COURSE

ASSIGNMENT
Mr. Jay-Ar Galang
Course Instructor
 For this assignment, the students
will have to analyze a short story
from the textbook. To be
completed successfully, this
assignment requires the students
to have at least basic knowledge
of literary elements.
• Chapter 5 – The Romantic
• Must be done individually
• Chapter 6 – Full Circle
• Can be done in pairs
 • Plot Description
• Title of the Story
(Summarize the story)
• Author
• Point of View
• Year of Publication
• Theme / Moral Values
(if known)
(What lesson(s) can we learn
• Setting from this story?)

• Major Characters • Reaction

• Protagonist (Did you like the story? Why
• Antagonist (not)?)
EXAMPLE
 In this assignment, we are going to
analyze the story “title” by “author”. It is
a story about…(give a brief overview). The
story is set in “time and place setting”.
The main characters are
“protagonist(s)” and “antagonist(s)”. (Give
a little background information about the
major characters.)
 The story begins when…
(Summarize the story)
As far as I’m concerned, the
narrator tells the story in the (limited
third person). This means that…
(Explain what it means). I think this way
because…
 The theme / moral of the story is…
(What is / are the most important lesson(s)
can we learn from it?)

We / I really like / don’t like this

story because… (elaborate your reasons)
 Format
• Make a cover page with the university logo
• Font Style and Size:
• Garamond – 14 (body) ; 16 - bold (Title)
• Times New Roman – 12 (body) ; 14 – bold (Title)
• Spacing – double (or 2.0 lines)
• Margins – 1 inch (about 2.5cm) on each side.