The era in which the story takes place. (American Era – Footnote)

The larger geographical area (Rural / Province – Footnote)

Specific places within that area (Ex. House)

TYPES OF SETTING BASED ON ITS PURPOSE

The story is timeless and can happen at any point in history or anywhere. The focus is on the lesson or message being delivered. *(Di nakatutulong mag establish ng kwento)

The Time and place are important to the story. *(Setting is important to establish the message of the story).

The problem that must be solved

• The tension that makes the story interesting

Often a sense of good vs. evil

CATEGORIES OF CONFLICT

Struggle between a character and an outside force.

Struggle that takes place inside a character’s mind.

6 TYPES OF STORY CONFLICT

Conflict between main character & inner self (*Internal Conflict)

When conflict or tension exists between characters.

When Science or technology morph beyond control.

When character(s) are up against a natural obstacle.

When character is at odds with the supernatural

When society/governemnt are at odds with your character.

• The main Message

• A broad idea about life

It is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story. Every plot is made up of a series of incidents that are related to one another.

this is when the problem reacher a high point

this is when the characters work to solve the problem or conflict

this is how things end up in the story

this includes the events leading up to the main problem or conflict

this includes the introduction of characters and setting

story mountain

The perspective from which a story is narrated.

o The narrator character retells the events of the story.

uses pronoun i, me, my, or we

o Readers know what the narrator is thinking and feeling o The readers does not know the thought or feelings of other characters.

Uses the pronoun YOU – not used often. It’s difficult to sustain for any length of the time and makes for difficult reading.

o The narrator tells the story to or talking to another character.

o The reader may believe the narrator is talking to them

Form of narration, in fiction, where the narrator speaks with the author’s voice. The narrator has an al-knowing perspective and can relate details of every character’s thoughts and feelings. The narrator may also hint at future events of the plot.

Narrator is all knowing – Narrator tells thoughts and feelings of more than one character.

Narrator is limited to one charater. Tells thoughts & feelings of one character. Ex. Tim was mad at Shay. He blamed her. Shay just left without saying anything. She left a note and then left him.

o Narrator does not reveal any character’s thoughts or feelings.

o Only character’s dialogue and actions are narrated Ex. Tim slammed the door. He walked upstairs & read a note from Shay. He kicked her trashcan & started crying. *everything is observable

is a literary device that uses All five (5) senses to describe what’s happening in the story.

Describe what is actually happening.

• Uses metaphors and similes to paint a picture.

7 TYPES OF IMAGERY IN LITERATURE

Lines of poems are often organized into

block

positive side of the character

negative side of the character

they are the main character

doesnt change; starts of being bad up to end

it changes; starts of being bad ends being good

not that expose, konti lang exposure

main character; it can be protagonist & antagonist

easily recognizable ex: cinderella

how is the character eing established by the writer/ author

sidekick or kanang kamay

one character helps the role of another ex: frozen

there is oposing character traits between the two

represents something important; major idea

where and when the story happen

not contributing to the background of a story (have setting but not helpful)

time and place is important to the story

central idea; could be a phrase or a word or one sentence

impulsiveness

means lesson

sequence or arrangement of the events

flashbacks

how narrates the story

you the reader is the one directly talk to

know all the feelins and thoughts of more than one character

limited to one character

not reveal aby characters thoughts or feelings

pic we created in our mind

visualize the event of the story with help of descriptive words