LAS Q1 - Creative Non Fiction - Week 1

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Looking into the experiences of man is indeed an interesting and a worthwhile endeavor to
do. The complexities of human life and experience can be best explored through the reading,
analysis, and appreciation of literary texts. Various writing products exhibit and disclose man’s
aspirations, desires, and feelings that are expressed in a variety of techniques and means to
establish creative and aesthetic value which, in turn, can cultivate remarkable discoveries and
significant impacts to the readers. With no doubt, literature has the power of helping man to
understand better life which serves as its cardinal focus. This module reviews and recalls the
relevant concepts in the light of traditional literary genres.

The module contains the following lessons:


Lesson 1: Imagining life through Fiction
Lesson 2: Revealing inner thought through Poetry
Lesson 3: Showcasing the life’s miseries and glories through Drama
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in fiction, poetry, and
drama; and
2. Analyze the theme and techniques used in a particular text

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DIRECTIONS: Read the following statements. Choose the correct answers. Write your
answers on separate sheet of paper.

1. The people, animals, or things that are in a story. The WHO of the story.
a. setting c. character
b. plot d. conflict
2. The series of events in a story. This refers to WHAT happens in a story.
a. theme c. conflict
b. plot d. character
3. The problem or struggle in the story that creates the action. It is the WHY the action happens.
a. theme c. character
b. conflict d. setting
4. It is the message the author wants you to learn or understand.
a. conflict c. theme
b. point of view d. plot
5. What is the narrator of the poem called?
a. Author c. Narrator
b. Main character d. Speaker
6. All are found in poetry EXCEPT…
a. rhyme scheme c. paragraphs
b. stanzas d. rhythm
7. Groups of lines are called?
a. sentences c. line groupings
b. paragraphs d. stanzas
8. What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another? a. alliteration
c. metaphor
b. hyperbole d. simile
9. What figurative language is used in this sentence? "The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped
by on his bicycle"
a. alliteration c. metaphor
b. hyperbole d. simile
10.WHEN and WHERE a story happens.
a. setting c. character

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b. plot d. conflict
11. “A moral and a theme is the same.”
a. It depends on the culture.
b. True c. False d. It depends on the readers.
12. Which one is an example of a theme?
a. regret b. Love others the way you would like to be loved.
c. A man is struggling with regret throughout a story. Dark dreams, repetitive thoughts, and dark
lighting emphasize the mood and pervasiveness of the regret.
d. All of these are correct.
13. It is an element(s) of a story that bind(s) together various other essential elements of a narrative.
a. Motif b. Moral c. Theme d. all of these are correct.
14. The Philippine National Anthem’s theme is _________.
a. Revenge c. Cowardice
b. Patriotism d. None of these are correct.
15. The theme of a parable is its ____________.
a. Moral b. Imagery
c. Teaching d. None of these are correct

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Directions: Analyze the statements hereunder and determine the veracity of each. Before the
number, write ACCEPT if the statement is true; REJECT if it tells otherwise. Write your answers on
a separate sheet of paper.
__________ 1. Short stories, novellas, and novels are best examples of fictional works. __________ 2.
Fiction is any work that is drawn from the imaginative reconstruction and creative recreation of life
by the writer.
__________ 3. The elements of a short story and a novel differ since the latter is more complex.
__________ 4. Traditional stories circulated through oral lore for centuries.
__________ 5. Myths and legends are the first stories enjoyed by our forebears. __________ 6. Length
and complexity are the features that make a short story, and novel differs from each other.
__________ 7. The Linear pattern for plot begins in the middle portion of the action. __________ 8. The
villain is the character who mainly faces and resolves the major conflicts in the story.
__________ 9. Denouement introduces the characters, the setting, and the context of the story.
__________ 10. The point of view pertains to who narrates the story.

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Directions: Assume that you are tasked to discuss the nature of fiction to someone who seems
interested to learn about it. What would you give as definitions or explanations? Note your
definitions below.

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Salient features of fiction


Fictional works can be determined based on the following features enumerated hereunder:
1. Fiction is heavily drawn from one’s imagination.
2. It depicts the world and an experience that can be perceived to be mainly contrived or created by
the writer.

