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Creative Nonfiction
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Literary Elements on Creative
Nonfiction
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This English Learning Kit is developed by the Schools Division of Iloilo and to
be utilized by DepEd Region VI - Western Visayas.
Layout Artists: Armand Glenn S. Lapor, Ricky T. Salabe, Jun Victor F. Bactan
Sanil John S. Perez
The English Learning Kit is a product of the collaborative efforts of the Division
of Iloilo Secondary English Teachers Association (DISETA) and the Division English
Coordinators Association (DECA) writers, illustrators, layout artists, reviewers, editors,
and Quality Assurance Team from the Department of Education, Schools Division of
Iloilo. This is developed to guide you dear learning facilitators in helping our learners
meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum.
The English Learning Kit aims to guide our learners in accomplishing activities
at their own pace and time. This also aims to assist learners in developing and
achieving the lifelong learning skills while considering their needs and situations.
The English Learning Kit is developed to address the current needs of the
learner to continue learning in the comforts of their homes or learning centers. As the
learning facilitator, make sure that you give them clear instructions on how to study
and accomplish the given activities in the material. Learner’s progress must be
monitored.
The English Learning Kit is developed to help you, dear learner, in your
needs to continue learning even if you are not in school. This learning material aims
to primarily provide you with meaningful and engaging activities for independent
learning. Being an active learner, carefully read and understand to follow the
instructions given.
BEGIN
The K to 12 curriculum
provides opportunity for the 21st
Century or the new millennial
learner to widen their perspective
by giving them options through the
different tracks offered on what best
suit their skills.
TARGETS
As you complete your journey in this module you should be able to:
Directions: Study the story excerpts below and answer the questions that follow.
Write the letter of your answer in your Creative Nonfiction activity
notebook.
2. “Ang lugar kung saan nagtatagpo ang dagat at bundok.” is an example of what
literary element?
A. simile C. metaphor
B. onomatopoeia D. metonymy
“They swarmed not only over the green areas but also on the dry grass
and even over the newly plowed fields. Millions more clung to the bamboo and
palm trees and the plants in the backyard of homes and those along the road
to town.”
Excerpt from “The Day of the Locusts” by Leoncio P. Deriada
4. What literary element is presented in this line?
A. hyperbole C. metaphor
B. idiom D. symbolism
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Genevieve L. Asenjo, “Patikim Ng Nobelang Lumbay Ng Dila Ni Genevieve L. Asenjo,” Balay
Sugidanun, May 9, 2014, https://balaysugidanun.com/2013/08/14/patikim-ng-nobelang-lumbay-ng-
dila-ni-genevieve-l-asenjo/comment-page-1/.
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“Leoncio P. Deriada, “The Day of the Locusts,” n.d.
Directions: Match the sentences in column I to the literary element they convey in
column II. Write the letter of your answer in your Creative Nonfiction
activity notebook.
I II
6. The sea had been calling me all day, let’s swim. A. metaphor
7. He gave a white dove as a peace offering to his neighbor. B. simile
8. I feel like a movie star walking on a red carpet. C. personification
9. She is a tiger when angered and annoyed. D. idiom
10. We did not notice how late it was so we called it a day. E. symbolism
F. metonymy
RECALL
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Leoncio P. Deriada, “The Dog Eaters,” n.d.
As a young man he was in Germany in the late thirties, as Adolf Hitler was
gaining strength, and he had brought home records of Hitler speaking. I remember
him playing these for my brother and me and telling us if ever we hear such a forceful
speaker, we should run like mad the other way!
But still the protestant was still determined to be useful: he did pro bono tax
counseling in one of the banks for a month or so before tax deadlines each year, and
he read for the blind under the local Lions Club, sometimes reading Shakespeare and
other classical literature to ease the way for blind students taking college courses. And
he continued to travel.
He had always loved traveling. He would ask my mother over a drink one night
whether she had ever thought about going to Iceland, for instance, and no matter what
she said, he would come home a few days later with pamphlets from his travel agent
–and within a few months at most, they would be in Iceland.
He was fortunate enough to live well for 20 years after he retired, and to have
been traveling and playing tennis a month before he died. Some medical tests he had
prior to taking his last trip to Europe revealed some blocked arteries, but he went off
on the trip without knowing this. But he knew he didn’t feel well and after hearing from
his doctor, he decided to return to the U.S. and undergo the surgery. This at first
appeared to be successful, but afterwards the doctors found they were unable to stop
the bleeding. He did not regain consciousness after the operation.
3. What is the theme/ main idea of the article? Does it tell a story? Explain.
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Rev. Fr. Eugene Elivera, “Home, but Unwelcomed,” Palawan News Online, June 13, 2020,
https://palawan-news.com/home-but-unwelcomed.
