IMAGINING LIFE

THROUGH FICTION
1st Semester, Week 2
MAN’S ABILITY TO THINK
BEYOND OF WHAT IS REAL
IS INDEED A
MANIFESTATION OF HOW
POWERFUL OUR MIND IS.
HUMAN LANGUAGE GIVES
SHAPE TO THE RICH
IMAGINATIONS AND IDEAS
THAT INCESSANTLY SPARK
ON ONE’S HEAD. THUS,
LANGUAGE PLAYS A VITAL
ROLE IN THE EXPRESSION
OF CREATIVITY AND
IMAGINATION OF THE
HUMAN MIND AND SPIRIT.
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ANALYZE THE
STATEMENTS
HEREUNDER AND
DETERMINE THE
VERACITY OF EACH.
WRITE ACCEPT IF
THE STATEMENT IS
TRUE, REJECT IF IT
TELLS OTHERWISE.

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1. SHORT STORIES, NOVELLAS, NOVELS ARE
BEST EXAMPLES OF FICTIONAL WORKS.
2. FICTION IS ANY WORK THAT IS DRAWN FROM
THE IMAGINATIVE RECONSTRUCTION AND
CREATIVE RECREATION OF LIFE BY THE WRITER.
3. THE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY AND A
NOVEL DIFFER SINCE THE LATTER IS MORE
COMPLEX.
4. TRADITIONAL STORIES CIRCULATED
THROUGH ORAL LORE FOR CENTURIES.
5. MYTHS AND LEGENDS ARE THE FIRST STORIES
ENJOYED BY OUR FOREBEARS.
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6. LENGTH AND COMPLEXITY ARE THE FEATURES
THAT MAKE A SHORT STORY, AND NOVEL DIFFERS
FROM EACH OTHER.
7. THE LINEAR PATTERN FOR PLOT BEGINS IN THE
MIDDLE PORTION OF THE ACTION.
8. THE VILLAIN IS THE CHARACTER WHO MAINLY
FACES AND RESOLVES THE MAJOR CONFLICTS IN
THE STORY.
9. DENOUEMENT INTRODUCES THE CHARACTERS,
THE SETTING, AND THE CONTEXT OF THE STORY.
10. THE POINT OF VIEW PERTAINS TO WHO
NARRATES THE STORY.
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THE TIME MACHINE

IMAGINE LIFE ON
EARTH IN THE
YEAR 3000. HOW
WILL YOU
DESCRIBE THE LIFE
OF THE PEOPLE BY
THEN?
 SALIENT FEATURES OF FICTION

1. Fiction is heavily drawn from one’s imagination.

2. It depicts the world and an experience that can be
perceived to be mainly contrived or created by the
writer.
3. It involves people who do not truly exist. However, the
literary characters can be observed to be entirely real.
4. It recounts and escribes circumstances when there is a
crisis.
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 SALIENT FEATURES OF FICTION

5. It presents situations, conditions, and surroundings that

are closely similar to what is real.
6. It presents human life by considering the world of
objective reality through the actions and experiences of
man and the world of subjective reality which centers on
comprehension and apprehension of man.
7. Fiction includes two important composites – characters
and plot; that should go in harmony and unity.
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BASIC FORMS OF FICTION

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 FLASH FICTION
An emerging form of fiction that is
best remembered because of its
relative shortness. Words used by
the writer range form 100-150 but
still considered a complete story
since all the essential elements of
fiction can be observed.

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 SHORT STORY/ SHORT
FICTION
This form relatively can
be done in one sitting
since it deals with a single
complication and a limited
number of characters.

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 NOVELLA
This fiction form goes between a
short fiction and a novel. This is
relatively long for a short story
but is somewhat short to be
classified as a novel. Nick
Joaquin’s “The Woman Who Had
Two Navels” is one work of
fiction that best fits this type.
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 NOVEL
This greatly covers
several plot complications
since it composed of
several chapters. The
number of characters is
relatively bigger.
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 LET’S PLAY A GAME!

