The document provides information about various elements of stories such as drama, short stories, characters, plot, theme, and why studying these elements is important. It includes definitions of terms like protagonist, antagonist, dynamic and static characters. It also gives examples of different types of characters like Captain America. The activities described involve grouping students into teams to find words in a word hunt within a time limit, with the winning team finding the most words.

2. Objectives

4. Mechanics:
1. You will be grouped into five.
2. A copy of the word hunt will be provided,
you have 90 seconds to hunt for words.
3. The group with most found words will
win.

7. What are these terms all about?

8. WHAT IS A DRAMA?

12. SHORT STORY
a story with a fully developed theme
but significantly shorter and less
elaborate than a novel.
a story that you can finish in one
sitting/reading.

13. Bibliographical
Information

15. EXAMPLE OF
TIME elements
in Setting

16. EXAMPLE OF
LOCATION
elements in Setting

17. CHARACTERS
refers to a figure in a literary
work (personality, gender,
age, etc.)

18. Guess the
name of the
Character

19. LOLA FLORA

20. The Professor

21. Squid Game’s
Player 001

22. Black
Panther

23. Steve Rogers/
Captain America

24. Antagonist Protagonist
These characters are usually
introduced as the BAD GUY(S)
in the story that brings
difficulty to the protagonist.
Ex. The evil witch, Thanos,
Loki, etc.
Also called as the leading
characters.
Ex. Cinderella, The Avengers,
Cardo Dalisay, etc.

25. Types of Characters

26. Dynamic
Characters

27. Static
Character

28. Round
Characters
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29. FLAT
CHARACTERS

30. Plot refers to the outline of a short story. It refers to how the author arranges events to develop
the basic idea of the story. It has five parts as shown in the following figure:
1
2
3
4
5

31. Theme is the central message or moral of the story.
It is the author’s thought/s about the topic. It is the
lesson that you get from the story through the actions
of the main character.
Examples: Believe in yourself.
Love is mysterious.
Things are not always what they appear to be

32. Bibliographical
Information

33. Why do we need to study story elements?
1. Studying elements of story enables someone to understand the
author’s message better.
2. It provides deeper understanding of situations and events
(culture, history, that a story offers.
3. For students, studying elements of story helps them write better
and respond and interpret a text.

35. WEEK 3 TASK