IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

POLYTECHNIC
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Lesson 1 - Activity 1
Name: Sunga,Charles Joseph D.R.
Section:St.Michael

Activity 1.1 Using the diagram below, list down the characteristics of the
genres of literature and give at least 2 examples for each genre

Genre Form/Structure Content/Substance Sample story/poem

Prose Fiction Prose is a literary defined as an -The Garden of
device referring to author's imagined Paradise by Hans
writing that is narrative that are Christian Andersen
structured in a based on fictional
grammatical way, events. -Souls Belated by
with words Edith Wharton
and phrases that
build sentences an
d paragraphs.
Nonfiction Prose This type of any literary work -The Genesee
literature differs that is mostly Diary by Henri
from bald based on fact, Nouwen
statements of fact, despite the
such as those inclusion of -1000 Gifts by Ann
recorded in an old fictitious elements. Voscamp
chronicle or
inserted in a
business letter or
in an impersonal
message of mere
information.
Poetry Poems can be Includes the text or -Sonnet 18 by
structured, situation of the William
with rhyming poem as well as Shakespeare
lines and meter, the subject,matter,
the rhythm and meanings,theme -The Raven by
emphasis of a line and purpose. Edgar Allen Poe
based on syllabic
beats. Poems can
also be freeform,
which follows no
formal structure.
Drama Drama is a mode of The purpose of -Romeo and Juliet
fictional drama is to by William
representation communicate the Shakespeare
through dialogue things that a
and performance. character has to -Oedipus Rex by
It is one of the say to another
 literary genres, character in the
which is an tale. Sophocles
imitation of some
action.

Activity 1.2. Look for the short story The Necklace by Guy de
Maupassant and try to extract the elements of literature. List your answers
below.

1. Character/s:

Mathilde Loisel dreams of being rich and is self-conscious about her middle-class

status. She borrows Madame Forestier's necklace to wear to a ball but loses it, then
spends the next decade working to pay off the replacement, sacrificing her beauty
and youth.

Monsieur Loisel is Mathilde's husband and a government clerk. He procures the

invitation to the ball for Mathilde and helps to work off the debt for the necklace.

Madame Forestier is Mathilde's wealthy friend. She lends Mathilde the necklace and
later pityingly reveals that it was a fake.

2. Setting:

'The Necklace' takes place in Paris, France, at the close of the 19th century.

3. Plot Summary:
Mathilde Loisel is the pretty and charming daughter of a family of modest means.
Her family is unable to afford a dowry and so she is married to  M. Loisel, a clerk who
works for the Ministry of Education. Because she is beautiful, Mathilde feels that she
has been short-changed in life: she is dismayed by the shabbiness of her apartment
and her humble maid, and she constantly dreams of luxurious apartments and lavish
dinners to escape the pedestrian reality of her own daily existence.

4. Point-of-View:

The third person narrator who relates the story provides so much insight into
Mathilde Loisel’s thoughts, emotions and feelings that the reader gets a clear picture
of her point of view. 

5. Theme:The main themes in "The Necklace" are greed, deceptive appearances,

and beauty and vanity.