Department of Education

Division of Leyte
Jugaban National High School
Carigara, Leyte
Name of student: _____________________ Grade Level: ___________________
Section: ________________ Date: ____________ Contact #: ___________________

ACTIVITY WORKSHEET FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION

WEEK 3 DAY 1&2 MONDAY & TUESDAY

General Objective: (MELC) Analyze factual/nonfictional elements (Plot, Characters, Characterization,

Point of view, Angle, Setting and Atmosphere, Symbols and Symbolisms, Irony, Figure of speech,
Dialogue, Scene, Other elements and Devices) in the texts. (HUMSS_CNF11/12-lb-d-4)

Learning Objective: Write a narrative structure for a creative nonfiction piece.

A. Explore
Warm up activity
A O Z
1. How many words can you make from
G N I
the letters in the circle?
2. For each word, use each letter only R A O
once.
3. Words must be at least 3 letters long. T N I
4. The longest word got a bonus points.

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B. Learn
Types of Narrative Structure according to Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo on her book Creative
Nonfiction: A Manual for Filipino Writers.
Chronological structure. It refers to an arrangement of events in linear fashion, as they occurred in
time. This is ideal for an account of a trip or a travelogue.
Explanation-of-a-process structure. This is the best structure for a how-to article (e.g. How to Cope
with Heartbreak, How to Use Your Time Wisely) since it tells readers what to do step-by-step.
Flashback structure. This type is often used in fiction but is also used in creative nonfiction. A
flashback begins at some point in time and then moves back into the past. This works best when you
write a memoir.
Parallel structure. This type has several stories, running side by side, with occasional cross-cutting or
convergence. It is a technique that may have been influenced by the cinema.
Collage or Mosaic structure. This type was influence by painting and film. When you write accounts of
disasters this is the most convenient. It involves a pasting together of small fragments, which all
together build up to the total picture of what happened. This is an excellent device for capturing the
complexity of an event and also creating sense of immediacy, of speed.
Diary or Log Book structure. This type is a variation of the chronological structure and gives a sense
of immediacy to the narrative. It also make the narrative seem more personal.
 Question-and-answer structure. This type is a logical choice for interview stories which allows the
reader to hear the subject’s voice without the awkwardness of having to repeat “he said” or “she said”
before every direct quotation.
Frame, or the story-within-a-story structure. It is good structure to use when you wish to tell two
stories-say, in a travel narrative, where the actual physical journey is paralleled by an inner journey.

C. Engage
Activity 1: Read the statement carefully write T if the statement is true: and write F if it is false.
______1. Flashback structure was influence by painting and film. When you write accounts of disasters this
is the most convenient.
______2. Diary or Log Book structure is a variation of the chronological structure and gives a sense of
immediacy to the narrative. It also make the narrative seem more personal.
______3. Organization is a very important component in creative nonfiction. You don’t just write whatever
comes to your mind; you need to have a plan before you sit down to write.
______4. Chronological structure is an arrangement of events in linear fashion, as they occurred in time.
This is ideal for an account of a trip or a travelogue.
______5. Readers expect a certain structure that shows the writer’s ideas flowing smoothly.
______6. Parallel structure is a logical choice for interview stories which allows the reader to hear the
subject’s voice without the awkwardness of having to repeat “he said” or “she said” before every direct
quotation.
______7 Question-and-answer structure has several stories, running side by side, with occasional cross-
cutting or convergence. It is a technique that may have been influenced by the cinema.
______8. Explanation-of-a-process structure is the best structure for a how-to article (e.g. How to Cope
with Heartbreak, How to Use Your Time Wisely) since it tells readers what to do step-by-step.

D. Apply
Activity 2: Chose one of the types of creative nonfiction structure and write a complete creative nonfiction
piece.
Rubrics

4 3 2 1 Score
Adequate main Weakly stated main
Strong main idea Unclear main idea
idea idea
Main Topic restated in the not restated in
restated in the weakly restated in
closing sentence closing sentence
closing sentence closing sentence
Three or more
Two supporting One supporting
Supporting supporting No supporting
sentences sentence
Sentences sentences per sentences
per paragraph per paragraph
paragraph
Several errors that Many errors that
Many errors that
Grammar Few, if any, errors do not interfere interfere with
make it illegible
with meaning meaning

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WEEK 3 DAY 3 & 4 WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY

General Objective: (MELC) Analyze factual/nonfictional elements (Plot, Characters, Characterization,

Point of view, Angle, Setting and Atmosphere, Symbols and Symbolisms, Irony, Figure of speech,
Dialogue, Scene, Other elements and Devices) in the texts. (HUMSS_CNF11/12-lb-d-4)

Learning Objective: Identify the symbols, different types of irony and figure of speech used in a particular
text.

A. Explore
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

A ______________________ is a phrase or word which means more than its literal

meaning. It conveys ______________ by identifying or comparing one thing to another. It also
has _______________ or meaning familiar to the _______________. That is why it is helpful in
creating vivid rhetorical effect.

