1 ◦Fact. The core of nonfiction is fact.

Factual information shall be included in the piece and

not a made up information.
2 ◦Extensive research. Conducting and gathering information through research provide
accurate and reliable information that you may use in writing your nonfiction write-up.
3 ◦Reportage/reporting. Documenting the gathered information like interview and reports
helps you keep records and files for future usages.
4 ◦Personal experience and personal opinion. Since the main source of contents are based
from the personal experiences and personal insights of the writer, it makes an easy way to
write a piece.
5 ◦Explanation/Exposition. Explaining the story to the reader is expected to attain the
objectives of the piece.
6 ◦Essay format. The outputs in creative nonfiction are often in essay format. Examples:
Procedural Essay, Personal Essay, Literary essays, descriptive essay
7 ◦Storytelling/narration. The goal, challenges and obstacles, a turning point, and
resolution of the story shall be delivered spontaneously to help the readers understand the
flow of the story.
8 ◦Character/Characterization. In a nonfiction story, characters are also important. The
main character serves as the core or central idea of the storyline. The story revolves to the
experiences of the main character with the help of the other characters.
9 ◦Setting, atmosphere and scene. The writer creates scenes that are action -oriented;
include dialogue; and contain vivid descriptions.
10 ◦Plot and plot structure. These are the main events that make up the story. In a personal
essay, there might be only one event. In a memoir, there are often several significant
events.
11 ◦Figurative language. The use of figurative languages helps the writer to provide
aesthetics to the piece. It gives vibrant effect to the story.
12 ◦Imagery. The use of different sensory images helps also to add color in writing a
nonfiction piece.
13 ◦Angle/Point of view. Most of the time nonfiction adheres with the use of First Person
Point of View since the experiences are being told.
14 ◦Dialogue. This can help to make the story run within the characters.
15 ◦Theme. It is the central idea or universal truth presented in the work.
16 The 5’Rs of Creative Nonfiction
17 Lee Gutkind, who is a writer, professor, and expert on creative nonfiction, wrote an essay
called “The Five R’s of Creative Nonfiction.”
18 Types of Creative Nonfiction
19 Personal Essay. The writer uses information that is based on personal experience or a
single event, which leads in significant personal meaning or a lesson learned that he
encountered. The writer uses the first person “I.”
20 Memoir. The writer creates a real story within a time or period of life, one that contributed
a significant personal meaning and truth. The writer uses the first person “I” in the story.
21 Literary journalism essay. The writer creates an output on an issue or topic using the
understood literary devices, such as the elements of fiction and figurative languages.
22 Autobiography. The writer writes his/her own life story, from birth to the present, using
the first person “I.”
23 Travel Writing. The writer creates article narration about travel using literary devices and
figurative languages.
24 Food writing. The writer crafts stories about food and cuisine using literary techniques
that mat lead to a review and recommendation.
25 Profiles. The writer constructs life stories of people using literary devices.
26 theme as a thread that runs throughout a whole book. When done well, the theme relates
to every subject and story and piece of advice. It ties everything together.
27 theme is the broader message of the story. In nonfiction informational texts, the central
ideas are the most essential ideas.
28 Central Ideas. These are the most essential ideas of a text; the key points the author
wants to make! The BIG idea.
1 ◦_________. The core of nonfiction is fact. Factual information shall be included in the piece
and not a made up information.
2 ◦_________. Conducting and gathering information through research provide accurate and
reliable information that you may use in writing your nonfiction write-up.
3 ◦_________.. Documenting the gathered information like interview and reports helps you
keep records and9 files for future usages.
4 ◦_________.. Since the main source of contents are based from the personal experiences
and personal insights of the writer, it makes an easy way to write a piece.
5 ◦_________. Explaining the story to the reader is expected to attain the objectives of the
piece.
6 ◦_________. The outputs in creative nonfiction are often in essay format. Examples:
Procedural Essay, Personal Essay, Literary essays, descriptive essay
7 ◦_________. The goal, challenges and obstacles, a turning point, and resolution of the story
shall be delivered spontaneously to help the readers understand the flow of the story.
8 ◦_________. In a nonfiction story, characters are also important. The main character serves
as the core or central idea of the storyline. The story revolves to the experiences of the
main character with the help of the other characters.
9 ◦_________. The writer creates scenes that are action -oriented; include dialogue; and
contain vivid descriptions.
10 ◦_________. These are the main events that make up the story. In a personal essay, there
might be only one event. In a memoir, there are often several significant events.
11 ◦_________. The use of figurative languages helps the writer to provide aesthetics to the
piece. It gives vibrant effect to the story.
12 ◦_________. The use of different sensory images helps also to add color in writing a
nonfiction piece.
13 ◦_________.. Most of the time nonfiction adheres with the use of First Person Point of View
since the experiences are being told.
14 ◦_________. This can help to make the story run within the characters.
15 ◦_________. It is the central idea or universal truth presented in the work.
16 The 5’Rs of Creative Nonfiction _________.
17 _________., who is a writer, professor, and expert on creative nonfiction, wrote an essay
called “The Five R’s of Creative Nonfiction.”
18 Types of Creative Nonfiction _________.
19 _________. The writer uses information that is based on personal experience or a single
event, which leads in significant personal meaning or a lesson learned that he
encountered. The writer uses the first person “I.”
20 _________. The writer creates a real story within a time or period of life, one that
contributed a significant personal meaning and truth. The writer uses the first person “I”
in the story.
21 _________.. The writer creates an output on an issue or topic using the understood literary
devices, such as the elements of fiction and figurative languages.
22 _________. The writer writes his/her own life story, from birth to the present, using the
first person “I.”
23 _________. The writer creates article narration about travel using literary devices and
figurative languages.
24 _________. The writer crafts stories about food and cuisine using literary techniques that
mat lead to a review and recommendation.
25 _________. The writer constructs life stories of people using literary devices.
26 _________ as a thread that runs throughout a whole book. When done well, the theme
relates to every subject and story and piece of advice. It ties everything together.
27 _________ is the broader message of the story. In nonfiction informational texts, the central
ideas are the most essential ideas.
28 _______________ These are the most essential ideas of a text; the key points the author
wants to make! The BIG idea.