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Characters Theme
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Conflict Setting
PLOT
 One of the basic elements of every story: put
simply, plot refers to the actual events that take
place within the bounds of your narrative.

 Using our rhetorical situation vocabulary, we can

identify “plot” as the primary subject of a
descriptive personal narrative.
 In the book Discovering Literature, plot is defined
as “the story line, the sequence of actions or
events that gives direction to the story as a whole.
 When you study the plot, you focus on what
drives, motivates, or shapes the story. Plot maps
out the itinerary (guide) that takes the reader to
the conclusion.”
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Plot can be divided into the following:
1. Beginning - initiating event

2. Exposition - Background information

3. Rising Action with conflict - the tension or problem experienced by

character

4. Climax - the most intense part of the story

5. Falling action or resolution - how the tension or problem is resolved

6. Ending - completes the story

CHARACTERIZATION
 This is the way a writer reveals a character

 Poor characterization can make a character

uninteresting, because that character may lack
focus and clarity.
The two types of Characterization are
direct and indirect characterization.

 If
a writer tells you what a character is like, the
method is called direct characterization.

 Ifthe writer prefers to show characters in action,

the method is called indirect characterization.
 Direct
 Telling: The author describes the character through narration.
 Narration will describe the character’s physical appearance, personality
and thigs that motivate them.
 Useful for giving broad details in a sentence or two.

Example:
Alia was tall and well dressed. She was happy to start her first day of
work, and she was feeling confident.
 Indirect
 Showing: The author hints to the reader what the character is like by
describing the character’s:
Appearance Speech
Thoughts and feelings Interactions with the other characters
 Useful for developing complex characters through background and
subtext.
Example:
Alicia slammed her fist on the table, “I want all of you out of my office
now.” She tore the earnings report in half and threw it into the trash.
Beginning

The story Mommy J. At Vicente ward is all about her life

in the hospital: doing morning rounds and discharging
patients. She was on her way to room 314 at Vicente
ward in hospital, to pay Mrs. J. A social visit during
Valentines day. She is telling about her patient Mrs. J.
Who is a 58 years old teacher and was diagnosed and
have advanced ovarian cancer.
Exposition

The story took place in a lively hospital room

during valentines day where mommy J. is
confined. Mommy J. was a 58 y/o cheerful
teacher despite of being diagnosed to have
advanced ovarian cancer.
Rising Action

Mommy J. was diagnosed to have advanced

ovarian cancer and as she stay at the hospital for 3
weeks she began to meet new friends and start a
happy moments with them even though she have a
tension of problem experiencing.
Climax

One morning as the author enters the room of

Mommy J, she noticed that the hiss of the oxygen
valve was loud. It was another scary time which
her lungs can’t expand anymore due to the build
up of fluid in her stomach. The pain she was
feeling was relieved with an immediate drainage
but it was not a permanent solution.
Falling Action
As it has been decided that mommy J will be brought home, the nurses in her
ward took it upon themselves to organize a send-off party for her. Everything
has been prepared the food is set and the decoration are in placed, they only
have to wait for mommy J to arrive. In her wheel chare she arrived with a smile
and anticipation, warning a brown printed batik caftan, her hair done up in a
bun with sampaguitas adorning her simple hair style and wearing what’s look
like to be a locero branded leather slippers which is her signature footwear. The
party was crowded, which is to be expected for she has made allot of friend
during her 3 week stay in the hospital. Nurses, student nurses, interns, resident
physicians, consultants and even Miss T the head pharmacist and doctor M, he
has befriended them all, and so the party went on as she is surrounded by
friends.
Ending

Thus, her special melody would forever live in our hearts, a

reminder of the joyous times spent with Mommy J. A
greeting card a week after she had left for Iloilo City was the
last contact we had with her. It didn't surprise us when two
months later, we heard of her passing. However, when we
smelled the fragrant sampaguitas from San Vicente Ward,
we felt her presence and almost heard her kind words
among us whose lives were graced by her magic.