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    I have a background in journalism, specifically, political journalism. So, I’m used to nonfiction. However, once the word creative slides in, I get confused and overwhelmed in a sea of emotions and feelings. I stayed on the side of politics and policy due to the lack of emotion involved – and if my critique from peers serves as any indication, I lack a certain touch of sensitivity. I don’t like writing about myself, and I really don’t like writing fluffy pieces filled with maudlin ramblings of past

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    To start off this reflective statement, I would like to first discuss how I revised my piece. When I finished my first draft, I had two stories, the first being about a change of fate (Wheel of Fortune) and the second being about a past excursion (A Trip). However, after being workshopped, I realized that I had to focus on one of the stories. As such, I took into consideration what my peers thought that day and decided to expand upon my second story, originally titled “A Trip”. One of the major

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    The feedback I provided students on the nonfiction texts feature assessment addressed each individual needs and strengths relative to the standard being measured because it provided students with written exclamation on how well they performed on the assessment then I discussed the areas they had specific difficulty with, which included following through of the directions needed to complete the assessment to earn full credit. For example one student gave an answer but did not include the name of the

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    elicited through the use of personal reflection, regarding the death of his wife, Carol. This literary nonfiction, memoir uses the present tense, a constant tone, and an informal view to help add immediacy, by keeping the reader involved step by step as the author connects his personal present and past experiences regarding death. Readers are continually intrigued by Angell’s literary nonfiction essay, with provoking thoughts focusing on death, while using figurative language to keep Carol alive,

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    Creative Nonfiction Essay A bottle is suddenly broken, a fist is suddenly clenched, his speech is slurred. He gets up to get into his car out of his sons apartment. Barely making it to the door of the apartment, he falls down once in the hallway. He is carried down in the elevator to an ambulance. He found out he is going to alcoholic rehabilitation. This isn’t the first time an event like this has happened, but the third time. While alcoholism is a complex disease, it starts generally as

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    classic Vermont sunset, painted in orange hues contrasting off the depth of the blue lake. We turned and looked at each other and let out a sigh of relief as we embraced the conclusion of the film. We finished filming of our summer short titled “Nonfiction”, filming which took place over the course of approximately four months. The filming featured scenes scattered all throughout Vermont. It was an excruciating schedule of shooting that integrated a constantly changing plotline due to uncontrollable

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    In the book of "The Art of Nonfiction (2001)" composed by Ayn Rand, she gives the bearings and rules to compose and comprehend a topic for an understudy to perform well furthermore demonstrates the different methods for sorting out the subject. In the following proviso she composed on "Picking a subject and topic". Which is by all accounts fascinating and imperative for an essayist. This part demonstrates the distinctive classifications of the arrangement, before composing or making an article

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    These three essays meet the criteria for literary nonfiction by real facts, personal experiences, and places. The author in " The big book" used history to describe the past. He wrote biography about Robert Caro and experienced more than 30 years. That shows the reader that many events happened during past like Civil Right Act in 1964. Jones wrote, "For decades, 1775 Broadway-the old Newsweek building-was a wall of bricks. But in 2008, its owners decided that bricks made it look old, especially because

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    more about a person or event, it is often easy to become attached to them, and develop biased opinions on the subject. However, exceptional authors of crime nonfiction avoid this bias, creating a strictly objective account of the criminals and events for the reader. Truman Capote clearly demonstrates this concept in his excellent nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood. Throughout the novel, Capote maintains a completely objective tone when describing the stories of the criminals Perry and Dick, including

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    Narrative Nonfiction “Man, I’m telling you I can’t wait to get out of college.” stated the Jock. “HA! You probably won’t even graduate after all the detentions and write ups you got!”a random person answer back. Slam! I grab my books out my locker and I began to walk to my next class. Truth is, I was very exciting that I made it this far, into this master class-like school. When I pass a classroom, I saw a body fly like a football against the lockers. “I’m really getting tired of your crap dude!”

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