Plot, Character,

andLesson 1, Quarter 2

Characterization
Structural Context in
Reading
MARY FRANCIS EDMER P. SAYCON-BALDADO,
MAED
Teacher III
Learning Competency
● Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or
communal values within a structural context.

Lesson Objectives
● 1. Define elements of prose pertaining to characters and plot.
● 2. Demonstrate factual understanding and appreciation of the
details of the assigned reading.
● 3. Classify assigned reading for its literary genre characteristics.
● 4. Derive the intended message of the assigned reading based
on its selected literary genre elements.
● 5. Identify the different terms pertaining to the parts of a plot.
● 6. Break down a text into its corresponding plot parts.
● 7. Describe and differentiate characters in the assigned text
using various characterization techniques as bases.
LITERATURE
01
SHORT
STORY
My Father Goes to Court
By Carlos Bulosan
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Unlocking Content Area
Vocabulary
LET’S READ!
First
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1 Reading
The Active Reader in ME!
Second
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2 Reading
Popcorn Reading
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The Road Map
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The Short Story Checklist
What is a Short
Story?
● Short story falls under the first
general category of literature –
fiction.
● Short stories are characterized
by a limited number of
characters, a restricted setting,
and a narrow range of action.
Hence, it can be read in a single
sitting.
What is a Short
Story?
● Short stories share
common elements as work
of fiction: Plot, Setting,
Character, Characterization,
Conflict, Point of View (POV)
and other narrative
techniques.
What is a PLOT?
• The plot is the arrangement or structure of the
events or actions in a story.
• The plot shows every detail that the characters
in the story experience.
• It is said to be the skeleton of the story.
 PLOT: EXPOSITION
This is the beginning of
the story. This is where
the author introduces the
characters, identifies
where the story is
happening, and
establishes the main
conflict.
PLOT: RISING ACTION

This event occurs as you

begin to move throughout
the story. This is where
conflicts start to build.
PLOT: CLIMAX
It is the most exciting
part of a short story.
This is the part in the
story when important
decisions are made
or important things
are discovered.
 PLOT: FALLING ACTION
This point occurs
after the climax as
the problems in the
story start to work
themselves out.
The excitement
becomes less and
less as the conflict
is resolved.
 PLOT: RESOLUTION
This is the solution to the problem in a story. The solution
may not be what you hoped for but as long as it fits the story
in tone and theme, the conflict has been resolved.
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Plot of My Father Goes to
Court
Understanding Character/
Which part of the plot introduces the setting,
Characterization
characters, and other basics that are to be known
by the readers?

Who are the people in the story?

How do dialogue (what he or she says) and action
(what he or she does) reveal a character’s
personality traits?

How do the events of the story reveal the traits of

the characters?
Character
What is a character?
● A character is a person, or sometimes even
an animal, who takes part in the action of a
short story or other literary work.
● The character/s is/are introduced in the
exposition part of the plot.
● The series of events or the plot of the story
shows every detail that the characters
experience, which reveals the character’s
traits and development.
●Although the character is the product of the
writer’s imagination, the character represents
a real person.
 CHARACTER :
PROTAGONIST
The protagonist is considered as the
main character or most important of all
the characters. It is the character who
undergoes some changes throughout the
course of the story. Some stories depict
the protagonist as the hero of the story,
while in other stories the protagonist is
not considered a hero as he has done
nothing heroic. In any case, the story
always revolves around the protagonist.
 CHARACTER :
ANTAGONIST
The antagonist is the character
that challenges the main
character. It has no concern for
the well-being of the main
character. The antagonist may be
a person, the nature, the society,
or any intangible matter that
contends with or creates a
problem for the protagonist.
 CHARACTER :
DYNAMIC/ROUND
They are the characters in the story who change,
accept changes, act, and view the changes as
part of their role as human beings. They are often
known as the hero/heroine. Since they undergo
changes, they
possess dynamic traits, and the changes they
face depend on the situation.
 CHARACTER : FLAT /
STATIC
They are the characters that do not
change. They remain static or stagnant
throughout the story. As the story begins,
the flat characters are static and stay as
they are until the end of the story. They
help bring out the best in the main
characters or the protagonist.
 CHARACTER : STOCK OR
STEREOTYPE
Flat characters may either be stock or
stereotype characters.
Characterizat
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What is Characterization
Characterization is the
process by which the writer
reveals the personality of a
character
 DIRECT
CHARACTERIZATION
The author explicitly tells the
readers what they want us
to know about the character
by clearly stating details
about him/her.
 INDIRECT
CHARACTERIZATION
the author shows who the
character is through their
speech, thoughts,
motivations, actions, and
interactions with others
 STEAL : Analyzing the characters’ Speech,
Thoughts, Effect on others toward the character,
Actions, Look as a method in Indirect
characterization.
 Who among the
characters in the story
did you empathize
with the most? Explain
your answer.
 Would you agree that
we all have characters
we love and hate? How
does the writer evoke
certain feelings of love
and/or hate to the
characters of a story?
How is it possible?
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
 1. This literary
element refers to the
arrangement of the
events or actions in
the story
2. It is the where and
the when of the
story.
3. The main idea of a
story.
 4. This part of the
story introduces the
setting, characters,
and other
basics that are to be
known by the
 5. It refers to the
ending of the story
where the loose ends
are tied up
6. This part of the
story is sometimes
called the inciting
incident,
which begins the
 7. This is the
greatest tension or
the turning point of
the story.
 8. A type of
characterization in which
the author shows who the
character is through their
speech, thoughts,
motivations, actions, and
interactions with others.
9. A type of character
that develops and
changes during the
events in the story.
10. This type of character
is referred to as one who
conflicts with the main
character.
TRUE OR
FALSE?
11. The story
begins in the
small town of
Luzon.
 12. The rich
family usually
stood by the poor
man’s house to
smell the
delicious food.
 13. The
farmer’s/poor
man’s family paid
the judge for
them to win the
case.
14. The rich man
condemned the
poor man’s family
for stealing the
‘spirit’ of their
wealth
 15. The judge
favored the
accusation of the
rich man.