ELEMENTS OF

SHORT STORY
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CONFLICT
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THEME
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PLOT
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POINT OF VIEW
 SETTING
•The time and place in which a story takes
place. Several aspects of narrative’s
setting need to be considered in
examining how they contribute to a
story.
 – (Geographical location)
Where is the action of the story taking place?
– (Historical period, time of the day, year, etc.)
When is it taking place?
– Is it cloudy, sunnny, etc.
– (Focusing on the speech, dress, mannerism,
customs, etc. of a particular place)
Does the story contain local color or cultural expressions typicaly in a
setting?
– What feeling is conveyed at the start of
the story? Is it happy and cheerful or sad and frightening?
 SETTING THE SCENE
SETTING
PLACE TIME WEATHER SOCIAL MOOD
CONDITION CONDITION
• Market – • Long time • The weather • Women are
talipapa ago is fine wearing clothes • The people
made of silk and
• Earth embroidered
are very
• Kingdom of with flowers and happy
bay wide stripes. communicati
• People are ng to gods
going to the
market to buy
and barter some
goods.
 CHARACTER

• CHARACTER – is the person taking part in a

narrative. A protagonist is clearly central to the
story with all major events having some
importance to this character. The one against the
protagonist is the antagonist or the bad guy.
 The Characteristics of a Person

• To make a story become seemingly real to

the reader.The characters must appear
real.Characterization is the information the
author provides you about the characters
themselves.
 The author may reveal the character by what
he/she does or does not do.
• DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION – The writer tells you directly
what a character is like.
• INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION –The writer tell you
information about a character but doesn’t tell you about the
character’s personality directly. This way, you have to make your
own judgements about the character.
• His/her physical appearance
• What he/she says, thinks, feels, and hopes
• What others say about him/her and how they react to him/her.
 FRIEND OR FOE
NAME OF ACTION/DEED OF TRAIT OF
CHARACTER CHARACTER CHARACTER
 FRIEND OR FOE
NAME OF ACTION/DEED OF TRAIT OF
CHARACTER CHARACTER CHARACTER

MARIA She is the daughter of two A beautiful and

deities who always go to
talipapa. The source of joy loving daughter.
and laughter to her
family.She is like a jewel to
them.
TASK 15 CONFLICT, ANYONE.
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 CONFLICT
• Conflict is the energy of a story.
• It is conflict or struggle that gives any story its energy.
These are many conflicts – the possiblities are endless.
1. External conflict – one character in conflict with
another character/s; one character in conflict with a
group or a whole society; one character in conflict with
something in nature.
2. internal Conflict – may involve a
character’s struggle to make a
decision or to overcome some
feelings such as fear, suspicion,
hostility, or sadness.
 Answer the following
questions:
1.Who caused the main character’s unhappiness?
2.What was the conflict in the legend?
3.Which part of the legend reveals the conflict?
4.Did Maria face an outside enemy? Why?
5.How can the interaction between characters be a
source of conflict?
Main Thing. With your partner, match
the subject in column A with its theme
in column B by writing the letter of
your answer in your notebook.
 A B
1. The struggle between good and a. People and dogs can make good
evil. company but no one can replace
2. The degree to which people can the joy and excitement about life
control their own lives. people can share with their
3. The difference between what fellowmen.
appears to be real or true and what b. The good always prevail over evil.
actually is real or true. c. No matter how hard people try to
4. Similarities between humans and control their lives, there is always
animals. someone up there to do everything
they want.
d. What actually is real or true always
come out even if people try to hide
it.
 THEME
• Theme – life lesson of a story or author’s message;
the idea the writer wishes to convey about an
important subject; expresses in a sentence; not
usually stated directly; can have two or more
themes but one often stands out as the principal
theme.
• Subject – usually expressed in a word or two: love,
childhood, or death.
 Maria Makiling
•Subject – Love
•Theme – true love will find its
way no matter what happened.
 SUBJECT- THEME HOORAY!

•With your partner, give at

least 2 subjects and theme
from the legend Maria
Makiling.
 PLOT
• The series of related event that make up a
story. Most plots are built with these parts.
• An introduction, or exposition, tells you who
the characters are and usually what their
conflict is. Complication arises as the
characters take steps to resolve the conflict.
• Event in the story, when the outcome is
decided one way or another. The final part of
a story is the resolution. This is when the
story’s problems are solved and the story is
closed.
• Not all stories have a traditional plot
structuture. Modern writers often experiment
with plot, eliminating at times some or nearly
all of the parts of a traditional plot in order to
foucs on another element like character.
 Plot me

•Form a group of three

members. Recall important
parts of the legend and fill
out the plot diagram.
 Quiz 1.5
August 6, 2018

I. Match the subject in Column A

with its theme in Column B by
writing the letter of your answer in
your notebook.
 A B
1. The struggle between good and a. People and dogs can make good
evil. company but no one can replace
2. The degree to which people can the joy and excitement about life
control their own lives. people can share with their
3. The difference between what fellowmen.
appears to be real or true and what b. The good always prevail over evil.
actually is real or true. c. No matter how hard people try to
4. Similarities between humans and control their lives, there is always
animals. someone up there to do everything
they want.
d. What actually is real or true always
come out even if people try to hide
it.
II. Recall the important parts of
the legend Maria Makiling. Fill
out the plot diagram. Write
only the letter of your answer
in the plot diagram.
A.Maria’s parents decided to get her power of enchantment and
forbid her to go to earth.
B.Maria continuously watch over Gat Dula; Gat Dula did not suffer
a single wound during the battle against Lakan Bunto.
C.Gat Dula’s unability to see Maria caused him to get ill and die.
D.Gat Panahon and Dayang Makiling, the parents of Maria, got
angry and do not agree with Maria and Gat Dula’s love affair.
E.Maria implored the gods to give the soul of Gat Dula.
III. Directions: Identify what is asked for in each statement about the
elements of short story.
_____10. It is the series of related event that make up a story.
_____11. It is the struggle that gives any story its energy.
_____12. The time and place in which a story takes place
_____13. The person taking part in a narrative.
_____14. It is the life lesson of a story or the author’s message.
_____15. It is a kind of conflict which involve a character’s struggle
to make a decision or to overcome some feelings such us fear,
suspicion, hostility, or sadness.