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Learning Objectives: At the end of the lesson, all
student will be able to:

• enumerate and discuss

the elements of
narratives.s
Essential Question:

Why do students need to

study and fully understand
the elements of narratives?
It’s raining
points!
Elements of
Narratives
 An element that
I. Title summarizes the story.
(Gives the clue what
the story is all about.)
 It is the when and the
II. Setting where of the story.
 A. Tone- the writer’s

II. Setting attitude in writing

the story.
B. Mood- It is the
feelings/emotions
the reader’s get.
 A. According to Quality of
Role
III. 1. Protagonist- the leading
Character character, hero, or heroine of a
drama or other literary work.
2. Antagonist- the principal
opponent or foil of the
protagonist.
 B. According to Quantity of Role
1. Primary Character- The main

III. Character player in the story. They might be the

protagonist and antagonist.
2. Secondary Character- characters
that support the main characters.
 C. According to Change of Role
1. Dynamic/Full/Round/ Character-

III. Character character who undergoes an important

inner change, as a change in
personality or attitude.
2. Static/Flat- one that does not
undergo important change in the
course of the story, remaining
essentially the same at the end.
 The sequence of

IV. Plot connected events that

make up a narrative.
 It is an opening part in
Parts of Plot
which the audience is
1. Exposition
introduced to the
characters and their
situation.
 The tension is stemming
Parts of Plot
from the story's central
2. Rising
conflicts, and grows
Action
through successive plot
developments.
 The point of highest
Parts of Plot
dramatic tension or a
3. Climax
major turning point .
 It is the period after the
Parts of Plot
dramatic confrontation of
4. Falling
the climax.
Action
 The conclusion of the
Parts of Plot
story's plot. It's where any
5. Resolution
unanswered questions are
answered, or “loose ends
are tied.”
Devices of Plot
 The problem/struggle
1. Conflict
between opposing forces.
Kinds of A. Man Vs. Man
Conflict A conflict that involves two
characters struggling against
each other, either from a
physical altercation to
irreconcilable differences in
morals or beliefs.
Kinds of B. Man vs. Himself
Conflict A conflict that happens in the
character’s mind. (Internal)
Kinds of C. Man vs. Society
Conflict A conflict when a character
clashes with societal rules and
decides to act out against them.
Kinds of D. Man vs. Nature
Conflict It is an external struggle
positioning the character against
an animal or a force of nature,
such as a storm or tornado or
snow.
Kinds of E. Man vs. God
Conflict the main character opposes a
supernatural being that claims to
be (or even is) the creator of
everything.
2. Chronological It is a plot device where a story is
Order presented in the order in which
the events occurred, from first to
last.
 It is device of a plot where the
3. In Medias Res story is narrated the very middle
of its action from some vital
point when most of the action has
occurred.
 A device where past events are
4. Flashbacking recalled.
 Provides explanation why such
5. Stream of event happened or why a
Consciousness character behaves as such.
 A literary device used to give an
6. Foreshadowing indication or hint of what is to
come later in the story.
 It is the main idea or an
V. Theme underlying meaning of a literary
work which is conveyed by an
author and interpreted by a
reader.
 It is the  lesson or teaching that
Moral/Lesson the author is trying to tell
through the story.
 Theme is the central idea on which the
work is based on throughout the story,
Theme and Moral book, or movie.
differentiated A moral /lesson is the message or the
lesson that the author, developer, or
maker of the work wants you to get
from their work.
 Theme is the central idea on which the
work is based on throughout the story,
Theme and Moral book, or movie.
differentiated A moral /lesson is the message or the
lesson that the author, developer, or
maker of the work wants you to get
from their work.
 Points
inventory
My take
away
 Day 2
Learning
Objectives: At the • probe a story by
end of the lesson,
all students will be
identifying its
able to: elements;
• exemplify the story
probed.
 • probe a story by
Probing a identifying its
story elements;
• Exemplify the story
probed.
 a. Read the story

Mechanics b. Determine the elements

present in it
c. Present your output
d. Do peer feedbacking
e. Submit your output
Rubrics:
Curiosity
Lab
 Why do students need to
L2L (Lesson to life) study and fully

understand the elements

of Narratives?
 • enumerate and discuss
Success Criteria:
At the end of the the elements of
lesson, I can: narratives; and
• probe a story by
identifying its elements.