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English
Quarter 2 – Module 6:
Identify Types and Features of
Short Prose
English – Grade 9
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Quarter 2 – Module 6: Identify Types and Features of Short Prose
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

This module aims to guide you in distinguishing the types and features
of short prose. It helps you to identify easily the elements of prose.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

 identify types and features of short prose (EN9WC-IIf-9.2);
 compare fiction to non-fiction; and,
 be familiarized with the elements of prose.

What I Know

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer a
separate sheet of paper.
__________ 1. The message that the author is trying to express to the reader
through a story.
a. chapter b. mood c. theme d. prose

__________ 2. A form of literature that contains various elements such as

themes, chapters, characters and settings.
a. prose b. poetry c. drama d. theme

__________ 3. This element is a feeling that the story gives the reader. It
could make you feel sad, happy or scared.
a. theme b. paragraphs c. mood d. characters

__________ 4. This element shows who is narrating the story. It could be a

narrator or it could be a character.
a. point of view b. poetry c. setting d. prose

__________ 5. This element shows how sections are separated into parts with
numbers and titles.
a. theme b. paragraph c. chapters d. characters

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 Lesson
Identifying Types and
6 Features of Short Prose
As learners we must understand the importance of the types and
features of prose in writing a narrative story. These elements of prose help us
appreciate and enjoy writing fiction and non-fiction stories. Through writing,
we get to interpret our emotions and discover hidden lesson or moral of the
story.

What’s In

This module will help you understand the types and features of prose
through comprehensive explanation. Before you go through, accomplish the
activity below.

SHADE YOUR BET!

Which of the following ways do you share your own stories whether fiction or
non-fiction? Draw the faces of your choice/s in your notebook or separate
sheet of paper.

chatting over the phone

sending an email

posting on social media

vlogging

texting

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 What’s New

Directions: Read the titles of stories or writings in column A then identify the
types of prose in column B. Write your answers whether it is fiction or non-
fiction on another sheet of paper.

Column A Column B
(titles of stories or writings) (fiction or non-fiction)
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin 1.
2. Odysseus and Robin Hood 2.
3. Romeo and Juliet 3.
4. The Autobiography of Dr. Jose Rizal 4.
5. The Wise Man 5.
6. The Lion and the mouse 6.
7. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 7.
8. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 8.
9. Frank Lloyd Wright an Autobiography 9.
10. Diary of Wimpy Kid 10.
11. The Tortoise and the Ducks 11.
12. Advantages of Self-Education Bibliography 12.
13. The Foolish Donkey 13.
14. The Good Samaritan 14.
15. The Parable of the Mustard Seed 15.

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 What is It

It is important to recognize the types and features of prose because it

can help you write a story/prose smoothly with ease in sequencing the events.

Types and Features of Prose

FICTION NON-FICTION

 Short story *Biography

 Novel *Autobiography
 Novella *History
 Folktale-legend, fable, parable *Diary
* Journal

FICTION generally is a narrative form of any medium, where people, events,

or places are imaginary—and not based strictly on history or fact. It refers
to written narratives in prose and often specifically novels, though also
novellas and short stories.

Examples:

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles

Dickens, 1984 by George Orwell

NON-FICTION is any literary work that is based mainly on fact, though it

may contain fictional elements.

Examples:

King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild, In Praise of Shadows by

Junichiro Tanizaki, Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas Cormen, Notebook
of a Return to the Native Land by Aime Cesaire.

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PROSE AND ITS ELEMENTS

PROSE is a literary piece which is written in the pattern of ordinary spoken

language and within the common flow of conversation. It is derived from the
Latin word prosa which means ‘straightforward’.

Everything that is not poetry is prose. Therefore, every utterance or

written word that is not in the form of verb is an example of prose. Here are
some different formats that prose comes in: Casual dialogue: “Hi, how are
you?” “I’m fine, how are you?” “Fine, thanks.”

ELEMENTS OF PROSE

 THEME is the lesson or message of the story. To identify the story’s

message, look for clues in what the characters say and do, what
happens as the result of their actions, and how the character change.

