REVIEW

+ What are the types of fiction according to H.

Thomas Milhorn?
+ What are the elements of fiction?
LET'S CHECK YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Read the story entitled "My Father Goes to Court" by Carlos Bulosan, then identify
the elements used by the writer to narrate the story. Identify the following:
+ Plot (linear or nonlinear) 
+ Characters and point of view used
+ Conflict
+ Settings
+ Theme in the story
CONVENTIONS
AND ELEMENTS
OF POETRY

LESSON 2 – CREATIVE
NONFICTION
 Learning Outcomes:

1 2 3
understand the identify the identify the
conventions of elements of subject, theme,
poetry poetry and tone in a
given poem
Conventions of Poetry

+ Verse- line, came from the latin word "versus"

+ Stanza- group of lines in the poem
+ Rhythm- regular repeated pattern of movement or
sound
FORMS OF
POETRY
FORMS OF POETRY

+ Epic- a long poem which narrates the journey

of a hero or a nation
+ Example: Iliad and Odyssey, Biag ni Lam-ang
FORMS OF
POETRY
+ Sonnet- poems about love,
with 14 lines and 10 syllables
each line
FORMS OF
POETRY
+ Tanaga- indigenous type
of Filipino poem, with
four lines and seven
syllables each line
FORMS OF
POETRY
+ Haiku- traditional
Japanese poems about
nature that follows 5 7 5
pattern
ESSENTIAL
ELEMENTS
OF POETRY
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POETRY
+ THEME- the main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated
directly or indirectly.

+ EXAMPLES OF THEME: 
•Love conquers all
•It’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all
•The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return
•Romance ruins friendship
•First love never dies
•Where there is love, there is pain
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POETRY

+ SUBJECT: War
+ THEME:  War is a curse to humanity
+   Theme is the writer's opinion about the
subject.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POETRY
+ TONE
–The attitude of the writer towards his subject
–We can figure out the tone by the author’s word choice, punctuation, sentence
structure and figures of speech. The manner in which the writer approaches his theme
and subject.

+ EXAMPLES OF TONE:
•Ironic, Sad, Bitter, Humorous, Apologetic, Proud, Lively, Serious etc.
Example of Tone

Father: “We’re going on a vacation.”

Son: “That’s great Dad!”

Father: “We can’t go on a vacation this summer.”

Son: “Ok. Great! As I expected.”
Annabel Lee QUESTIONS:
by Edgar Allan Poe

1. What is the subject in the poem?

For the moon never beams without bringing me
dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; 2. What does the subject represent or
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes symbolize?
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side 3. What is the tone of the writer
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
towards the subject?

In the sepulchre there by the sea,

In her tomb by the sounding sea.
MAYA ANGELOU
+ pubished “I know why the caged
bird sings”
+ an African American poet,
singer, memoirist, and civil
rights activist. 
ACTIVITY: CONVENTIONS AND ELEMENTS
OF POETRY

1 2 3 4
Identify the conventions in poetry Identify the subject in the poem “I Identify the theme  Describe the tone of the writer
used Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings,” and what it symbolizes or
represents.
Thank you for listening and
God bless!