Name: ____________________________ Grade & Section: ___11/12_____ Score: ___________________

School: ___________________________ Teacher: ____________________ Subject Creative Nonfiction .

LAS Writer: JOY C. RODRIGUEZ
Content Editors: ZYNAFE V. CAIJO ROMEL V. MAT-AN .
Lesson Topic: Creative Nonfiction: An Overview Quarter 3 Week 1 LAS 1 .
Learning Targets: Identify dominant literary convention of fiction and nonfiction as literary genre .
(HUMSS_CNF11/12-Ia-3) ..
Reference : Purdue University Online Writing Lab. Creative Nonfiction: An Overview.
Available at <https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/creative_writing/creative_
nonfiction/index.html > [Accessed 2 March 2021]
Creative Nonfiction as Genre

Creative nonfiction is the story that involves real people, and is based on facts. It has a narrative plot with an
inciting moment, rising action, climax and denouement, just like fiction. Unlike fiction stories that are made of
imaginary events and characters, creative nonfiction narrates stories based on the real events that took place.
Its contents are about true experiences of the writers themselves.
It is a genre of writing that employs and utilizes literary styles and techniques of writing fiction to make the
real-life stories more entertaining to read.
Here is the table that summarizes the similarities and differences of fiction and creative nonfiction genre:
Literary Plot/ Characters Setting Point of Literary Theme
Genre Narrative View Devices
Fiction Exposition, rising Entirely Entirely 1st , 2nd , or Figurative Universal
action, climax, fictional fictional 3rd person languages and experiences
falling action, (imaginary) (imaginary) or POV imagery ((love,
dénouement/ or based based on real loneliness,
ending on real-life places and freedom,
person events etc.)
Personal No single Real Real places Usually 1St Figurative
Narratives structure (follows People, and events Person languages and
(Creative plot of fiction or usually the POV, author imagery,
Nonfiction) explore other author is is the includes
narrative the main narrator personal
structure) character reflection

Examples
A novel is a fiction because the characters, setting and events are product of the writer’s imagination.
A travelogue is creative nonfiction for it narrates the author’s travel story of the experiences encountered
while touring a place for the pleasure of travel.

Activity
Find the meaning of the following styles of writing and determine whether the following style belongs to
fiction or nonfiction genre. Write a brief description about your answer. Number one (1) is done for you.
Styles of Writing Fiction Nonfiction Brief Description
1. Autobiography / It is a life story of a person written by himself/herself.

2. Short story
3. Memoir
4. Drama
5. Personal Essay
6. Literary Journalism
7. Epic
8. Legend
9. Biography
10. Folktale