APPRAISE THE UNITY

OF PLOT, SETTING AND

CHARACTERIZATION
TO ACHIEVE
THE WRITER’S
NARRATIVES
WHAT IS A NARRATIVE?

Narratives tell a story. Is a

spoken or written account of
connected events or a story.
ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY
PLOT – is the sequence of events that make up a story. It
is typically made up of five main elements.
1. Exposition: At the beginning of the story, characters, setting, and the main
conflict are typically introduced.

2. Rising Action: The main character is in

crisis and events leading up to facing the
conflict begin to unfold. The story becomes
complicated.

3. Climax: At the peak of the story, a major event occurs in which the main
character faces a major enemy, fear, challenge, or other source of conflict.
4. Falling Action: the story begins to slow down and work toward its end,
tying up loose ends.

5. Resolution/Denouement: the resolution

is like a concluding paragraph that resolves
any remaining issues and ends the story.
SETTING – a literary element used in novels,
short stories, plays, films, etc., and usually
introduced during the exposition along with the
characters.
It may aslo include the
environment of the
story, which can be
made up of the
physical location,
climate, weather, or
social and cultural
CHARACTERIZATION

 Is the portrayal of the role of each character in the story.

The characters are the ones who make the story
 It is a writer’s tool, or “literary device” that occurs anytime
the author uses details to teach us about a person. This is
used over the course of a story in order to tell the tale.
 Characterization is the way a character speaks, it can inform
us of their background and personality.
 WRITER’S PURPOSE

A writer uses two forms of narrative to fully deliver his purpose.

The first purpose is to narrate a real-life story or factual story and
the second, to share fictional narratives.
 REAL LIFE OR FACTUAL STORY
What type of narrative story is a real life or factual story?

A factual story is one that is based on, and tries to be

faithful to, actual events as they unfolded in real life. A
real-life narrative can be descriptive, persuasive or
informative and each information must be factual.
 FICTIONAL STORY
What type of narrative story is a fictional story?

A fictional narrative is a made-up story. Most novels

and short stories are fictional narratives. A fictional
story is not true and its aim is to entertain the readers.
The purpose of a narrative, whether fictional or factual, is
to tell a story. The elements of a narrative are plot,
characters who fill out the story and move the plot forward,
a conflict of some kind that must be addressed, and a
theme, which is usually made clear by how the main
conflict is resolved whether it be fictional or nonfictional,
In fictional narratives, those elements come from the
writer’s imagination
Directions: Write T if the statement is correct but if it is
false, change the underlined word/words with the correct
term to make the statement correct.

1. A fictional story is not true and its aim is to entertain

readers.
2. In a nonfictional narrative, the elements come from the
writer’s imagination.
3. Most novel’s and short stories are nonfictional
narratives.
4. The purpose of a narrative, whether fictional or factual,
is to inform.
5. A factual story is one that is based on, and tries to be
faithful to, actual events as they unfolded in real life.
6. Characterization is the portrayal of the role of each
character in the story.
7. Narratives cannot be read in a text, heard in audio and
radio or watched in televisions and big screens.
8. The setting may also include the environment of the
story, which can be made up of the physical location,
climate, weather, or social and cultural surroundings
9. Biography is one example of a fictional narrative.
10. Nonfictional narrative is more critical since the writer
needs to gather factual information to maintain the
reliability of the text.
1. T
2. Fictional narrative
3. Fictional narratives
4. to tell a story
5. T
6. T
7. can
8. T
9. nonfictional narrative
10. T
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