A short story by Ariel S. Tabag

1. VOICE TAPE
ELEMENTS OF SHORT
STORIES

2. REVIEW:
• ACTIVITY:
• THINK-PAIR SHARE
• SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE(S) ON HAVING A FAMILY MEMBER/RELATIVE
WORKING ABROAD?
• WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING AN OFW FAMILY MEMBER/RELATIVE?
• WHAT ABOUT ITS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON YOU AS A FAMILY MEMBER?
• ARE YOU GOING TO ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO GO ABROAD? WHY OR
WHY NOT ?
Who wrote “Third World Geography?”
What are the devices used by the author in
writing the poem?

3. FICTION -
NARRATIVE
PLOT DEVICES

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FLASHBACK – IS A PLOT DEVICE WHERE THE STORY
MOVES AWAY FROM THE CURRENT EVENTS
HAPPENING IN THE STORY TO A TIME IN THE PAST.

17. DUNG-AW - THIS IS A CHANT IN FREE VERSE BY A BEREAVED PERSON OR HIS
REPRESENTATIVE BESIDE THE CORPSE OF THE DEAD.
IT IS PERSONALIZED AND USUALLY DEALS WITH THE LIFE, SUFFERINGS AND
SACRIFICES OF THE DEAD AND INCLUDES APOLOGIES FOR HIS MISDEEDS.
TRADITIONAL ILOCANO MOURNING SONG ADDS REGIONAL COLOR TO THE
STORY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ARIEL S. TABAG IS A MULTI AWARDED WRITER IN BOTH
ILOCANO AND FILIPINO.
 HE IS NATIVE OF STA. TERESITA, CAGAYAN, AND IS THE
POETRY EDITOR FOR THE ILOKANO LITERARY MAGAZINE
BANNAWAG.
HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF GUNGLO DAGITI MANNURAT NGA
ILOKANO ITI FILIPINAS (GUMIL), A LITERARY ORGANIZATION
OF ILOCANO WRITERS.

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