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Department of Education (DepEd)

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
Division of Leyte
JUGABAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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ACTIVITY WORKSHEET FOR CREATIVE WRITING

QUARTER 3 - WEEK 5

General Objective: (MELC) Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in various
modes of fiction (HUMSS_CW/MPlg-i-13)
Learning Objectives: Identifies the parts of the plot in the story.

A. EXPLORE
Directions: Arrange the jumbled letter to identify the words that are relevant to our topic. Definitions will help
you to determine the hidden words.

INOTCFI Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels that describes
________________ imaginary events and people.
The complex interrelationship between a text and other texts taken as basic to
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the creation or interpretation of the text
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A category of literary composition; genres may be determined by literary
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techniques, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length
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The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented
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by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
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Literary or linguistic technique that produces a specific effect, esp. a figure of
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speech, narrative style, or plot mechanism.
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B. LEARN

PLOT
The plot is the logical arrangement of events in a story or play. The plot is an organized logical series of
events having a beginning, middle, and end.
Kinds of Plot
1. Linear Plot
In literature, a linear plot begins at a certain point, moves through a series of events to a
climax and then ends up at another point.
Also known as the plot structure of Aristotle, it is possible to represent a linear plot line with the
drawing of an arc.
The primary advantage of using a linear plot is that the reader knows, or at least has an idea, of
where the plot goes next, and the reader is guaranteed to get a beginning and ending.
a) Introduction - The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting is revealed.
b) Rising Action - This is where the events in the story become complicated and the
conflict in the story is revealed (events between the introduction and climax).
c) Climax - This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story. The
reader wonders what will happen next; will the conflict be resolved or not?
d) Falling action - The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader
knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not (events between
climax and denouement).
e) Denouement - This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.

2. Modular Plot
Nonlinear narrative, disjointed narrative or disrupted narrative is a narrative technique,
sometimes used in literature, film, hypertext websites and other narratives, where events are portrayed,
for example out of chronological order, or in other ways where the narrative does not follow the direct
causality pattern of the events featured, such as parallel distinctive plot lines, dream immersions or
narrating another story inside the main plot-line. It is often used to mimic the structure and recall of
human memory, but has been applied for other reasons as well.
It is a story that does not follow a linear narrative. That is, it doesn’t move in a chronological
order, instead jumping around within the story or between different stories. Sometimes, the different
sections don’t even feature the same characters or world. Instead, they are united by thematic meaning.

3. Episodic Plot
Made up of a series of chapters or stories linked together by the same character, place, or
theme but held apart by their individual plot, purpose, and subtext.

IV. CONFLICT - Conflict is essential to plot. It is the opposition of forces which ties one incident to
another and makes the plot move. Within a short story there may be only one central struggle, or there
may be one dominant struggle with many minor ones.

There are two types of Conflict:

1) External - A struggle with a force outside one's self.

2) Internal - A struggle within one's self; a person must make some decision, overcome
pain, quiet their temper, resist an urge, etc.

There are various kinds of Conflict:

1) Man vs. Man (physical) - The leading character struggles with his physical strength against other men,
forces of nature, or animals. A character struggles with another character.
Protagonist vs. Antagonist
The classic “good guy” vs. “bad guy” situation.

Example: - Spiderman. This is the story of Peter Parker who is nerdy high-schooler.
One day while on an excursion to a laboratory a runway radioactive spider bites him... And his
life changes in a way no one could have imagined. Peter acquires a muscle-bound physique, clear
vision, ability to cling to surfaces and crawl over walls, shooting webs from his wrist... But the fun isn’t
going to last.
An eccentric millionaire Norman Osborn administers a performance enhancing drug on himself
and his maniacal alter ego Green Goblin emerges. Now Peter Parker has to become a Spider-Man and
take Green Goblin to the task... Or else Goblin will kill him. They come face to face and the war begins in
which only one of them will survive at the end

2) Man vs. Circumstances (classical) - The leading character struggles against fate, or the
circumstances of life facing him/her.

3) Man vs. Nature - A character struggles with a force of nature (natural disaster, desolation, animal, etc.)
Usually, the character is struggling to survive.
Example: San Andreas. In the movie, A series of massive earthquakes hits Nevada and California.
Caught in the middle is a helicopter rescue pilot, Raymond Gaines. Flying his helicopter, he must first
rescue his ex-wife, Emma, and his daughter, Blake. Meanwhile, a pre-eminent seismologist, Dr
Lawrence Hayes, is trying to predict where the next earthquake will hit.
4) Man vs. Society - In this conflict, a character, or a group of characters fight against the society in which
they live. The character fights against social traditions or rules (fight for freedom, rights, for a cause etc.)
Society becomes a “character” of its own.
Usually used to comment on positive or negative aspects for real society. (SATIRE) Example: Avatar. In
the movie Avatar a man is put into an army to get rid of a civilization of blue creatures. They want the
civilization to move to another location cause their town is built over rich treasures. But the civilization
prays to their God in that one location. Jake Scully (main character) is told to go into a replica of a body
from civilization. After getting used to how they live he wants to help them fight for their land, so he starts a
war to help keep their land.

