FORMS AND

TYPES OF
CREATIVE NON
FICTION
GROUP1
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
A written account of the life o a person
written by that person
 An autobiography(from the greek , autos
self, bios life, graphein to write) is a self
written account of the life of oneself.
 The word ‘’autobiography’’ was first used
deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797
Examples
 TheOpening lines of Zora Neale Hurston’s
Autobiography
 Autobiography and Truth
 Autobiography and Memoir
BIOGRAPHY
A detailed description or account of a
person’s life.
 It involves more than just the basic facts
like education, work ,relationships ,and
death; it portrays a person’s experience
of these life events.
BLOG
A web log: a website containing short
articles called posts that are changed
regularly. Some blogs are written by one
person containing his/her own opinion,
interests and experinces, while others are
written by many different people.
Example
 Skint Dad- is a site that helps young/ new
dads save money and be more frugal in
their day to day living.
CRITIQUE
A critical discussion or review that
describes, summarizes, analyzes, and
evaluates the strengths and weaknesses
of a work . It is written in paragraph form.
PEER CRITIQUE
 Orpeer review, the practice of writers to
review and provide constructive criticism
of each others works.
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
A narrative essay about a true story of
something that happened to someone,
usually told to illustrate an insight: is base
on autobiographical events.
REFLECTIVE OR REFLECTION
ESSAY
A form of writing that examines and
observers the progress and meaning of a
writers individual experiences like a journal
about the thoughts on a certain topic.
REPORTAGE
A kind of literary journalism that reports on
an event, history or an actual case based
on direct observation, investigation or
through research and documentation.
TESTIMONIO
 Literarya solemn attestaion as to the truth
of a matter . In literature, it is an oral or
written autobiographical narrative
referred to as ‘’testimonial literature’’. The
term ‘’testimonio’’refers to a kind of
writing which comes from latin america
dealing with experiences of human rights
abuse
TRAVELOGUE
A story of the experiences encountered
by someone while touring a place for the
pleasure of travel.
TRUE NARRATIVE
 Isan objective account of something
(e.g. journalistic report).
 1.a kind of literary journalism that reports on an event.
 2. a narrative essay about true story of something that happened
to someone
 3. a critical discussion or review that describes
 4.a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter
 5. a website containing short articles called posts
 6.the practice of writers to review and provide
 7.a detailed description or account of a persons life
 8.a story of the experiences encountered by someone
 9.a written account of the life of a person written by that persons
 10.a form of writing that examines and observes the progress
 11-13Give 3 examples of autobiography
 14-15 Give the example of blog