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Creative Non-Fiction

Quarter 3 - Module 2

Instructions:

1. Answer ONLY the activities and

assessment with YELLOW SHADE.

Indicate/put the name/title of each

activity and assessment.

2. Write your answers in a whole

sheets of pad paper.

Jumpstart

Did you have enough review about the genres of literary text focusing more on the kinds of non-fiction and the meaning of creative non-fiction? Very good! That is crucial since you will proceed to an activity that will introduce you to the main topics of this module. Are you ready for the motivation activity on the next page? There are two sets of motivation activity waiting for you! Well, you are! That’s the spirit! Let’s do it! ACTIVITY 1: Read Me! Analyze Me! Answer Me! Directions: Read and analyze the “ direct statements ” below. Identify the style or technique used through the underlined and italicized portions, phrases or words. Choose your answer on the pool of words provided. Write your answer in the box at the right side.

1. “The flower that I cherished for six summers, the flower - so lovely and fragrant is just a dream now. I woke up one day and everything is a question as to why the flower went away.
2. “ I cried a river when my favorite cat died. Muning is my favorite pet. We spent four years together and I can’t imagine life without her.”
3. “ Being in love is like heaven. It is a feeling that is incomparable among other feelings or emotions. To be in love is like a rainbow , full of colors, full of joy!”
4. “She looked at me with wonder and amazement_. I know deep down in her minds_ she wants to ask me if I truly did the things. I know in her heart that she might not believe everything I said. Well, she needs to because this is the new version of me.”
5. “She has a long shiny black hair with chinky eyes and an aquiline nose. Her eyelashes are long and curly like that of Cleopatra. Her pouting lips are small, pinkish in color and it seems inviting. Her body is like that of Angel Locsin and her smile makes my heart so delighted like the angelic smile of Marian Rivera .”
6. “ S heila, s ee? S ally s ells s eashells by the s eashore!
7. “The silence is deafening me. His looks blind me. He does not even say any single word. I know he figured out everything. His fully zipped mouth is so loud that it may explode anytime. I feel different. I feel terrified.” Choose your answer in the box. Oxymoron Repetition Imagery Point of View Simile Hyperbole Symbolism

ACTIVITY 2: Read Me! Analyze Me! Answer Me! Directions: Read and analyze the “ direct statements ” below. Identify the one-word idea or message (subject or topic) of the statements by choosing your answer on the pool of words provided. Write your answer in the box at the right side.

1. “We struggled a lot like a stray dog, with no permanent home, no refuge. We have no food to eat, not even a single penny. We drink water from the muddy lake, tastes like a rusting iron.”
2. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, Ihave kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day.”
3. “I have no choice but to save the child though I know my life will be at risk. I just feel it’s my duty to help those who are in need. I never regret I broke my arm, at least a life was saved and God used me as His instrument.”
4. “I don’t feel like to be her friend. She’s a highlander. She looks like my old shoes, out of the trend. I couldn’t imagine her style of clothing still exist this era. Oh my gosh! Is everything fine? Is the world okay?”
5. “I think good things will come to those who patiently wait. I also look into the beauty of each human being regardless of their culture, status and backgrounds. Lastly, I believe that everyone can change when they see inspiration whether it’s spiritual, physical, moral or emotional.”
6. “In the fell clutch of circumstances, I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning’s of chance, my head is bloody but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears, looms but the horror of the shade. And yet, the menace of the years, finds and shall find me unafraid.”
7. “Lord, please cleanse away my soul. I know that I sin oftentimes and that I am a human with many inequities. I know that I sometimes commit sin against your will. Sometimes I cannot control and tell myself to do the right thing. I ask for your forgiveness and hope to remind me always of my promise.” Choose answer in the box. How many correct responses did you answer? What have you observed from the two activities? What do you think is the connection of these activities with the lesson that we will discover in this module? Piousness Courage Poverty Farewell Prejudice Heroism Positivity

the author about life inside and outside him. It is often universal. Universality means true to all- felt and experienced by all. Some of the examples of themes are love, power, corruption, courage, excellence, prejudice, discrimination, good versus evil, heroism, beauty, nationalism, patriotism, positivity, poverty, piousness or religiosity, survival and many more. If you have noticed, activity 2 showed the themes used in the items but it only utilized direct statements. However, based from the direct statements, it can be noted that themes can be identified easily by feeling their contents. Thus, the task of this module is for you to analyze the techniques and interpret the themes in a text. For you to do it, you should at least have the following competencies: (1) You can read text at least in a comprehension, interpretive and critical level; (2) You should have knowledge about literary techniques, elements forms and types; (3) You have the skill to relate experiences to the text or vise versa; and (4) You love reading and learning. If you have all of these, then I believe you could do better than expected! To better facilitate your understanding about techniques and themes used in a text, figure 2 below is presented. Have at least a little research about the literary techniques and themes. LITERARY TECHNIQUE It refers to a specific, deliberate construction and use of language to convey meaning. It is an artistic and an aesthetics way of writing texts.

