2. LET’S REVIEW
FICTION refers to stories which are not true or
are make-believe. It may have facts and
may sound true, but it isn’t true or real.
NON-FICTION refers to stories that are real and true.
These are based on facts and are informative.
3. LET’S REVIEW
• TONE in literature is the speaker's or narrator's attitude
towards the subject, rather than what the reader feels
(mood).
• MOOD is the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece
of writing creates within the reader. Mood is produced
most effectively through the use of setting, theme, voice
and tone.
4. LET’S REVIEW
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
Authors write for many reasons:
to entertain
to convince or persuade
to inform or teach
When we read, it is important for us to understand why the piece
was written.
5. LET’S REVIEW
SHORT STORY vs. NOVEL
Short stories are a chocolate bar, novels are a lolly mix:
Short stories tend to focus on one main character, novels can focus on a multitude of characters, and relationships.
Short stories are a brief romance, novels are a long-term relationship:
Short stories are written to create a short but powerful impact, whereas the impact of a novel is drawn out for as long as possible, creating a deeper relationship
with the reader.
Short stories are a roller-coaster, novels are the theme-park:
Short stories give a glimpse of an event, or period of time, while novels cover the entire event.
Short stories are sketch, novels are a woven tapestry:
Short stories are brief and focussed, novels stop to smell the roses along the way.
(Source: en.Wikipedia.org)
6. HOW DO YOU VISUALIZE A LOCAL WITCH?
• Describe your local witch’s features? Dwellings?
• How is your witch different from the ones we see in Walt Disney films?
7. ACTIVITY: STORY STRING
We shall see how
strong your description
of a witch is from the
one we have in today’s
story. As you read at
your own pace, you
will fill in the
worksheet with
important events from
the story. You have a
maximum of eight
boxes only.
9. CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING
• When and where did the story happen?
• Who were the characters in the story?
• How did the problem occur?
• What was the most interesting or heightened part in the story?
Explain.
• How did the story end?
• Are you satisfied with the ending? Why or why not?
• If given the chance, how would you have ended the story?
10. THE PLOT
• a literary term defined as the events that make up a story
• events in a particular sequence through cause and effect, how the
reader views the story, or simply by coincidence
• the interest is in how well this pattern of events accomplishes
some artistic or emotional effect
• may include multiple inferences
An intricate, complicated plot is called an imbroglio.
(Source: en.Wikipedia.org)
11. PARTS OF THE PLOT
• Exposition / Inciting incident – the introduction of the main character/s, setting, and the
problem faced
• Rising action – the “complication” part of the story where the main character attempts to
solve his/her problem
• Climax – the main character solves the problem
• Falling action – shows the effects of the climax on the main character
• Denouement [dey-noo-mahN] – the conclusion of the story where the loose ends are tied up
13. IN CONCLUSION,
It is good that you are able to grasp the nitty-gritty part of the
story. If you can do that with a simple short story, you should have
less difficulty identifying these elements in a novel.
You shall have a second assessment on Process and Understanding
next meeting.
Assignment: Read the handout on (excerpts from the novel) “Below
the Crying Mountain” by Criselda Yabes.