5) Man vs. Self - The character’s Struggle takes place in his/her own mind.
Usually has something to do with a choice (choosing between right or wrong), or it may have to do with
overcoming emotions or mixed feelings.
Example: Tangled (Rapunzel). In the movie Tangled Rapunzel, experiences man vs. Self throughout the
movie. She cannot decide if she want to stay in the tower or defy her “mother’s wishes and leaved the
tower. When she finally decides to leave, she is very hesitant and does not know if what her “mother” has
told her is true or not. She goes back and forth with herself wondering what will happen if she continues.

6) Man vs. Supernatural - is a conflict between a character and something that is not normal in some way.
Supernatural elements include ghosts, omens, and superstitions. Example: Predator
- The U.S government hires a team of commandos. The group of goes to Guatemala. There they battle
and invisible extraterrestrial with superhuman strength.

7) Man vs. Fate - This type of Conflicts occurs when is trapped by an inevitable destiny, freedom and free.
Example: Example: Fahrenheit 451
-In part of Fahrenheit 451, “Burning Bright,” Montag’s Fate is to be hunted and killed. The Hound,
programmed to kill Montags, is chasing him, and has the TV says, “The Mechanical Hound never fails”
(page numbers vary by edition)..

8) Man vs. Technology - The protagonist must overcome a machine or technology. Most often the
encounter with the machine or technology is through the character's own doing. For example, it may be
technology or a machine that they created, purchased, or owned with the assumption that it would make
their life easier. Over time the protagonist must overcome the technology, in some instances, even
destroying it before it destroys them.
Example: The Matrix. Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer
programmer and by night a hacker know as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far
beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a
Legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government.
C. ENGAGE

Directions: Read the short story with understanding and appreciation.

Broken Hope by Skye Robertson

The Doctor hated his job, not all of it but this part. His job is usually so rewarding. He saves
people’s lives; he gives mothers their children. He is the guardian angel that they pray for. He strides
down the hospital halls, his footsteps creating a symphony of righteous and warm music. The walls of
the obstetrics center painted with bright vibrant colors, full of sounds of happiness and joy. The Doctor
would walk down the hall full of pride. Standing straight a grin of true content on his face. New fathers
would greet him with thank you and handshakes. And the mothers, while thankful could not bear to
tear their gaze from their new child’s face. They just mumbled thank you as they cried tears of joy. The
nurses would give him flirtatious looks, and he would send them right back. The interns looked at him
like he was a Rockstar, their hero. But not today, today was different.

He’d been sitting in his office, about to go see a patient, he was happy. When he received an
email from his friend, a doctor in the oncology department. He’d consulted him to help with the test
result for a patient. The patient he was going to see, Cora Broehain and her husband Euston. He
picked up a doughnut sitting on his desk and took a bite while opening the file. He scanned over it
looking for one word humming the song Hero by Enrique Iglesias while looking. When he found the
one word he abruptly stopped, and his doughnut slipped from his hand. He read the word over and
over again and again, Hoping, praying that it was a mistake. He called his friend, but there was none.
All of the sudden he was being stared in the face by the only part of his job that he hated. His
shoulders slumped his happiness and content gone. He slowly rose from his chair and walked down
the hallway that he usually loved so much. But today, the hallway was different. He wasn’t smiling, he
walked slowly drained of purpose. The walls were a grey and bleak. His footsteps echoing down the
hall making it sound as if he was being followed, haunted by ghosts. As the doctor neared the end of
the hall he came upon the door. He pauses at the door listening to the sounds of laughter, joy, and
love inside. All of this he was about to ruin, he took a deep breath, knocked once, and walked inside.

Our lives were perfect, my wife Cora Broehain was laying on her back in a hospital bed. Her
swollen stomach exposed; her eyes fixed on the screen. Her mouth parted as she took in our daughter,
Hope. Still trapped in Cora’s stomach, waiting to be released.

“Ohhhh Euston she’s perfect,” her voice choked with tears as she looks toward her husband.

“Just like her mama,” I lean down and kiss her forehead. Then I kiss her belly.

“Euston stop,” I keep going and she goes from giggling to laughing. She’s still laughing when we
hear the knock on the door. That single knock signaling the end of good times. Followed by Dr.
Kevorkian sweeping in, his coat flapping like the robes of Death himself.