THEME

It refers to the central idea, message or subject the text want to convey. It is a revolving idea althroughout the text conveyed through significant events, elements and techniques. Figure 2 LITERARY TECHNIQUES THEMES 1.figures of speech 8. sound 1. love 8. poverty 2.symbolism 9. humor 2. heroism 9. positivity

3. representations 10. choice of word 3. courage 10. piousness
4. kenning 11. arrangement 4. power 11. religiosity
5. parallelism 5. corruption 12. deaths
6. imagery 6. friendship
   7. survival

Figure 3 below shows how to analyze techniques and interpret themes used in a text. How to analyze techniques and interpret themes used in a text? Figure 3 I guess that the meaning of literary technique and themes plus the examples provided are enough for you to analyze techniques and themes used in a text. Are you ready for the next stage? Let’s explore it!

Explore

Directions: Read, analyze and enjoy a true-to-life narrative text taken from one of the best stories of True Accounts written by TIF Marcelo via Facebook and Instagram. This story is inspired by his friend named Sha. The Diary of the Girl Dear Diary, It was a very cold winter when the breath of the light of home was taken back by the Giver of life. I was out in the dark during that time. The moon keeps on smiling but suddenly it cried. I have cried out so loud from the envelope of love and caress. At the same time, the deafening silence of the great woman cornered the four sides of the white room. Together with the men and women in white, is the pillar of home. Yes, he was left alone, just with me, with that day of tears, sorrow and melancholy. But he, knowing I am the cause of the decease of his dearly love, his flower of delight since high school of loyalty and honesty, with love and tenderness, with sacrifice and devotion, he poses that smile of inspiring and motivating love as I was going out of the school. It seems he always misses me after eight hours stay inside that highly- cost home of human knowledge and wisdom. He holds and carries me in his strong arms as he turns me once or twice around. He kisses me with his beard that tickles my thin skin. But the feeling is different. I love it. have enough knowledge or mastery about literary techniques and themes have comprehension, interpretive and critical level of reading know how to relate experiences to the text or vise versa loves reading and learning

9. Why does the father pretend to be someone else? A. He does not want his daughter to see his struggles. B. He wants to retain in his daughter’s mind that they are rich. C. He loves his daughter that he provides everything and he does not want his daughter to see him struggling.
10. Why did the author write this true account? A. to inspire people to be better on their studies B. to persuade readers to love, respect and appreciate their fathers C. to emphasize the greater value of loving mothers who bear a baby and sacrifice her life Activity 4: I need your higher level of comprehension! Read and answer me! Directions: Read and answer the questions below. Identify what is asked for each item. Choose the correct answer from the given choices in the box provided below. Apostrophe Kenning Father Gender/Masculine Symbolism Oxymoron Simile Narrative Personification God _____________1. What does the writer refer to when he said, “ Giver of Life ”? _____________2. What does the writer refer to when he said, “ Pillar of Home ”? _____________3. What figure of speech is used with the statement, “ His money is like abundant leaves. ”? _____________4. What figure of speech is used in the statement, I ask the air, “Where on earth my dad get lots of money?” _____________5. What does the word flower symbolize from the statement, “I am the cause of the decease of his dearly love, his flower of delight.”? _____________6. What figure of speech is used in the statement, “ The moon kept on smiling but suddenly it cried.”? _____________7. What Archaic Style is used in writing the text? _____________8. What technical approach is used to conceptualize the story? _____________9. What figure of speech is used in the statement, “ The deafening silence of the great woman cornered the four sides of the white room.”? ____________10. What type of text is “The Diary of the Girl? Hello!? How did you find Activity 3 and 4? These activities assess your basic and critical comprehension about the text and how the text was written by the writer. The said activities are focused on the techniques of writing. I hope you see these features during your reading and activities.

ACTIVITY 5. Look at the bigger picture of ideas and messages! Directions: There is one main theme or central idea of the narrative text aside from the other minor themes. Arrange the four themes according to how they are highlighted or emphasized in the narrative. Fill in the blanks with themes in accordance to what is asked. Choose your answer from the box provided.

1. Main Theme: _____________________
2. 1 st^ Minor Theme: _____________________
3. 2 nd^ Minor Theme: _______________________
4. 3 rd^ Minor Theme: __________________________ Important Points to Remember Did you have wider and deeper understanding now about techniques and themes used in a text? The true-to-life narrative you just read is an example of creative non- fiction. It is non-fiction because it is based from true story of people where it became creative because it utilized the techniques and elements of fictional accounts. However, the focus of this module is for you to analyze techniques and interpret theme/s in a text. The Diary of a Girl is a narrative true-to-life story of Sha, the writer’s friend. From the construction of the story, it can be noted that an archaic style called KENNING was utilized. This is an old conventional styles of naming terms and words such as home of knowledge and wisdom for school, Giver of Life for God and the others. Moreover, figures of speech such as the choices in activity 3 and 4, are also utilized. The story is constructed using a first person point of view with a melancholic or dramatic beginning. Lastly, the theme can be determined easily based from the common knowledge and plot of the story. ----------------------------------------------END--------------------------------------------------- Love, Respect & Appreciation Poverty & Survival Happiness & Satisfaction Death & Farewell