ELEMENTS of Creative Non-Fiction

Where and when does the story take place? Describe it.

• SETTINGS

• CHARACTER

• THEME

• CHARACTERIZATION

What happens in the story?

• Plot

• Settings

• Characters

• Conflict

In a story, they are the people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in action.

• Characterization

• Plot

• Setting

• Characters

How do the characters act in the story? What do they say? What do they value? Are they nice or mean?

• Characters

• Theme

• Settings

• Characterization

What is the problem? Is it coming from the inside (internal) or the outside (external)?

• Theme

• Conflict

• Settings

• Characters

What is the message of the story? What does the author trying to say?

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

Who is the narrator of an autobiography?

• another author 

   

   

• unknown admirer 

• a relative

• the author

 

The line, glowing colors appear, appeals tothe sense of __

• sight

• taste

• smell

• symbolism

A diary is what type of non-fiction?

• AUTOBIOGRAPHY

• ESSAY

• EXPOSITION

• BIOGRAPHY

Nonfiction has two major types that function

to “tell a story” or “to give an information?

• Narrative and informative

• Expository an narrative

• Narrative and realistic

• Expository and persuasive