ENG 204 - Creative Non-Fiction - Textbook

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the features and sub-genres of Creative Non-Fiction
• Enhance strategies for reading, drafting, revising, editing, and self-assessment
• Gather, interpret, and assess information from a variety of sources and points of view
• Have experience writing in many of the sub-genres of Creative Non-Fiction
• Produce well-reasoned written arguments using evidence to support conclusions
• Demonstrate knowledge of the skills involved in the creative process

Be Specific! How to Get to the Point in Everything You Write

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"You want your writing to have a clear message. You want it to be easy to read and reach more people."

What is Fashion?

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"Fashion is something we deal with everyday. Even people who say they don’t care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel that day. One certain thing in the fashion world is change. We are constantly being bombarded with new fashion ideas from music, videos, books, and television."

Clothing and Identity: What Do Our Clothes Say About Us?
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"Have you ever thought about the message your clothes send and what it says about you? What story are you telling with your style today?"

"Sure, some brands provide consistent quality. But, what about those luxury brands people love? An explanation of why I choose not to wear brands though I can afford them."

How the Pandemic Changed Our Bodies

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"Whether or not you’ve been lucky enough to dodge the coronavirus for the last year, the global pandemic still could be taking a toll on your body, from your brain to your skin.

Your body may be suffering effects big or small from the many ways the pandemic has changed our lives — whether it’s from regular fear of contracting the deadly virus, losing loved ones unexpectedly, social isolation, job losses and financial struggles, endless hours Zooming from home or other challenges faced."

How to be a More Detailed Writer

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"Details can make the difference between a dull read and a gripping tale, or between a weak argument and a strong one. In particular, details can bring descriptions to life, turning a "worn pair of sneakers" into "a pair of Air Jordans with frayed laces and the tread long-since worn away." While the settings and characters of fiction and literary non-fiction benefit most from detailed writing, there are a number of steps you can take to put more detail into any writing, from doing detailed research, to rooting out adverbs, to evoking senses like taste and smell."

"CGTN's Rachelle Akuffo speaks with Alfiee Breland-Noble, psychologist and founder of the AAKOMA Project, about COVID's impact on mental health."

How to be Specific! How to Get to the Point in Everything You Write
Source: Joanna Cutrara, 2021 © Grammarly Inc.

What is Fashion?
Source: Cynthia Durcanin, Copyright © 2021 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved

Clothing and Identity: What do our clothes say about us?
Source: Joe Mebrahtu, Copyright © 2021 SHIFTER Agency Inc. All rights reserved.

Reason I Do NOT Wear Brand Names
Source: The Saint and The Sinner (YouTube Channel)

How the pandemic has changed our bodies
Source: Jacqueline Stenson, © 2021 NBC UNIVERSAL

How to Be a More Detailed Writer
Source: Megan Morgan
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"Psychologist Alfiee Breland-Noble on COVID and anxiety"
Source: CGTN. This material is distributed by MediaLinks TV, LLC on behalf of CCTV.