Elements of Creative Nonfiction

They constitute a rhetorical or literary device that departs from the literal meaning of an idea. They may be employed to make the articulation of an otherwise familiar idea more vivid and more colorful.

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It is the believably realistic and descriptive imagery to make the reader feel as if the events were unfolding before his/her very eyes.

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It answers the question from whose angle the story is being told.

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It refers to whether the story is told in the first, second, or third person.

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It refers to the persons, animals, plants, inanimate objects such as robots, natural and supernatural beings that possesses life and give life to the story.

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Who were you with last February 14?

• Family

• Friends

• Jowa

• Alone

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This refers to the verbal exchange between the characters.

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It is the world created by the narrator which is based on a real world and the role of the writer is to make this world real and exciting for the reader to enter.

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It is defined as the story line, the sequence of actions or events that gives direction to the story as a whole.

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It is a literary technique that refers to the use of symbols or representations in both fiction and nonfiction. It is to make the narration not a rundown of events or a straightforward revelation of the writer's thoughts and feelings.

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