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The document outlines the objectives and literary elements of creative nonfiction, including setting, plot, conflict, imagery, characters, narrative techniques, and figures of speech. It provides definitions and examples for each element, emphasizing their importance in storytelling and writing. Additionally, it includes activities for identifying idioms and figurative language, as well as prompts for personal storytelling.

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MODULE 2

The document outlines the objectives and literary elements of creative nonfiction, including setting, plot, conflict, imagery, characters, narrative techniques, and figures of speech. It provides definitions and examples for each element, emphasizing their importance in storytelling and writing. Additionally, it includes activities for identifying idioms and figurative language, as well as prompts for personal storytelling.

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Creative
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Module 2: Literary Elements on
Creative Nonfiction
Objectives:

1. Recognize the different literary


elements used in a text read;
2. Use literary elements in
expressing your thoughts and
emotions through writing; and
3. Write your own story or article
using the literary elements for
creative nonfiction.
Literary
Elements on
Creative
Nonfiction
What is a
SETTING?
1. Setting
-describes the
elements of where
and when the story
takes place.
Setting
-generally introduces at
the exposition
(beginning) of a literary
piece.
Setting
*Where does it take place?
*What is the social climate?
*What time, period, or season is
it?
*What important events are
happening in the world?
What is a
PLOT?
2. Plot
-is the sequence of
events and their
significance in the
unfolding of the story.
5 Essential Parts of the
a. Exposition Plot
– part of the
story where the characters
and setting are revealed.
b. Rising Action– where the
events become complicated
and the conflict
of the story is exposed.
5 Essential Parts of the
c. Climax –thePlot
highest
point of interest and the
turning point of the story
d. Falling Action– the events
and complications begin to
resolve themselves.
5 Essential Parts of the
Plot
e. Denouement–the
final resolution of the
plot in the story.
What is a
CONFLICT?
3. Conflict
-struggle of
opposing forces in
a story.
Different forms of
Conflict
*Man vs. Self
*Man vs. Man
*Man vs. Nature
*Man vs. Society
*Man vs. Supreme Being
MAN VS. SELF
-is a
psychological
battle or
dilemma.
MAN VS. MAN
-battle of force
between two or more
individuals
MAN VS. NATURE
-battle against the
many forces of
nature.
MAN VS. SOCIETY
-battle with taboos,
traditions and laws
of a community.
MAN VS. SUPREME
BEING with the more
-battle
powerful force than
man himself or
herself.
Activity 1
(Jeopardylabs Game)
Identify the types of
conflict being
described.
Questions?
Other Literary
Elements in
Creative
Nonfiction
1. Imagery – is a
figurative language that
uses the different
human senses to
describe and display
visual representation
through words.
1. Imagery – can be
classified to:
 sight
 olfactory or smell
 taste
 hearing
 feel or touch
The old book had water spots
across its spine. Some of the
Visual Imagery
pages yellowed.
The warden’s keys clanked as
he walked past the cells.
Auditory Imagery

The air smelled salty,


reminding me that the beach
Olfactory
is nearby. Imagery
The warm doughnut tasted
sweet with hints of vanilla and
Gustatory
strawberry Imagery
The baby’s hair is soft and
downy.
Tactile Imagery
2. Characters – are the
people involved in the story.
Depending on their
importance or purpose they
are identified as:
 Protagonist
 Antagonist
Protagonist – the leading
character or one of the
major characters
Antagonist – opposes to
someone or something.
3. Narrative
Techniques– are
different ways the
story is told.
4 Narrative
Techniques
• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• In Medias Res
• Quibble
Flashback
• Flashback – an
alteration of the time
sequence, bringing
the audience back to
past.
Foreshadowin
g
• Foreshadowing –
intentional way of an
author to be
suggestive of future
or coming events in
the story.
In Medias Res
• In Medias Res –
author’s way of
starting the story
sequence from the
middle.
Quibble
• Quibble– authors
plots sequence from
an argument that
disposes the legal
value to an
agreement. (argue, debate)
Are there further
questions about
types of conflict?
Day 3
Product- Performance
Title of the Activity:
MY OWN STORY TO TELL
Tell a story about
your personal
experience related to
each of the photos
below.
Write a short description
and the title of your favorite
childhood film.

Write a short description


and the title of the last
story you read.

Write a short description


and location of your most
unforgettable vacation or
travel.
4. Figures of Speech
– makes literary pieces
colorful and meaningful. It
presents a different
meaning to the words literal
meaning conveyed in
different forms.
 Metaphor – is a
comparison of two unlike
things without the use of
comparative words
Example: Our lives are
wheels of a vehicle.
 Simile – is a comparison
of two unlike things using
“like” or “as”.
Example: Rachel’s beauty
is as bright as the sun.
 Personification – giving
human qualities to
inanimate or inhuman
objects.
Examples: The wind
whispered in my ears.
My bed is calling me.
 Apostrophe – you
address something,
someone or a idea as
though it existed.
 Where a character
addresses an imaginary
person, object, or idea as
Examples:
 Hello darkness, my old
friend. I’ve come to talk to
you again.
 Blue moon, you saw me
standing alone.
 Hyperbole – an
exaggeration statement
to give emphasis to a
stated idea.
Examples:
Her smile was a wide mile.
The lesson was taking forever.
 Euphemism – an
expression to mildly imply
something harsh or
negative.
Example:
We had to let him go. (instead of “we
fired him”)
He passed away. (instead of “he died”)
 Paradox– giving a
statement that is
contradictory to one’s
belief or opinion.
Example:
Less is more.
The beginning of the end.
You have to have money to make
 Idioms – expressions
used to mean something
else than what is said.
Examples:
a piece of cake – easy
Under the weather – feeling sick
Activity – Figurative
Language
-Identify the
figurative languages
below.
The stars winked
at me.
-
personification
He is a busy bee.

-metaphor
He is as cool as a
cucumber.
-simile
That soda is
calling my name.
-
personification
His smile was
mile wide.
-hyperbole
The sky was
crying.
-
personification
He can swim like
a fish.
-simile
The flowers
begged for water.
-
personification
She is an
angel.
-metaphor
“You are in a
better place
now.”
-
euphemism
The lesson was
taking forever.
-hyperbole
You have to have
money to make
money.
-paradox
“Vertically
challenged” instead
of “short.”
-
euphemism
Activity - Idioms
-Identify the meaning
of the following
idiomatic expressions.
Use your
noodle.
Use your brain.
In a pickle.

In trouble.
Throw in the
towel.
Give up.
Chip in.
Help with work or to pay for
something
Pay an arm and
a leg.
Pay a lot of money.
Bring home the
bacon.
Bring the money/crown.
Hold your
horses.
Wait.
Call it a day.

Stop working.
Butter
someone up.
Compliment someone to get what you
want.
On the tip of
my tongue.
Can't think of the word you want to
say.
Monkey
business.
silly or foolish things
happening
Pulling
someone’s leg
Just joking.
Copycat.

Someone who copies others.


Break a leg.

Good luck!
Hit the hay.

Go to sleep.
Pull
someone’s
leg.
To tell a joke.
Under the
weather.
Feeling sick.
Once in a blue
moon.
Rare to happen.
To kill two
birds with one
stone.
To solve two problems at one.
 Reminder:
Be ready for a
Summative Test
tomorrow.
(Module 2)

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