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Subject Area and Grade level: Creative Writing 12 Quarter 1: Week 3

LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in various modes of fiction
(HUMSS_CW/MPlg-i-11)
Write journal entries and other short compositions exploring key elements of fiction.
(HUMSS_CW/MP11/12c-f-10)

Subject matter: Elements, Techniques, and literary devices in various modes of fiction.
References: https://theeditorsblog.net/2013/06/24/narrative-modes-in-fiction-telling-your-story-writing-
essentials/

Points to Remember
LITERARY ELEMENTS- Refers to particular identifiable characteristics of a whole text. They are not
“used”, per se, by authors; they represent the elements of storytelling that are common to all literary and
narrative forms. For example, every story has a theme, every story has a setting, every story has a
conflict, every story is written from a particular point of view, etc. in order to be discussed legitimately as
part of a textual analysis, literary elements must be specifically identified for that particular text.

LITERARY TECHNIQUES- Refers to any specific, deliberate constructions, or choices of language that
an author uses to convey meaning in particular way. An author’s use of a literary technique usually
occurs with a single word or phrase, or a particular group of words or phrases, at one single point in a
text. Unlike literary elements, literary techniques are not necessarily present in every text; they represent
deliberate choices by individual authors.

LITERARY DEVICES- A literary or linguistic technique that produces a specific effect, esp. a figure of
speech, narrative style, or plot mechanism.

FICTION

- Generally, is a narrative form, in any medium, consisting of people, events, or places that are
imaginary—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact. In its most narrow usage, fiction
refers to written narratives in prose and often specifically novels, though also novellas and short
stories.

NARRATIVE MODES OF FICTION

- the methods that writers use to tell their stories.
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Dialogue
The talk between your characters. This is the spoken communication found within quotation marks.

Action
Events portrayed as they happen in some place and that take time to play out. Action is not summary, not
the report that Bill and Bob fought. Action is Bill and Bob fighting and knocking over furniture and striking
blows.

Description

The details or explanation of how something, some place, or some person looks or behaves or functions
(or sounds, tastes, feels, or smells).

Exposition
This is the telling part of story. Exposition relays information. Exposition is used near the beginning of a
story to fill in the blanks for readers (think back story). It’s also used in transitions, between scenes, to
quickly get readers up to speed when time passes or the new scene takes place in a location different
from the previous scene. Transitions are also commonly used when the viewpoint character changes.

Activity 1: Elements of Fiction

Direction: Study the following expositions found in various fiction novels and movies then answer the
questions that follow.
Exposition 1:
Star Wars
In the opening of the film, you see a message that starts:

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

Exposition 2:
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Harry had been a year old the night that Voldemort--the most powerful Dark wizard for a century, a wizard
who had been gaining power steadily for eleven years--arrived at his house and killed his father and
mother. Voldemort had then turned his wand on Harry; he had performed the curse that had disposed of
many full-grown witches and wizards in his steady rise to power--and, incredibly, it had not worked. 

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Exposition 3:
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Beginning with a chilling murder scene:

Libby
‘Again! Again!’
The men bind her again. Different this time: left thumb to right toe, right thumb to left. The rope around her
waist. This time, they carry her into the water.

Exposition 4:
Moby Dick by Herman Melville

''Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse,
and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of
the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating circulation.

Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. In exposition 1, what particular literary element is shown?

a. Character b. Conflict c. Setting d. Theme

2. In exposition 2, what literary elements are shown?

a. Character and Conflict
b. Theme and Setting
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

3. In exposition 3, what is the atmosphere or the overall mood of the novel based on its exposition?
a. Mysterious b. Humurous c. Tense d. lighthearted

4. In exposition 4, what point of view is used?

a. First person b. Second person c. Third person d. Fourth person

5. Write the exposition of your favorite novel on the space provided below then identify the literary
elements shown in it.
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Activity 2: Alliteration in Fiction

Direction: Study the following lines from dialogues taken from fiction novels then underline the Alliteration
used by the author.
Alliteration- the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the words.
For example of Alliteration: doubting, drearing of a man’s dreams
1. "The soul selects her own society." -Emily Dickinson

2. "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life." -Romeo and
Juliet, Shakespeare

3. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -The Great
Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

4. "My father brought to conversations a cavernous capacity for caring that dismayed strangers." -The
Centaur, John Updike

5. "His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly
falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." -The Dead, James Joyce

Activity 3: Journal Entry

Journal entries are individual pieces of writing that populate your journal. They are expressions of personal
growth, interests and opinions. Journal entries can take any form you like, it can be a letter to someone, a
bad or good memory, a dialogue, a poem, a list for example a new year’s resolution, or a description of a
person, it can be a stranger or someone you care about, you can even use a photo.
Direction: Write your own journal entry but take note of including at least one the key element of fiction
(character, setting, point of view, and plot). It doesn't matter if it is truth or fiction. Let your imagination
wander. Use another sheet of paper if you have to.

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