Creative Nonfiction Agreement

Agreement

1. Why do journalist refer to what they write as stories not reports?

• Journalists usually refer to what they write as stories. Not articles or reports, occasionally pieces, but stories. This does not apply only to reporters but to everybody in the editorial chain, from desk editors, copy editors, specialist and sports writers to the editor him or herself. Words published in newspapers, on air or online are stories..  
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/sep/25/writing.journalism

2. What is the purpose of journalism? Explain.

• The purpose of journalism is thus to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments.

3. Can you consider the piece you read as an example of CNF? If yes, what literary elements are present in the piece?

• Yes, the literary elements Diction.

4. What is the theme of the piece? How did you come up with that idea?

• Journalist is different from creative writing.

5. Difference between Non fictional texts and creative nonfiction text.

• Non-fiction is everything that is not included in fiction. In the bookstore you will find the fiction section, which contains novels and short stories. The rest of the store in its entirety is nonfiction. This includes memoir, biography, cookbooks. self-help, art, photography, sports, technology, religion and much more. 
• Creative nonfiction is a relatively new genre. Creative nonfiction is based on a true story. But in the telling the writer resorts to memory or extrapolation based on the facts. 
• Creative non-fiction is not making something up, but making the most of what you have. --John McPhee