The Name Game
Claudia Rankine wrote Between the World and Me.
Um, Actually...Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote that memoir.
Writing a memoir as a letter addressed to a son, is an example of using scene in creative nonfiction writing.
Um, Actually... the letter is considered a type of Form.
The following lines of poetry show an example of Tenor vowel frequencies:
"continue to grow, continue/ to do what such plants do"
Um, Actually... most of those vowel frequencies are in the Bass register.
A metaphor is an expression of direct similarity using "like" or "as."
Um, Actually... that's a simile. Metaphor often compares dissimilar things and does NOT use "like" or "as."
The Final Exam is cumulative and it covers fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Um, Actually...the final exam is NOT cumulative and it only covers material from the creative nonfiction and poetry units.
Danez Smith wrote "Sagas of the Accidental Saint."
Themes are specific subjects or feelings that are meditated on either implicitly or explicitly only in works of creative nonfiction writing.
Um, Actually...themes are prevalent in every genre of literature--fiction, drama, poetry, AND creative nonfiction.
This line of poetry shows an example of Assonance:
“After the birthing of bombs of forks and fear”
Um, Actually... this line of poetry offers an example of consonance.
Diction is the choice of vocabulary in a poem used to relay the personality of the speaker and/or broader themes. (Hint: something is missing from this definition...)
Um, Actually... sentence structures are also important to consider when analyzing diction.
The final exam will include a matching section, a multiple choice section, and an essay section.
Um, Actually...the final exam will include all of these sections PLUS a short answer section too.
Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote "A Small Needful Fact."
Um, Actually...Ross Gay wrote that poem.
Factual truth and emotional truth are considered interchangeable terms when analyzing creative nonfiction texts.
Um, Actually...Factual truth is anything that can be proven or corroborated using outside research. Emotional truth is meant to validate feelings expressed on the page even though they might differ from person to person.
This line of poetry shows an example of a metaphor:
"Wherever he stops,/kids grow like gourds from women's bellies."
Um, Actually...that's a simile because it uses like or as to compare two things.
The word "Rumble" is an example of Personification.
Um, Actually...the word "Rumble" is an example of Onomatopoeia.
The final exam is a take-home exam.
Um, Actually...the final exam is a classic blue book test and takes place in our assigned classroom.
Ada Limon wrote "Diving into the Wreck."
Um, Actually... Adrienne Rich wrote that poem
The main concepts we use to analyze Creative Nonfiction Writing include Form, Research and Scene.
Um, Actually...Commentary is also included in that list--otherwise known as any type of reflection or analysis occurring directly on the page.
This line of poetry shows an example of literal imagery:
"[this] history you cannot steal or sell or cast overboard"
Um, Actually...this is an example of figurative imagery.
The phrase "loud tie" is an example of Personification.
Um, Actually...that's an example of synesthesia--a description of one kind of sense experience in relation to another.
The final exam will be open note and open book.
Um, Actually...in your dreams! It's a closed exam. Make time to study. :)
Natalie Diaz wrote "Weather."
Um, Actually... Claudia Rankine wrote that poem.
Anytime the narrator in a work of CNF expresses an emotion or thought-process that isn't already apparent in the scene taking place is an example of Commentary.
Um, Actually... this is considered a moment of Interiority.
These lines of poetry show examples of internal rhyme and slant rhyme:
"whose drowned face sleeps with open eyes/ whose breasts still bear the stress/ whose silver, copper, vermeil cargo lies"
Um, Actually... these lines are examples of internal rhyme and end rhyme.
Cesura is French for "striding over" and it's when there's no punctuation at the end of a poetic line.
Um, Actually...the correct term is Enjambment.
The final exam takes place on Thursday, Dec 5th.
Um, Actually...the final exam takes place on our very last day of class, Tuesday, 12/3.
(P.S. Don't forget to purchase a blue book before you leave for Thanksgiving break!)