“Hey Doc,” I rose and extended my arm to shake his hand but freezing when I saw him flinch.
He started sweating and his eyes shifted between Cora and me. I knew that look, the look a deer gives
when trapped in headlights. A look of impending doom, my heart grew heavy and I took my wife's hand.
She looked me in the eye trying to discern what's wrong before finally piecing it together. Her shoulder
stiffened and her lips pursed, a tear already welling up in her eye.

“Euston, Cora I’m afraid I have some bad news,” He paused taking a breath
composing himself. “Your tests came back….. It’s Cancer.”
“No, No, No please God No,” Cora cry’s out screeching clawing into her husband’s arms. Euston
gathers her shaking form barely holding on himself.

“Please Doctor Kevorkian tell me there’s something we can do, anything please.” Euston’s
words frantic taking Dr. Kevorkian by the shoulders shaking him. Eyes mad with grief searching his face
but seeing the hard lines of bad news yet to come.
 “There’s more the treatment for your cancer,” his eyes nervously darted to Cora’s. “Is
extremely aggressive, you would normally have a high success rate.” Then she’ll be okay right she
has to be ok. Cora reaches out and touches his hand Looking the doctor hard in the face.

“You said normally, what’s different here?” Dr. Kevorkian looked at her in grief and unbearable
pain.

“What’s different here is Hope, you can survive the treatment, but she can’t. I’m sorry but you
have to make a choice.” Wait what do you mean we have to make a choice. Euston stands face red in
anger, what kind of choice. Cora’s eyes fall down already knowing the truth before the Dr. says it. “If
your wife gets the chemo Hope will die, but if she doesn’t your wife will die.

“How do we save her?”

“What are you talking about Cora you’re not gonna die.” Euston yelling at her grabbing her
gently tugging. Fully conscious of her condition. “You aren’t dying, we can, we can have other kids.”
Euston chock’s out stammering between tears.

“No baby we can’t, because I can’t let Hope die. We’ve been trying for years we lost faith until
God gave us this….. This hope. You have to hold onto her.”

“Don’t say that,” Eustons grief torn screech echoes out. “Don’t say that I have to take care of
her as if it’s already been decided.” He kneels down by her and rests his head on her stomach. “Don’t
talk like you’re already dead. Please you’re all I have.” He’s racked with sobs as he hugs her swollen
belly. Cora looks at the ceiling trying to make the tears fall silently.

“Can you hear her?” She whispers silently her voice breaking. “Can you feel her heartbeat?
Remember the time I woke up and punched you because I thought you kicked me?” Euston laughs
through his tears choking on them.

“Not even born yet and still making us fight.” He keeps chuckling making Cora smile. Cora
grabs his head and looks him right in the eye’s. Tears pouring down her face.

“Baby you know what I want, and I know what you want, but you have to make the decision. But
before you do. Just think of all the moments of happiness she’s already given us, Choose.” Euston
starts crying again before steeling himself. He looks at Dr. Kevorkian who had been shifting awkwardly
the whole time.

“I choose……”
The hill was moving as the pair climbed it. The wind blowing the grass every direction. They
walked to the lone headstone and kneeled before it. The man appearing older than he was. Weathered
by the storm of pain that makes up the world. He stared at the tombstone no longer prey to tears, but
forever filled with grief. He squeezes the hand of his partner.

“I think about the choice I made everyday. I play it in my mind, but I still chose you. Every year
we come here not just because she died on this day. But because it should remind us that the hard
choices in life. The ones that come at a great sacrifice, always have the best reward.” He looks down at
his partner, “If there’s one thing she taught me it would be to never give up Hope. Do you understand
sweetheart?” His partner looks up at him and smiles her candy smile. “Yes daddy.”

ACTIVITY #1
Directions: After reading the story, arrange the sequence of events to create the plot of the story. Use
number 1-5 and write your answers on the space provided before the number.

___ 1. They are in the cemetery visiting her wife and telling her child the great sacrifice and choice that
people will get through.
 ___ 2. They have to decide who will live, whether Cora will get chemo and the child will die or Cora will
die, and the Hope will save. Then Euston chose.

___ 3. Cora and Euston were on the Hospital and waiting for the result of the test. When
the doctor arrived and tell the result they were shocked knowing that Cora has a cancer.
___ 4. The doctor received an email from a friend to help in a test. The doctor was going to see Cora
Broehain and her husband Euston to deliver the news. When he read the result, he was shocked, and he
thought it was just a mistake. He walked at the hallway in a sad mood.
___ 5. The story starts by introducing and on discussing the job of the doctor. The feeling of saving people’s
life and the happiness he brought to a mother and father’s face.

D. APPLY

Directions: Read the short story with understanding entitled Broken Hope by Skye Robertson. Use the
table below to determine the parts of the plot in the story. Use another sheet of paper for this activity.

Elements Story: Broken Hope by Skye Robertson

1. Plot
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Denouement
2. Point of View
3. Characters
4. Setting
5. Conflict

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