Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section: _________________

Quarter 1: Overcoming Challenges Activity 4

Appraise the unity of plot, setting and
THE MAZE AND THE MYTH Learning Competency: characterization in a material viewed to
achieve the writer’s purpose

FREYTAG’S PYRAMID. Now that you already know what the elements of fiction are. It is
time you put your knowledge to a test. Watch the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice via
YouTube through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhaepLsP5eg. Using your
phone camera or your QR Code Scanner, you may scan the QR Code below to go directly
to the video. Then, identify the parts of the plot of the story using the diagram below.

CLIMAX
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RISING ACTION
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EXPOSITION RESOLUTION
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ELEMENTS OF FICTION. Supply the table below with information from the story you have just watched.

ELEMENTS ANSWERS

1 SETTING

2 CHARACTERS

3 CONFLICT/S

4 THEMES

WHAT WOULD YOU DO. If you were to change one element in the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to create
an alternate ending, what would it be and why? Why do you think that this one element will change the course
of the story? Explain your answer.