean-Léon Gérôme,
water and discovered that it indeed
1896. was very nice.
They undressed and started bathing. Suddenly, the Lie came out of the water, put on the
clothes of the Truth and ran away. The furious Truth came out of the well and ran
everywhere
to find the Lie and to get her clothes back.

The World, seeing the Truth naked, turned its gaze away, with contempt and rage. The poor
Truth returned to the well and disappeared forever, hiding therein, its shame. Since then, the
Lie travels around the world, dressed as the Truth, satisfying the needs of society, because
the World, in any case, harbors no wish at all to meet the naked Truth.
Structure
There’s no single structure, nor is there a formula for writing creative nonfiction but it can
come in different shapes namely:
Narrative structure: Telling the story chronologically, from beginning to end.
Braided Structure: Telling a story by weaving or combining two, sometimes three, narratives
or stories.
Collage: Using a thematic and segmented approach that combines a quotation or two,
poem, scene, metaphor, simile, allusion, personification, image, vignette, anecdote, a short,
short, true story, with an epiphany.
Frame: Telling a story by opening with a particular scene or reflecting and closing with a
particular scene or reflection.
Narrative with Flashback: Telling a story using scene, summary, reflection, and flashbacks.
Creative writing is often a form of discovery. It is a recall of significant, particular details and
then writes them down. Vivid descriptions with concrete, specific, and particular details are
often observed. There is a lot of sensory imagery, language that invokes the sense of sight,
smell, taste, touch, or hearing. The purpose of including detail is to recreate the experience
in the mind of the reader. It also includes the following:
Setting-time and place of the story.
Action-something happens.
Dialogue-someone something not always.
Vivid description-concrete and specific details.

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Imagery-language that invokes the reader’s sense of sight, smell, taste, touch,
hearing
Point of View-first, second, third person.
Figurative language, such as simile and metaphor.
Beginning, middle, and ending-A scene has a beginning, middle, and end.
Summary involves telling the reader what happened. Telling means to summarize
and to compress, leaving out the details and descriptions. Telling is explaining.

Poetic Devices-Figurative Language

The following poetic devices can be used when writing creative nonfiction:
Simile
Metaphor
Symbolism
Personification
Imagery
Assonance and alliteration
Allusion
In most types of creative nonfiction, you’ll share personal reflection with the reader.
These can include:
Personal thoughts and feelings
Opinions
Ruminations
Personal perspective
stream of consciousness
Mediations

Activities

Read the following excerpt and accomplish the tasks below.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Robert Kiyosaki

I had two fathers, a rich one and a poor one. One was highly educated and intelligent; he
had a Ph.D. and completed four years of undergraduate work in less than two years. He
then went on to Stanford University, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern University
to do his advanced studies, all on full financial scholarships. The other father never finished
the eighth grade.
Both men were successful in their careers, working hard all their lives. Both earned
substantial incomes. Yet one struggled financially all his life. The other would become one of
the richest men in Hawaii. One died leaving tens of millions of dollars to his family, charities
and his church. The other left bills to be paid.
Both men were strong, charismatic and influential. Both men offered me advice, but they did
not advise the same things. Both men believed strongly in education but did not recommend
the same course of study.
If I had had only one dad, I would have had to accept or reject his advice. Having two
dads advising me offered me the choice of contrasting points of view; one of a rich man and
one of a poor man. Instead of simply accepting or rejecting one or the other, I found myself
thinking more, comparing and then choosing for myself.

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The problem was, the rich man was not rich yet and the poor man not yet poor. Both
were just starting out on their careers, and both were struggling with money and families. But
they had very different points of view about the subject of money. For example, one dad
would say, "The love of money is the root of all evil." The other, "The lack of money is the
root of all evil." As a young boy, having two strong fathers both influencing me was difficult. I
wanted to be a good son and listen, but the two fathers did not say the same things. The
contrast in their points of view, particularly where money was concerned, was so extreme
that I grew curious and intrigued. I began to start thinking for long periods of time about what
each was saying.
Much of my private time was spent reflecting, asking myself questions such as, "Why
does he say that?" and then asking the same question of the other dad's statement. It would
have been much easier to simply say, "Yeah, he's right. I agree with that." Or to simply reject
the point of view by saying, "The old man doesn't know what he's talking about." Instead,
having two dads whom I loved forced me to think and ultimately choose a way of thinking for
myself. As a process, choosing for myself turned out to be much more valuable in the long
run, rather than simply accepting or rejecting a single point of view.
One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class
struggles in debt is because the subject of money is taught at home, not in school. Most of
us learn about money from our parents. So what can a poor parent tell their child about
money? They simply say "Stay in school and study hard." The child may graduate with
excellent grades but with a poor person's financial programming and mind-set. It was
learned while the child was young.
Source:https://www.bookbrowse.com/excerpts/index.cfm/book_number/1072/page_number/1/rich-dad-poor-
dad#excerpt
Activity 2
Note taking details
Instructions: Re-read the passage and try to compare and contrast the two Dads that the
author had.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Differences Differences

Similarities

Activity 3. Write your own draft of personal nonfiction. Use a separate sheet of paper.
Activity 4. Review the features of writing a good nonfiction then revise your draft by using
the criteria below.

Revision of Draft Checklist

There is a good concept.

It is intuitive and artful.

It holds the interest of the reader.

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It potentially blurs the realms of fact and fiction in a pleasing, literary style

It follows a structure.

Remarks:

Remember

Creative writing is often a form of discovery. It is a recall of significant, particular details and
then writes them down. Vivid descriptions with concrete, specific, and particular details are
often observed. There is a lot of sensory imagery, language that invokes the sense of sight,
smell, taste, touch, or hearing. The purpose of including detail is to recreate the experience
in the mind of the reader.

Checking Your Understanding

Directions: Connect imagery and meaning through an image. Then write a short
description. You may browse the internet to help you create your own.

Example:

We interpret what we see, hear, smell and feel.

Post-Test

Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Creative nonfiction also has the same elements similar to a story.

a. Yes b. No c. Maybe d. No answer.
2. ___________is telling the story chronologically, from beginning to end.
a. Narrative b. Braided c. Collage d. Historical
3. Telling a story by opening with a particular scene or reflecting and closing with a
particular scene or reflection.
a. Narrative b. Collage c. Frame d. Epiphany
4. __________invokes the reader’s sense of sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing
a. statistics b. assumptions c. testimony d. imagery
5._________is a type of “telling” that allows memoirists to get their present-day
perspective onto the page.
a. testimony b. reflection c. foresight d. statistics

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References
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NVM Writing Center (n.d). Creative Nonfiction. Retrieved from
https://www.uvm.edu/wid/writingcenter/tutortips/nonfiction.html
Nordquist R.(2018). Creative nonfiction https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-creative-nonfiction-
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Kiyosaki, Robert (2012). Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Retrieved from
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