CREATIVE

NONFICTION

MS. LHEN TIMCANG – CREATIVE NONFICTION –3rd QUARTER ​

 At the end of this module, you will learn about
the nitty-gritty of creative nonfiction.
Specifically, you will:
Lesson
Objectives 1. Define "theme" and extract the central message or insight
from a creative nonfiction text.

2. Analyze how the author's chosen techniques contribute to

the development of the theme and the overall effect on the
reader.

3. Incorporate specific literary devices into their own

creative nonfiction pieces to develop a particular theme.
 Lesson 5:

Analyzing Factual/Nonfictional
Elements in the Texts

MS. LHEN TIMCANG – CREATIVE NONFICTION –3rd QUARTER ​

Analysis, particularly in literature, sets you to be well-equipped not just with the subject but
even in the application of what they have learned to real-life situations. Literary analysis
encourages you to branch beyond their own experiences and beliefs, and in doing so it
allows you to build empathy. Understanding nonfictional elements helps you to work on with
different tasks dealing with literature.

In this lesson, you are expected to analyze factual/nonfictional elements like plot,
characters, characterization, point of view, angle, setting and atmosphere, symbols and
symbolisms, irony, figures of speech, dialogue, scene and other elements and devices in
texts.
At its foundation, literary analysis encourages critical thinking. While in a writing class, you
might be asked to dissect a particular piece from writing or search for explicit
components/associations inside a bit of writing as doing such builds up a system for basic
considerations outside writing.

Critical thinking is significant that it urges you to interface thoughts, inspect for irregularities
in thinking, take care of issues, and consider your own convictions. Especially in the present
culture, these characteristics are indispensable outside of secondary school whether an
understudy goes to school or not–whether an understudy turns into an English major or not.
Scholarly literary analysis requests that you reinforce your basic reasoning skills.
Activity 5: Using the associated words in understanding a nonfictional literary analysis ,
create two (2) sentences that will present your ideas about the topic.
In your notebook, write your questions that will be answered after taking this lesson. Do
this in your notebook.

Your Sentences Your Questions

1.

2.
Lesson 5: Analyzing Factual/Nonfictional Elements in the Texts

The absence of nonfiction writing for young readers may have genuine
ramifications since verifiable education matters. Nonfiction materials set the pot
inside which readers can pick up information and abilities that empower them to
arrive at quality choices in all fields of life; keep away from artlessness conceived
of numbness; and take part in an educated and dynamic populace. Nonfiction is
the money with which open arrangements and enactment are sanctioned;
cultural requirements are talked about; social feel are characterized; life
exercises are passed on; logical discoveries and verifiable stories are
communicated; and matters of war and harmony are chosen.
Because you read something does not make it valid on the grounds that
something is verifiable does not mean it is exact. It is imperative to ponder what
you read.

Purdue University enumerated a number of writing prompts that can help you
analyze nonfiction texts in remote classrooms. Although these writing prompts
were written with a few common nonfiction genres in mind, they can be easily
adapted to work for other nonfiction genres (or even, with a little more work,
fiction genres).
General Analysis Prompts for Nonfiction Writing

Purpose

1. What is the purpose of the text?

2. What kind of text is this? Is this appropriate for the writer’s purpose?

Organization
1. What structure does the text broadly follow?
2. How is the text laid out/organized?
3. Is the overall structural organization appropriate to the text type?
4. In your opinion, are there any sections that might improve the missing text?
Connectives/Transitions
1. Does the "flow" or progression of ideas in this text seem smooth and logical?

2. Can you identify any clear instances of transitional or connective elements in

the text?

3. Is there an appropriate variety of these transitional/connective elements?

Language

1. What other interesting or unusual language features do you see in the text?

2. In your opinion, does the text demonstrate a varied vocabulary, or is it too dry
Connectives/Transitions
1. Does the "flow" or progression of ideas in this text seem smooth and logical?

2. Can you identify any clear instances of transitional or connective elements in

the text?

3. Is there an appropriate variety of these transitional/connective elements?

Language

2. What other interesting or unusual language features do you see in the text?

2. In your opinion, does the text demonstrate a varied vocabulary, or is it too dry
Narrative Nonfiction Writing

1. What is the story about? What is the main topic of the text?

2. Who is the main character? Who are the other important characters in the
story?

3. Where does this story take place? How does the place influence the storyline
or
sequence of events?

4. Are there any conflicts/problems in the story?

5. How does the conflict progress? Do things get worse or better?

6. How does the conflict get resolved?

7. What are the most emotionally-charged parts of the story?

8. How would you have reacted differently if you were the main character?

9. Do you remember any similar series of events you experienced?

10.What was the most memorable part of your own experience?

Informational Reports

1. What is the main topic of this report?

2. Is the overall purpose of the report clear? What would the author like us to do
with this information?
3. How does the author start and end this report?
4. How efficiently did this report convey information to the reader?
5. What makes this report interesting/uninteresting?
6. What might the author have done differently to convey information more
clearly/interestingly?
7. What were you surprised to learn about the topic?
8. What other topics would this type of informational report be good for
describing?
9. What makes this type of writing different from narrative writing?
Argumentative Writing
1. What is the author's main argument?

2. What would the author like us to do, if anything?

3. How effective was the argument, from your point of view?

4. Do you have any prior beliefs or opinions that might affect how persuasive you perceived
the argument to be? What about other readers who are likely to read this piece?

5. What would be some other good topics for this type of argumentative writing?

6. What were the primary sources to support the author’s argument?

7. What makes this type of writing different from an informational report or a narrative?
By discussing key features of a local text and making simple inferences about author's
intentions and their own perceptions, using this framework, you can arrive at a deeper
understanding of the text.

Nonfiction Genre Narrative Informative Argumentative

A travelogue of a tourist who Description of Philippine Should personal travel
Example topic went to Caramoan Tourism be banned during a
pandemic?
To provide personal insights To provide information To encourage the
Purpose and emotions while about the topic readers; to present a
experiencing the event or position on a significant
the topic. and current topic and
support it
Nonfiction Genre Narrative Informative Argumentative
Establishing the core points like Thesis statement of Introductory statement
the WH elements as topic’s importance history development or
Organization introduction of the narration. background information,
Provide background news peg, stand about
Chronological Arrangement of Information the topic, personal
series of events Introduction of statement of opinion
problem/ Details or supporting
conflict, if available details (1 idea 1 Supporting statements
paragraph) about your stand, may
Resolution Author’s perceptions include evidences to
about the topic Wrapping up on the strengthen the stand
and its significance concluding part
Conclusion and
recommendation
Nonfiction Genre Narrative Informative Argumentative
Examples of Procedural transitional like Transitional for additional Introducing each argument
transitional/ first, second, next, lastly and objecting the may use procedural
connectors and previous idea transitional Introducing the
words that indicate time conclusion using concluding
transitional

Other Use Past tense of the verb Ideas shall be presented Diction shall be considered
language to in present tense. The especially with the target
features discuss what happened use of formal diction is audience.
Dialogues may be used. appropriate
Present tense shall be
used in presenting the
arguments.
Reminder:
Read and Review the lesson and
prepare for Quiz #5 next meeting.
Thank you for listening