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•Each one of us has our fair share of

embarrassing moments in our lives.
Think of your most embarrassing
experience. On your notebook, write
an outline, in bullet form. The details
of that experience. Be ready to share
your story to the whole class.
Example: My Most Embarrassing Moment

• I was on my way to the school.

• I rode a jeepney.
• I was about to alight and said “para” to the driver.
• I never thought that he didn’t hear me.
• I stood up but then it accelerated.
• I went out of balance and I accidentally sat on the lap of the commuter I
was sitting next to.
• Good thing he was a male
• I turned red in embarrassment and quickly alighted the jeepney.
Fiction and Creative
Nonfiction
Objectives:
• Describe the elements of fiction
• Analyze the differences and similarities
between CNF and Fiction
• Analyze sample texts
• Write preparatory notes for an essay
employing the elements offiction
Elements of Fiction
P_O_
A story is made up of events
and arranging these events in
a logical and casual manner
is called __________.
PLOT
A story is made up of events
and arranging these events in
a logical and casual manner
is called __________.
4 PARTS OF PLOT:

•Beginning
•Middle
•climax
4 PARTS OF PLOT:
•Beginning
•Middle
•Climax
•End
_OI_T O_ V_ __ W

•Is the angle where the story is

told from.
•Could be 1 person, second
st

person or third person

POINT OF VIEW

•Is the angle where the story is

told from.
•Could be 1 person, second
st

person or third person

What is the difference between 3rd person
limited and 3rd person omniscient?
C_AR_C_ _ R S

•Are the ones doing actions

in the story. Normally they
are the people inhabiting
the story
CHARACTERS

•Are the ones doing actions

in the story. Normally they
are the people inhabiting
the story
Can you define the following?
Protagonist
Observer
Complex/dynamic
Simple/flat
Simple/flat
___ E _ T I __ __

A time and a place of

the story
Gives thesense of reality
SETTING

A time and a place of

the story
Gives thesense of reality
___ O N ___

•The attitude of the

writer towards her
material
TONE

•The attitude of the

writer towards her
material
A T ___ O S __ ___ E R E

•Also called mood

•Has something to do with the
overall psychological and emotional
feeling invoked in a reader while
reading the story
•Effect of setting
ATMOSPHERE
•Also called mood
•Has something to do with the
overall psychological and emotional
feeling invoked in a reader while
reading the story
•Effect of setting
___ YM ___ O L

•Is an object in a
literary work that
represents something
than what is.
SYMBOL

•Is an object in a
literary work that
represents something
than what is.
Give your own example of symbols.
___ R ___ N Y

•Connotes disparity
• have three types :
verbal, situational and
dramatic
IRONY

•Connotes disparity
• have three types :
verbal, situational and
dramatic
____ H ____ M E

•The general idea or general

observation about life and
people
•Will lead us to the meaning
of the story
THEME

•The general idea or general

observation about life and
people
•Will lead us to the meaning
of the story
Manuel E. Arguilla

• One of the canonical short story writers in English in

the Philippines
• Born in Nagrebcan in Buang, LU
• “Midsummer”, “How my Brother Leon Brought Home
a Wife”
• Won commonwealth Literary award in 1940
• Captured and executed by the Japanese in august
1944
Previewing
• Who are the characters in the story?
How are they related?
• What domesticated animal also plays a
role in the story?
• Based on the title, what do you think is
its mood?
Vocabulary Building:

• Bamboo footbridge
• Bare feet
• Live coals
• Rice straw
• Husky legs
• Piece of firewood
• Slender stalks
• Fuzzy green leaves
Morning in Nagrebcan
Manuel E. Arguilla
 Questions for Comprehension. Analyze the
story by completing the table:
Elements Aspects Answers/Explanation

Point of View
Characters Main Characters
Other Characters
Setting
Tone and Atmosphere
Symbol/s
Irony
Theme
•In what ways does it ring a
chord with the contemporary
reader? What social issues
suggested in the story are
contemporary?
My Hometown
Yazmin D. Raquiza
 Questions for Comprehension. Analyze the
story by completing the table:
Elements Aspects Answers/Explanation

Point of View
Characters Main Characters
Other Characters
Setting
Tone and Atmosphere
Symbol/s
Irony
Theme
Writing Activity

• Using the Elements of Fiction table, write the

notes of an essay you want to write. Your topic
should be based your experience and describe
your own hometown. Being faithful to reality
will not stop you from inventing details to make
your storytelling more exciting. You may add or
subtract details as long as the essence of the
story is retained.