The document contains excerpts from several short stories that use different elements of fiction to convey themes and descriptions. The first excerpt describes the setting of a village at sunrise. The second provides a portrait of a thin, aging woman. The third shares recollections from the author's hometown. The fourth introduces a tribal leader who recently lost his home in a fire. The fifth provides context from villagers about the name of their sitio. The sixth quotes the villagers requesting help from local government.

1. How do elements of fiction convey
effective reading?

2. USING ELEMENTS ASTECHNIQUE
TO DEVELOPTHEMES

3. It was sunrise at Nagrebcan.
The fine, bluish mist, low over the tobacco
fields, was lifting and thinning moment by
moment. A ragged strip of mist, pulled away
by the morning breeze, had caught on the
clumps of bamboo along the banks of the
stream that flowed to one side of the barrio.
-Morning in Nagrebcan, M.E.Arguilla

4. Nana elang must have been thirty, but she looked
at least fifty. She was a thin, wispy woman, with
bony hands and arms. She had scanty, straight,
graying hair which she gathered behind her head in
a small, tight knot. It made her look thinner than
ever. Her cheekbones seemed on the point of
bursting through the dry, yellowish-brown skin.
- Morning in Nagrebcan, M.E.Arguilla

5. I literally grew up in that place, having
spent the first 18 years of my life
there. Since I left, I have travelled and
lived in various places, but I’ve been
back almost every year.
- My Hometown,Y.D.Arquiza

6. Edong Tuwahan, our guide, is
panglima ot tribal leader of the
village. Two days earlier, his
house was among the dwellings
burned to the ground.
- Caught in the Forest Fire,J.I.Teodoro

7. The villagers told us that the
sitio is named after a river,
which has dried up due to the
long dry season.
- Caught in the Forest Fire, J.I.Teodoro

8. They said it will be a very big
help to them if the municipal
government of Rizal could
help survey their land.
- Caught in the Forest Fire, J.I.Teodoro

9. GENERAL QUESTION
What do the following
passages mean to you? Why
do these important to
evaluate?

10. GODBLESS everyone!