Activity 1
MY OWN STORY TO TELL
Directions: Tell a story about your personal experience related to each of the photos
below. Then perform its corresponding task using your Creative
Nonfiction activity notebook.
EXPLORE
E
You did great! Now, you will answer
the following questions related to your
previous activity.
3. Was telling your personal story more exciting than reading stories of fictional
characters? Why?
The first thing you always look for in a story is the SETTING. It is the context of
a storytelling that describes the elements of where and when the story takes place. It
is a literary element used in various genre and generally introduced at the exposition
(beginning) of a literary piece. Moreover, the setting gives you the feeling and the
picture of the plot of the story.
The setting gives you a clearer view or understanding of the character’s actions,
language and even the flow of events and presents a specific aspect that answers to
these questions:
• Where does it take place?
• What is the social climate?
• What time, period or season is it?
• What important events are happening in the world?
• What emotion did it evoke to you as a reader?
The PLOT is the sequence of events and their significance in the unfolding of
the story. It follows a flow from the exposition (beginning) of the story to its
denouement (resolution) and can be presented using a diagram as presented
below:
PLOT SEQUENCE
Climax
_______________
_______________
Exposition Denouement
__________ ___________
__________ ___________
Activity 2
ROLLER COASTER RIDE
Directions: Riding a rollercoaster is indeed exciting. Copy the illustration below in
your notebook and complete the adventure with a plot diagram of your
favorite movie.
Climax
Denouement
Exposition
Activity 3
MY QUARANTINE EXPERIENCE
Directions: Below are different articles and stories about people’s experiences or
observations during the quarantine period. Study and read them, then in
your Creative Nonfiction activity notebook, write your own COVID-19
Quarantine experience, story or observation. Make sure to check the
rubric for rating scale.
1.
Culturally, home, to Filipinos, necessarily means being family-oriented. Being
together in one place is what is supposedly ideal. Subculturally though, Filipinos do
not only speak of “bahay”, but also of “kapitbahay”. Hence, flying back home actually
entails too “pasalubong” to “kapitbahay”, even to “kabarangay” (village people). While
not related by kinship, a typical kapitbahay is customarily considered as “parang
pamilya na rin.” With the imposition of lockdown, coupled with curfew, this terrific social
functioning has turned indeed into social distancing. One returnee begged wearyingly
to their kapitbahays, “‘Wag nyo naman kaming pandirihan. Hindi din namin gusto ang
2.
On Monday, March 16, I went to Robinsons bright and early. Very few people
were there, and the store was well stocked – especially with meat and fish – and I
bought groceries for maybe ten days or a bit longer and went home. I had to go back
in the afternoon to buy our prescription drugs, as the main part of the mall hadn’t been
opened earlier. There I felt crowded and almost endangered, although many people
wore masks. After that, I felt more determined to avoid crowds.
Later that day I heard Rob was closed to seniors, although this wasn’t
confirmed. The day after that we were locked down and urgently told to stay home.
From the beginning, there has been a great deal of concern for elders, and for people
with underlying health conditions, very often the same people. But now that has
become somewhat qualified as younger people get infected and even die. The doctor
who was the original whistleblower in China died of the disease – and many other
health workers followed. And now we hear that it can be serious even for children.
Still, from the beaches of Florida, we see crowds of American college kids on
spring break, saying things like “If I get it, I get it. I’m certainly not going to let it control
my life!”
This is partly due to the lightness and denial with which some American officials
treated it for too long. Maybe among younger people, there is too much reliance on
the idea that seniors would get it first.
Excerpt from: “Seniors in the Time of Corona6” by Dr. Susan Evangelista
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Jun 13 and Rev. Fr. Eugene Elivera, “Home, but Unwelcomed,” Palawan News Online, June 13,
2020, https://palawan-news.com/home-but-unwelcomed/.
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Mar 24 and Dr. Susan Evangelista, “Seniors in the Time of Corona,” Palawan News Online, March
24, 2020, https://palawan-news.com/seniors-in-the-time-of-corona.
Activity 4
S-W-O CHART
Directions: Reflect on what you have successfully learned, what you found most
difficult and what are the opportunities to undertake in order to have a
better understanding of the topic. Copy the chart and write your answers
in your Creative Nonfiction activity notebook.
Activity 5
MY OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY
Directions: You have various ways to express yourself such as writing a journal,
posting in social media or personally sharing your thoughts with someone
you are close with. Now for this task, choose only one among the ways
listed below and follow the corresponding instructions.
Blog
Create your own blogsite and use it to write at
least 2 articles from the topics on the list and
send the link to your teacher’s email.