B. Learn
SYMBOLS/SYMBOLISM AND IRONY
Symbols and symbolism are only found in fiction, but they may also be used in creative nonfiction.
Like the fictionist, the creative nonfiction writer also wants to send an important message to readers and
he may likewise use objects to signify another level of meaning even though he is writing about the real
people, experiences and events. For example, rock may symbolize strength, a dove may signify peace
and etc.
Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used to mean the opposite of their actual meaning. It is
also the use of strange situations in which things happen in a way that is opposite of what you
expected.
FIGURE OF SPEECH
 - is phrase or word which means more than its literal meaning. It conveys meaning by identifying or
comparing one thing to another.
1. Alliteration – It involves using words that begin with the same sound. Example, “Sally sells shells by
the seashore”
2. Anaphora – It uses specific clause at the beginning of each sentences or point to make a statement.
Example, it was the best of times. It was the worst of times”.
3. Assonance – It focuses on the vowel sounds in a phrase, a line of text or poetry repeating them over
and over to a great effect.
4. Hyperbole – It uses exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Example, “I
am so hungry I could eat a horse.”
5. Irony – It expresses one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. Example,
“Oh great! Now you have broken my new camera.”
6. Metaphor – It compares two things that are not alike and finds something about them alike.
Example, “My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
7. Simile – It compares two things that are not really the same, but are used to make a point about
each other, usually using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. Example, “She is as beautiful as Mona Liza.”
8. Metonymy – It is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but
rather by the name of something associated with that thing or concept. Example, “The pen is mightier
than the sword.” (The word pen stands in for the written word while the sword stands in for military
aggression and force.)
9. Onomatopoeia – It is the use of a word that actually sounds like what it means. Example, “Boom” for
the sound of an explosion.
10. Paradox – It is a figure of speech that completely contradicts itself in the same sentence. Example,
“This is the beginning of the end.”
11. Personification – It is a way of giving an inanimate objects the qualities of a living thing. Example,
“The sun smiled down on her.”
12. Pun – This play on words uses different senses of the word, or different sounds that make up the
word, to create something fun and interesting. Example, “She had a photographic memory but never
developed it.”
13. Synecdoche – It is a figure of speech in which one thing is meant to represent the whole. Example,
“I don’t want to talk to gray beard.” (Gray beard refers to an old man.)
14. Understatement – It is a situation in which the thing discussed is made to seem much less important
than it really is. Example, “I am delighted to win 10 million dollars.”
15. Antithesis – It is a contradiction that pits two ideas against each other in a balanced way. Example,
“You’re easy on the eyes, hard on the heart.”
16. Euphemism – It contains words that are used to soften the message or make it sound better than it
is. Example, “Janet Jackson had a wardrobe malfunction when she performed at the Super Bowl.”
17. Oxymoron – It contains two contradictory words that are put together. Example, “Open secret”

C. Engage
Activity 1: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. “Hadn’t she felt it in every touch of the sunshine, as its golden finger-tips pressed her lids open
and wound their way through her hair?”
a. Personification c. Synecdoche
b. Metonymy d. Oxymoron

2. My heart is like a singing bird

Whose nest is in a water’d shoot;
 My heart is like an apple-tree
My heart is like a rainbow shell. . .
c. Metaphor c. Simile
d. Hyperbole d. Antithesis

3. I am trying to solve a million issues today!

a. Metaphor c. Oxymoron
b. Personification d. Hyperbole

4. You can tune a guitar, but you can’t tuna fish. Unless of course, you can play bass.
a. Assonance c. Anaphora
b. Pun d. Understatement

5. “England won the World Cup in 1966”

a. Synecdoche c. Understatement
b. Pun d. Understatement
Activity 2: Put a check on the line before each number if the statement is an example of irony.
____ 1. After begging for a cat and finally getting one, she found out she was allergic
____ 2. A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking tickets.
____ 3. The titanic was said to be unsinkable.
____ 4. Dramatic irony is knowing that the killer in a scary movie is hiding in a closet.
____ 5. And the river jumps over the mountain.
Activity 3: What do the following often symbolize?
1. Glass _________________ 6. Red _________________
2. Water _________________ 7. Green _______________
3. White _________________ 8. Fire _________________
4. Pink __________________ 9. Rust _________________
5. Black _________________ 10. Flies ________________

D. Apply
Read the text Backwater Cuisine by Ann Hodgman. After reading, answer the following questions
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3 Completely answered the question
2 Some were answered
1 No answer at all

Answer the following questions.

1. How is the creative nonfiction piece structured?
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2. Write down at least three examples of irony found in the essay.
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3. Write down at least three symbols found in the essay and state what they actually symbolize.
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4. What are some of the common figure of speech found in the essay? Cite some excerpts from it.
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