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Creative Non

The document outlines various literary devices and forms of creative non-fiction, including simile, metaphor, and personification, as well as different types such as autobiography, biography, memoir, and personal essays. It emphasizes the use of descriptive techniques to enhance storytelling and the importance of personal experience in creative non-fiction writing. Additionally, it touches on literary journalism, which combines journalistic methods with narrative techniques.

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Creative Non

The document outlines various literary devices and forms of creative non-fiction, including simile, metaphor, and personification, as well as different types such as autobiography, biography, memoir, and personal essays. It emphasizes the use of descriptive techniques to enhance storytelling and the importance of personal experience in creative non-fiction writing. Additionally, it touches on literary journalism, which combines journalistic methods with narrative techniques.

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Creative Non-Fiction Reviewer order to look outside of the straight forward, it

uses literary practices to capture the


Simile: A direct comparison using "like" or "as".
scene/settings.
Metaphor: A direct comparison without using
Lyric Essay – similar to the personal essay in
"like" or "as".
that it also deals with a topic that affects the
Personification: Giving human qualities to non- reader, relies heavily on descriptions and
human things. imagery.

Hyperbole: Deliberate exaggeration for


emphasis.
Forms and Types of Creative Non-Fiction
Understatement: Making something seem less
 Autobiography – is a self-written life
important than it is.
story, it is different from biography,
Metonymy: Using a related word to represent which is the life story of a person
something else. written by someone else.
 Biography – or simply bio, is a detailed
Synecdoche: Using a part to represent the description of a person’s life. It involves
whole. more than just the basic fact.
Irony: A contrast between what is said and what  Memoir – there are many types of
is meant. memoirs – place, time, philosophic,
occupational, etc.
Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sounds at  Reflective essay – is a type of writing in
the beginning of words. which you describe some moment or
experience from your life or share your
Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds within
thoughts on some text.
words.
Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds.
Oxymoron: Combining two contradictory
words.
Pun: A play on words with multiple meanings.
UNDERSTANDING VARIOUS FORMS
AND TYPES CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Personal Essay – a piece of writing, usually in
the first person that focuses on the topic
through the lens, it can be narrative non-
narrative, based on true personal experience.
The Memoir – is a longer piece of creative
nonfiction that delves deep into a writer’s
personal experience, typically uses multiple
scenes/stories as a way of examining a writer’s
life.
Literary Journalism – uses the techniques of
journalism (such as interviews and reviews) in

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