Social Media
On your social media account, write at least 2
articles from the topics on the list. (Put it on
private setting and just tag your teacher for
security).
Journal
Write at least 2 articles from the topics on the list
and submit your journal to your teacher.
Directions: Read each item carefully and answer the questions that follow. Write your
answer in your notebook.
1. The group of teenagers escaping the terrors of their town crept through the dark
alleys. The darkness screamed as fear grew within their young hearts. Yet, freedom
calls on to them and they bravely embrace its sullen whisper.
The underlined phrase is an example of a _________________.
A. hyperbole C. idiom
B. metaphor D. personification
2. Screaming at the top of her lungs, mother called on to Jose who thoughtlessly
played by the river early in the morning. His room was a wilderness of clothes, you
can barely see the floor. He ran back in haste fearful of the lashes he would hear
all day from his mother.
The underlined statement is a/an __________________.
A. hyperbole C. idiom
B. personification D. metaphor
3. Suddenly he was awake. But the sound of the sea still echoed and he saw that the
moonlight was in the room. It filtered through the pomelo tree in the window.
The exposition describes clearly the _____________ of the story.
A. setting C. conflict
B. plot D. imagery
4. With some extra gift from the Holy Ghost, they were all ready to set the town and
the world on fire with their liberal arts and ratio studio rum.
The underlined expression is an example of __________________.
A. euphemism C. idiom
B. paradox D. simile
5. Indeed, “Love was blind and lovers could not hear,” is an example of what figure of
speech?
A. euphemism C. idiom
B. paradox D. simile
7. “Alexander Ilyich Rostov had been a careless young man in his youth. His family
had been rich and he had been spoiled but for all that, he was not a snob, did not
feel the weight of his position, but lived casually, in love with life and food and parties
but also with literature and art and architecture. He had somewhat unintentionally
killed another young man who had done wrong to his sister and had fled Russia
and was happily touring Europe when civil war broke out. After the Bolshevik
Revolution he went back to Russia – something no sane member of his class would
do – to make sure he could keep his Grandmother safe.”
Which part of the plot would this generally be placed?
A. exposition C. denouement
B. climax D. conflict
For Items 8 – 11.
“For some reason, I have the feeling that 2020 will be an auspicious year, at
least on some levels. I feel like new projects, health, and relationships will
thrive, maybe significantly. But on the other hand, the world situation — and
this will impact all of us of course — looks quite grim. We are already seeing
the results of terrible climate degradation in reduced water supplies, horribly
destructive fires now in Australia (with at least half a million animals dead) and
earlier in California.”
In your own words explain the theme of the essay based on this excerpt.
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Apr 8 et al., “Dr. Susan Evangelista,” Palawan News Online, April 8, 2020, https://palawan-
news.com/author/dr-susan-evangelista/.
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Grade 11/12- Creative Nonfiction
Competency: Create samples of the different literary elements based on one’s experience (e.g. metaphor to describe an emotion)
(HUMSS_CNF11/12-Ib-d-4)
For Items 12-13.
“Let bygones be bygones. Past is past … until nakita mo uli ang iyong “past”.
You met each other once more in a batch reunion or have chanced each
other upon in a mall or perhaps you searched for him/her on Facebook, and
since then life has changed have become complicated. You are not your
usual self anymore. You got your eye twinkling nervously and your thoughts
(and heart?) handcuffed again by your past. You are fighting the feeling. How
can this be so wrong when it feels so right, says a popular cheesy song.
Delete… Unfriend… Don’t text… Cut and cut clean. Challenge is struggle.”
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Grade 11/12- Creative Nonfiction
Competency: Create samples of the different literary elements based on one’s experience (e.g. metaphor to describe an emotion)
(HUMSS_CNF11/12-Ib-d-4)
GLOSSARY
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Grade 11/12- Creative Nonfiction
Competency: Create samples of the different literary elements based on one’s experience (e.g. metaphor to describe an emotion)
(HUMSS_CNF11/12-Ib-d-4)
ANSWER KEY
Pre-Test
1. C 6. C
2. D 7. E
3. B 8. B
4. A 9. A
5. C 10. D
Do This:
Activity 1. Answers may vary
Reflect:
Answers may vary
Learn More:
Answers may vary
Posttest
1. D
2. A
3. A
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. A
8-15. Answers may vary.
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Grade 11/12- Creative Nonfiction
Competency: Create samples of the different literary elements based on one’s experience (e.g. metaphor to describe an emotion)
(HUMSS_CNF11/12-Ib-d-4)
REFERENCES
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Grade 11/12- Creative Nonfiction
Competency: Create samples of the different literary elements based on one’s experience (e.g. metaphor to describe an emotion)
(HUMSS_CNF11/12-Ib-d-4)