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3. It involves people who do not truly exist. However, the literary characters can be observed to be
entirely real.
4. It recounts and describes circumstances when there is crisis.
5. It presents situations, conditions, and surroundings that are closely similar to what is real.
6. It presents human life by considering the world of objective reality through the actions and
experiences of man and the world of subjective reality which centers on comprehension and
apprehension of man.
7. Fiction includes two important composites – characters and plot; that should go in harmony and
unity.
Basic forms of Fiction
The forms of fiction have similar conventions regarding the elements that comprise it. However,
they differ regarding the length and complexity.
1. Flash Fiction – An emerging form of fiction that is best remembered because of its relative
shortness. Words used by the writer range from 100 – 150 but still considered a complete story
since all the essential elements of fiction can be observed.
2. Short Story/Short Fiction – This form relatively can be done in one sitting since it deals with a
single complication and a limited number of characters.
3. Novella – This fiction form goes between a short fiction and a novel. This relatively long for a short
story but is somewhat short to be classified as a novel. Nick Joaquin’s
“The Woman Who Had Two Navels” is one work of fiction that best fits this type.
4. Novel – This greatly covers several plot complications since it is composed of several chapters.
The number of characters is relatively bigger.
Elements of Fiction
The entirety of any fictional work is a conglomeration of various elements which help in giving life
to a certain story which a writer created.
1. Characters - Characters are the people, animals, or aliens in the story. Readers come to know
the characters through what they say, what they think, and how they act.
2. Setting - Setting is where and when the story takes place.
3. Point 0f view – This pertains to the narrator of the story. This includes First Person Point of View,
Second Person Point of View, and Third Person Point of View.
4. Plot - Plot is what happens in the story, the series of events.
5. Theme - Theme refers to "The Big Ideas" that bubble up from what you have written.
6. Style - Style is like a fingerprint, no two are alike. A function of diction, syntax, and voice, style
tends to emerge from how you write rather than from a concerted effort to control it.

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Activity 1.1 Directions: Look for the following words in the box hereunder. Write your answers in a
separate sheet of paper.

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Activity 1.2
Directions: Analyze the features listed below and determine to which fictional form each feature
applies. Draw a STAR on the appropriate column. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.

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Directions: Using the graphic organizer hereunder, indicate essential ideas and concepts that you
know about poetry. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.

Directions: Read the poetic text below and answer the questions that follow. Write your answers in
a separate sheet of paper.

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Answer the following
1. Who is the persona in the poem?
a. a young boy c. the poet itself
b. a teacher d. a father
2. What is the structure/form of the poem? a. epic c. sonnet b. metrical tale d. song 3. What is the
theme of the poem?
a. Poem is difficult. b. How a poem should be written
c. Read the poem while smiling. d. None of the above

Salient features of Poetry


Poetry is formed and derived from the Greek term “poesis” that means to create or to make. It
mainly differs from other forms of literature in a sense that it must be read as carefully as it could

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be. Hereunder are some important features of poetry that you need to remember about this majestic
genre of literature:
1. It is mainly recognized as the most economical means of expression because of the limited
number of words used.
2. Poetry mainly evokes emotions and reveals the inner thoughts and aspirations of the writer.
3. It should manifest aesthetic and emotional appeal to the readers.
4. Its relative shortness and dynamism in structure exude great ideas and explorations about life.
5. Poetry can feature any topic relevant to human interests and experiences.
6. The meaning of poetry goes beyond its words. It should be internalized and carefully interpreted.
7. Language, as used in poetry, is highly creative in which denotation and connotation must be
given sound attention.
8. Poetry centers on several key aspects such as structure, language, tone, sound, rhythm, and
lastly, emotional appeal.
9. Poetry is established by the consideration of its fundamental composites namely – sense, sound,
and structure.
10. The poet has the freedom to frame his work. It can be highly structured or measured and can
also be written in free verse.
Various Forms of Poetry
Poetry comes in different forms depending on its content, purpose, and conventions. Hereunder is
a glimpse of the various types of poetry:
1. Narrative Poetry. This form capitalizes on recounting a story. Also, this form is non-dramatic.
Epics, metrical tales, ballads, and romances are specific poetic types that belong to this form.
2. Lyric Poetry. Lyric poems mainly evoke and highlight the emotions and feelings of the writer
toward the chosen subjects in a personal or subjective way. Lyric poems are melodic in nature and
are originally sung. Simple lyrics, songs, odes, sonnets, and elegies are examples that manifest the
conventions of the lyric poetry.
3. Dramatic Poetry. This form of poetry exhibits the elements of drama – dialogue and
characterization. A monologue and a soliloquy are best examples since their conventions fit this
type.
Other Creature Forms of Poetry
Aside from the traditional poetic forms, there are other creative forms of poetry which writers have
developed across time
1. Cinquain – It is a poem composed of five (5) lines in which each line has a certain number of
words.
2. Epitaph – This is relatively a short commemorative inscription (a poem or a saying) on a
tombstone particularly intended for a deceased person. This can be written in a serious or a
humorous tone.
3. Riddle Poetry – This mainly provides a description of its subject that is done in a poetic way. It
makes something extraordinary because of the creative use of language.

