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Showing 1 to 20 of 458 for “"Nonfiction"”.
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Information visualization as creative nonfiction
Information visualizations are an important means through which we communicate knowledge. By considering visualizations as data-driven narratives, this thesis uses narrative thinking as an orienting concept to support the production and evaluation of information visualizations. It proposes a set of …
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Nonfiction and adolescent reading interests
Already popular with the general reading public, nonfiction can have a viable place in the English curriculum. However, in order to increase teacher as well as student enthusiasm for exploring this genre, nonfiction selections chosen for study in the English class must take into consideration …
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Illustrated Nonfiction in the Screen Age
… In the age of screens, what are illustrated nonfiction books uniquely positioned to offer modern audiences? This essay seeks to understand how the genre can serve as one possible antidote to the infinite scroll. I examine the qualities of three illustrated nonfiction texts: Abbi Jacobson’s I …
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CREATIVE NONFICTION ILLUMINATED: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY SPOTLIGHTS
Creative nonfiction is abundant and popular. There are many names and definitions for this fluid, multimodal genre, which has played a role in its marginality in academia. This dissertation examines creative nonfiction in composition, creative writing, and journalism. I argue that distinct beliefs …
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Unlonely: A Collection of Short and Nonfiction
<p>The following work was produced by the author during her career at the University of Southern Mississippi.</p>
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Adventures in the 4th Genre: Creative Nonfiction Essays
Adventures in the 4th Genre: Creative Nonfiction Essays examines what it means to be a writer and how our surroundings provide a sense of safety. The first of two essays, "Second Floor Lounge" provides an anthropological description of the safe haven created within the author's college library, and …
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Nonfiction and Fiction: Does Genre Influence Reader Response?
… and aesthetic stances during transaction with nonfiction and fiction. The study explores the following questions: Does genre (nonfiction or fiction) influence the reader's response to a literarytext? Does a reader's process of reading change during a nonfictional reading compared to a fictional …
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Nonfiction interests and reading habits of third grade students
… at how students are currently viewing and using nonfiction when they have a choice in their literature. It further examines what teaching practices can be used to shape students view of informational texts. The goal of this study is to understand if students choose nonfiction when their interests …
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Everyone is Moving: A Collection of Short Fiction and Nonfiction
… was written over three years in the fiction and nonfiction workshops sponsored by the Center for Writers.</p>
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Some String or Another: Fiction and Nonfiction Stories of Connection
Some String or Another: Fiction and Nonfiction Stories of Connection, a creative thesis, explores patterns of change in stories from the perspective of connection and disconnection. The preface examines the effects of temporal disconnection, the relationship of conflict and connection to narrative …
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When shape becomes a sign: narrative design in creative nonfiction.
… right. The three stories included are creative nonfiction and each employs a distinct modular design. The themes of the stories revolve around personal identity and values; families and marriage; and creative empowerment.
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Serial Architectures: Nonfiction Film and the Built Environment, 1896-1920
This dissertation examines how nonfiction film was used to observe, analyze, and understand the built environment in the United States between 1896 and 1920. By focusing on the seriality of film and contemporary visual media, it shows how the introduction of the new medium altered the configuration …
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It's Always Somebody's Paris: An Examination of Place in Nonfiction Writing
… SOMEBODY’S PARIS: AN EXAMINATION OF PLACE IN NONFICTION WRITING By Jessica E. Sculthorpe This thesis examines the importance of place in nonfiction writing, using both the author’s personal experience as a student in Paris and the writings of other Americans in Paris, including members of the …
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Nonfiction forms in contemporary poetry by Black and Asian American Writers
… highlights poetry that adapts established nonfiction forms into poetry forms, examining poetry published in 2000-2024 by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander American (AANHPI) writers and Black writers (writers of African ancestry) within the United States. For writers of …
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Finding Where I Am: A Collection of Creative Nonfiction - Creative thesis
… is a collection of five pieces of creative nonfiction written over the academic years 2003—2005. Creative nonfiction is a genre that, in some form or another, has always existed, though trends in form and style are constantly in flux. Based on the experiences of the actual author, creative …
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Literacy Strategies for Reading and Understanding Nonfiction Texts in the Elementary Grades
… educate their students to read and understand nonfiction text so they will not only be successful in elementary school, but will also be prepared for the increased demands placed on them in the upper grades and beyond. This literature review investigated the question, what are the most …
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Modern Literacy: New Media's Gift to Nonfiction, the Self, and the Community
Integrating new-media nonfiction into secondary-level English provides an efficient and effective resource in teaching modern literacy, which requires an understanding of the participatory element of communication today. Messages can be consumed and created among multimodalities and multimedia. The …
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Composing a Literary Adoption Memoir and Self Through Creative Nonfiction Memoir Writing
… mom. I use the literary tools in the creative nonfiction genre to write not a mere record of events of my adoption, of adopting our daughter, of searching for my birth family. I offer pieces of creative nonfiction that represent my desire for a final project: a literary adoption memoir—a memoir …
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