Creative Non-Fiction
Define authorial intrusion.
What the author thinks. In other words, it is the author's analysis and/or exposition that interprets the scenes/events in their life (Burroway 233).
Define the difference between summary and scene
“A summary covers a relatively long period of time in relatively short compass; a scene deals at length with a relatively short period of time” (Burroway 263). Summary can also be described as “telling” your story, and scene can be understood as “showing” the narrative.
Amiri Baraka emphasizes the importance of a poem’s stance. Stance is another way of saying what.
A poem’s point of view (Burroway 311).
The difference between Diegetic and Nondiegetic sound
Diegetic music or sound “…occurs realistically within the action…Nondiegetic sound is stylized, not arising from the action but as an accompaniment or background to it” (Burroway 335-6).
The two poetic devices that Michael Kleber-Diggs uses in his poem "America Is Loving Me to Death"
Acrostic and golden shovel
The type of research you might do for Creative Non-Fiction.
"...interview, observation, and detective work..." (Burroway 232).
Define the difference between story and plot.
“A story is a series of events recorded in chronological order. A plot is a series of events deliberately arranged so as to reveal their dramatic, thematic, and emotional significance” (Burroway 261).
The devices that were the origins of poetry
Mnemonic devices to aid with memorization (Burroway 299).
Two rules for formatting character names in drama
“Your character names should appear in ALL CAPS,…” and they should be “…indented four inches from the left edge of the page” (Muszynski 5).
The two extended metaphors Wilkerson use in the excerpt we read from her book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent
The main purpose for a personal essay
"...to inform or teach, either by presenting new knowledge or by combining old facts in a new way. Often the essay seduces the reader with a personal note into an educational enterprise" (Burroway 232).
The distinction between backstory and flashback
Backstory is “…any information about the past…” that is “…revealed in dialogue, or in the character’s thoughts, or in the narrative itself” (Burroway 266). Whereas flashback “…travels back from its [the narrative’s] current action to depict the past in scenes…” (Burroway 266).
In addition to imagery, the elements that are also relevant to achieving poetic compression
“…voice, character, setting, and story…” (Burroway 311).
Three ways to reveal a character’s thoughts in drama
The place the protagonist discovered the letter from his mother in "Paper Menagerie"
Folded into his origami tiger Laohu
A main attribute of how Creative Non-Fiction is unlike Story.
"...creative nonfiction involves a balance of dramatization and overt reflection" (Burroway 231).
The metaphor Jerome Stern uses to explain the significance of scene in fiction
Janet Burroway paraphrases Stern’s book Making Shapely Fiction explaining, “…you ‘make a scene’ like a child in a tantrum” (264). Stern follows up this point arguing the author should use sensory details, such as “dialogue, physical reactions, gestures, smells, sounds, and thoughts” (qtd. in Burroway 264).
Define enjambment. Then write two poetic lines (or more) that model enjambment.
When a line of poetry ends in the middle of a sentence without a natural pause or punctuation and the next line of the poem continues the thought
A spider
is a crab
waterless.
The term that matches this definition: A character speaks the text, but their action or verbal cues reveal they are not being completely honest
A stage lie (Burroway 334).
An extended metaphor in Walker’s “Am I Blue?”
Walker compares the experience of slaves being treated as objects and commodities to the experience of animals like Blue
The distinction between memoir and personal essay.
What is a "...memoir sets up a dialogue between the writer and his/her past, while the emphasis of the personal essay is likely to be a relationship, implied or sought between the writer and reader" (Burroway 227-8).
This aspect of plot is always rendered as a scene
“…the crisis point of a story must always be manifested in an action. Another way of saying this is that the crisis is always a scene” (Burroway 265).
The ten techniques that belong to the poetry genre
“…imagery, metaphor, repetition, meter, stress, rhythm, assonance, consonance, alliteration, and rhyme” (Burroway 298).
The punctuation used to show that two people are interrupting or talking over each other
Ellipsis […] (Muszynski 9).
The turning point in the drama “Good Morning, Romeo”
When Romeo reveals he was planning to rob the convenience store