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4. Acrostic Poetry – A creative composition in verse in which the initial letters of each line or phrase
are taken to form a word.
5. Clerihew – This form of poetry was named after its developer Edmund Clerihew Bentley. It is
usually a humorous poem that is composed of four (4) lines and is mainly intended to describe a
person.
6. Shape Poetry – In this type of poetry, the words and lines of the poem are set to form the figure or
shape usually of its subject

Activity 1.1
Directions: Analyze the statements below and react by placing a check in the column of your
response. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

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Activity 1.2
Directions: Read the sample poems below. Identify the form of each poem.

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Directions: Answer the puzzle hereunder. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.

Directions: Imagine drama as a house. A house commonly


has different parts. In the figure provided below, assign the elements to a particular part of the
house and explain on a separate sheet of paper why you choose that element to that part. Write
your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

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Activity 1.1
Directions: Analyze the descriptions below and determine the idea being referred to in each item.
Write your answers before the number.
_________1. serves as the venue for theatrical performances
_________2. statements that are said by the characters
_________3. the Greek philosopher who regarded drama as an “imitation of actions’
_________4. the opposition of forces; anything that challenges the main character
_________5. the physical, social, or emotional milieu of the story
_________6. refers to the series of events and scenes of the story
_________7. one way to reveal characterization
_________8. the foundation of primitive drama
_________9. the bases of works of fiction and drama
_________10. the Latin term referring to the characters of the play

Activity 1.2

Directions: Compare and contrast drama from fiction. Complete the graphic organizer below.

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Directions: Read the short text hereunder. State the theme of the text. Write your answer in a
separate sheet of paper.

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Directions: Can you find the theme? Read the short poem below. Write your answers in a separate
sheet of paper.

I. Directions: Read the following questions. Choose the letter of your answer from the
options below. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.
1. A romance novel would have the major theme of ______.
a. Suspense c. War
b. Love d. All of these are correct.

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2. They provide discussion points for a chapter or two, but do not color the entire story.
a. Catharsis c. Major theme
b. Minor theme d. None of these are correct.
3. Is the theme important in a literary work?
a. It depends on the situation c. It depends on the reader
b. No d. Yes
4. A romance novel may have minor theme such as ______.
a. Flirtation c. Fidelity
b. Marriage d. All of these are correct.
5. What is true about the importance of a theme in a literary work?
a. It is okay not to have a theme when you write a narrative.
b. A good story must only have one minor theme for it to be great.
c. A good author is one that does not pay attention to the theme.
d. None of these are correct.
6. It is the central topic of a text.
a. Characterization c. Subject
b. Conflict d. Setting
7. Which of the following is true about theme?
a. Understanding a story’s theme is important in knowing the author’s message
b. It is usually universal in nature.
c. Themes can be stated directly or indirectly. d. All of these are correct.
8. It is more important and enduring throughout a narrative.
a. Major Theme c. Minor Theme
b. Catharsis d. None of these are correct. c.
9. “Themes are only expressed directly.”
a. True c. It depends on the author
b. False d. None of these are correct
10. The theme, ________ and structure are inseparable.
a. Moral c. Plot
b. Motif d. None of these are correct.
11. “A moral and a theme is the same.”
a. It depends on the culture. b. True
c. False d. It depends on the readers.

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12. Which one is an example of a theme?
a. regret b. Love others the way you would like to be loved.
c. A man is struggling with regret throughout a story. Dark dreams, repetitive thoughts, and dark
lighting emphasize the mood and pervasiveness of the regret.
d. All of these are correct.
13. It is an element(s) of a story that bind(s) together various other essential elements of a narrative.
a. Motif b. Moral
c. Theme d. All of these are correct.
14. The Philippine National Anthem’s theme is _________.
a. Revenge c. Cowardice
b. Patriotism d. None of these are correct.
15. The theme of a parable is its ____________.
a. Moral b. Imagery
c. Teaching d. None of these are correct.

Directions: Write on the blanks provided your concise and precise answers to the following essay
questions. Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.

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