Activity 2. Top of Mind!
Directions: What are the ideas that come into your mind when you encounter each concept.
CONCEPTS IDEAS
1. Autobiography
2. Biography
3. Blog
4. Essay
5. Fiction
6. Literary Journalism
7. Journalism
8. Narrative
9. Nonfiction
10. Personal Narrative
11. Reflection Essay
12. Reportage
13. Testimonies
14. Travelogue
15. True Narrative
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1. an account of a person's life written by that person
2. biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events
3. a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style
4. essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story
5. literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
6. Literary journalism is the creative nonfiction form that comes closest to newspaper and magazine writing. ... Literary journalism is sometimes called “immersion journalism” because it requires a closer, more active relationship to the subject and to the people the literary journalist is exploring.
7. Journalism is the activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information. It is also the product of these activities.
8. a spoken or written account of connected events; a story
9. prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history
10. Personal narrative (PN) is a prose narrative relatingpersonal experience usually told in first person; its content is nontraditional. "Personal" refers to a story from one's life or experiences. "Nontraditional" refers to literature that does not fit the typical criteria of a narrative.
11. Reflective writing is an analytical practice in which the writer describes a real or imaginary scene, event, interaction, passing thought, or memory and adds a personal reflection on its meaning.
12. the reporting of news, for the press and the broadcast media
13. a declaration of truth or fact
14. a movie, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited and experiences encountered by a traveler
15. true narrative essay, remember is a story, based on actual events. You are required to compose a true narrative essay about an incident that you experienced or observed. The form of the true narrative is undefined; the purpose in telling the story is to express a point or observation