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PILLOW
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JOSE RIZAL
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ANG BATANG
QUIAPO

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MARIA CLARA

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SPIDERMAN

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SHARK
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ADOBO
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ZORO
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LAMOK
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CHICKEN JOY

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NORTH KOREA

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THE GREATEST
SHOWMAN

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HARRY POTTER

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CHICKEN
CURRY

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SWITZERLAND

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TWILIGHT
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BATMAN
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TITANIC
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MALEFICENT

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ALL OF US ARE
DEAD

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BANANA CUE

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PILLOW
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JOSE RIZAL
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ANG BATANG
QUIAPO

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BETAMAX
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MIRACLE IN
CELL NO. 7

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ANTARCTICA

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VATICAN
COUNTRY

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SIQUIJOR
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FRANCE
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ELEMENTS OF PROSE FICTION

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 CHARACTERS
This mainly involves the voice of those who are
primarily concerned in the circumstances of the
story. Thus, characters are those who give life to
the story’s actions and scenes. It is necessary to
understand that characters are representations of
man for they portray man’s feelings, behaviors,
experiences and aspirations.
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 CHARACTERS
They can be classified and analyzed based on their
roles, behaviors, reactions, movements, dialogue
and realizations in which all these contribute to
the development of the story. Specifically, they
can be classified as major or minor, round or flat,
protagonist or antagonist, hero or antihero.

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 SETTING
The situations, actions, and circumstances of a story
transpire in a certain time and location. The setting, as a
basic element of fiction, provides the total environment
and atmosphere of the story in consideration of time and
space from the movements and actions of the characters in
facing certain crises. The writer may consider a real time
and place just like in Manuel Arguilla’s “Morning in
Nagrebcan.” Arguilla used his hometown, Nagrebcan, as
the setting of his story.
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 SETTING
Uranza’s “Bamboo in the Winds” is a novel
set during the Martial Law period in
Philippine history. However, a writer can also
creates a contrived environment for the story.
Futuristic Sci-Fi stories can show a contrived
environment.

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 URANZA’S “BAMBOO IN THE
WINDS”

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HAVE YOU WATCHED
ANY STORY OF THIS
TYPE? HOW WILL YOU
DESCRIBE THE
SETTINGS USED IN SCI-
FI STORIES?

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 POINT OF VIEW
The question to be asked for this is “Who is
recounting or narrating the story?” In the
simplest sense, point-of-view is simply the
vantage point as to how the story unfolds.
This element mainly considers how the
actions and scenes of the story are told and
reported to the readers.
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 POINT OF VIEW
The development of the story is clearly seen
and understood as readers look into the eyes
and perspective of the narrator. The story can
be reports in different levels or can be
classified regarding a person like the first
person, third person and omniscient point of
view.
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 PLOT
The plot simply lays out the structure of the
story considering the flow of events and
actions. It also presents the casual relationships
or connections of events. In the attempt to
analyze the plot, it is important to determine its
significant composites: exposition, rising
action, climax, falling action, and denouement.
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 PLOT
Also, there are various techniques that writers
may take into account to develop the frame of
events such as flashbacks, flash-forward or
prolepsis, foreshadowing, and en medias res.

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 SYMBOLS
The writer may include images that bear
certain meanings that go beyond the
literal. Certain symbols may convey both
positive and negative connotations
depending on how they are used,
presented, and perceived.
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 SYMBOLS
For example, the crucifix may
represent suffering and death as
its negative interpretations, but it
can also suggest salvation,
sacrifice, and even history.
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 IMAGES
These are principally the features
and the qualities that are concrete
rather than abstract which appeal
to the human senses of touch/feel,
sight, sound, taste, or smell.
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 THEMES
Typically, theme can be a statement of
generalization about life. The highlights
noteworthy realizations concerning the
nature and complexities of human life
cultivated from the experiences,
actions, and decisions of the characters.
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1. ASSUME THAT YOU ARE
TASKED TO DISCUSS THE
NATURE OF FICTION TO
SOMEONE WHO SEEMS
INTERESTED TO LEARN ABOUT
IT. WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE AS
DEFINITION OR
EXPLANATIONS?
2. THINK OF ONE MEMORABLE
STORY YOU HAVE READ OR
WATCHED. TELL SOMETHING
ABOUT IT AND CITE REASONS
WHY YOU LIKE THE STORY.
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 ANALYZE THE FEATURES LISTED BELOW AND
DETERMINE TO WHICH FICTIONAL FORM EACH
FEATURE APPLIES.

SHORT STORY / NOVEL / BOTH

1. Can be done in one sitting
2. Highlights a single moment of crisis
3. Involves numerous complications
4. The source of cultural information and ideas
5. Includes numerous characters
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 ANALYZE THE FEATURES LISTED BELOW AND
DETERMINE TO WHICH FICTIONAL FORM EACH
FEATURE APPLIES.

SHORT STORY / NOVEL / BOTH

6. Has many flashbacks
7. Reveal significant truths about life
8. Change in point-of-view
9. Composed of sentences and paragraph
10. Unified mood and tone
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ANALYZE THE
STATEMENTS
HEREUNDER AND
DETERMINE THE
VERACITY OF EACH.
WRITE ACCEPT IF
THE STATEMENT IS
TRUE, REJECT IF IT
TELLS OTHERWISE.

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1. SHORT STORIES, NOVELLAS, NOVELS ARE
BEST EXAMPLES OF FICTIONAL WORKS.
2. FICTION IS ANY WORK THAT IS DRAWN FROM
THE IMAGINATIVE RECONSTRUCTION AND
CREATIVE RECREATION OF LIFE BY THE WRITER.
3. THE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY AND A
NOVEL DIFFER SINCE THE LATTER IS MORE
COMPLEX.
4. TRADITIONAL STORIES CIRCULATED
THROUGH ORAL LORE FOR CENTURIES.
5. MYTHS AND LEGENDS ARE THE FIRST STORIES
ENJOYED BY OUR FOREBEARS.
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1. THE SITUATIONS,
ACTIONS, AND
CIRCUMSTANCES OF A
STORY TRANSPIRE IN A
CERTAIN TIME AND
LOCATION.
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2. CAN BE A
STATEMENT OF
GENERALIZATION
ABOUT LIFE.
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3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE STORY IS CLEARLY
SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD
AS READERS LOOK INTO
THE EYES AND
PERSPECTIVE OF THE
NARRATOR.
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4. THIS MAINLY
INVOLVES THE VOICE OF
THOSE WHO ARE
PRIMARILY CONCERNED
IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THE STORY.
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5. THE WRITER MAY
INCLUDE IMAGES
THAT BEAR CERTAIN
MEANINGS THAT GO
BEYOND THE LITERAL.
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 ANALYZE THE FEATURES LISTED BELOW AND
DETERMINE TO WHICH FICTIONAL FORM EACH
FEATURE APPLIES.

SHORT STORY / NOVEL / BOTH

6. Highlights a single moment of crisis
7. Involves numerous complications
8. Can be done in one sitting
9. The source of cultural information and ideas
10. Composed of sentences and paragraph
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11. THE LINEAR
PATTERN FOR PLOT
BEGINS IN THE
MIDDLE PORTION OF
THE ACTION.
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12. LENGTH AND
COMPLEXITY ARE THE
FEATURES THAT MAKE A
SHORT STORY, AND
NOVEL DIFFERS FROM
EACH OTHER.
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13. THE VILLAIN IS THE
CHARACTER WHO MAINLY
FACES AND RESOLVES THE
MAJOR CONFLICTS IN THE
STORY.
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14. THE POINT OF
VIEW PERTAINS TO
WHO NARRATES THE
STORY.
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15. DENOUEMENT
INTRODUCES THE
CHARACTERS, THE
SETTING, AND THE
CONTEXT OF THE STORY.
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 EXAMINE THE PICTURE. CREATE A STORY FROM IT. TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF FICTION AS YOU PLAN
YOUR STORY INTERPRETATION. LASTLY, PROVIDE AN INTERESTING
TITLE FOR YOUR WORK.

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12. LAYS OUT THE
STRUCTURE OF THE
STORY CONSIDERING
THE FLOW OF EVENTS
AND ACTIONS.
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