 CHARACTERS are the people or animals in the story. A story often

describes the interaction of characters, including their relationship and
the changes they undergo.

 SETTING is when or where the story takes place.

 PLOT tells what happens in the story. The initiating event, the
exposition, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and ending with
the resolution.

Exposition the beginning of the story, characters, setting, and the main
conflict are typically introduced.

Rising Action is where the main character is in crisis and the events
are leading up to facing the conflict that begin to unfold.

Climax the peak of the story, a major event occurs in which the main
character faces a major enemy, fear, challenge, or other source of
conflict.

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 Falling Action, the story begins to slow down and work towards its
end; tying up loose ends.

Resolution is like a concluding paragraph that resolves any remaining

issues and ends the story.

 POINT-OF-VIEW (POV) the story relates to the person telling the story.

a. First-person Point of View the narrator is a character in the story

and tells the story.

b. Third-person Point of View the narrator is not a character in the

story and refers to the characters by name or he or she.

What’s More

Independent Activity 1
Directions: Identify the descriptions/statements in the movie “Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by writing the Elements of Prose on the blank. On a
separate sheet of paper, write plot, characters, chapters, setting and point-of
view.

Harry Potter A boy who learns on his eleventh

Ron Weasley birthday that he is an orphaned
Hermione Granger son of two powerful wizards and
Draco Malfoy possesses unique magical
Neville Longbottom powers of his own. His parents
Ginny Weasley were murdered by an evil wizard
Lord Voldemort named Lord Voldemort.

1. _____________________________ 2. _____________________________

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 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s It takes place in England in the
Stone is told in the third-person, 1990s. The book opens at 4
with the narrator unidentified Privet Drive in Surrey: the home
and invisible and the tone of Vernon and Petunia Dursley,
objective. Harry is the character Harry’s Aunt and Uncle.
whose thoughts, feelings, and
experiences are revealed to the
reader.

3. _____________________________ 4. _____________________________

Dumbledore tells McGonagall that

Voldemort killed the Potter parents the
previous night and tried to kill their son,
Harry, as well, but was unstable to. …
Dumbledore takes Harry and places him on
the Dursley’s doorstep with an explanatory
letter he has written to the Dursleys, and
the three-part ways.

5. _____________________________

Independent Assessment 1
Directions: Complete the blanks with the proper information needed.

Fiction generally is a 1. __________ form, of any medium, where people,

events, or place are imaginary and not based strictly on 2. __________ or fact.
It refers to written narratives in prose and often specifically 3. __________,
though also novellas and short stories. Non-fiction is any literary work that
is based 4. __________ on fact, even though it may contain 5. __________
elements.

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 What I Have Learned

Reading is important in interpreting message, mood, tone and ideas of

the author. Identifying prose is a big help in categorizing fiction to non-fiction.
To explain well the differences and similarities of fiction and non-fiction do
the Venn Diagram below.

Directions: Compare fiction and non-fiction using the Venn Diagram. Use
another sheet of paper to illustrate your answer in the diagram.

FICTION NON-FICTION

SIMILARITIES

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 What I Can Do

Watch any local/foreign movie and write your simple story/prose using
the Elements of Prose by filling up the needed data. On another sheet of
paper, copy the same template and write down your answers.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

THEME

SETTING

PLOT
Beginning:

Middle:

Ending:

POINT OF VIEW

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 Assessment
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
_____ 1. In the basic prose structure, what is called the part where everything
ties up in the end?
a. falling action b. resolution c. rising action d. climax

_____ 2. Which is the correct term for what could be described as the “turning
point of the story”?
a. climax b. resolution c. falling action d. rising action

_____ 3. What term is coined when the author gives some background or
needed details to the story?
a. theme b. point of view c. exposition

_____ 4. The main character is in crisis and conflict begin to unfold.

a. exposition b. falling action c. rising action d. climax

_____ 5. The concluding paragraph that resolves any remaining issues and
ends the story.
a. rising action b. climax c. falling action d. resolution

_____ 6. A true story or factual events.

a. fictional prose b. non-fictional prose c. prose d. poetry

_____ 7. It refers to written narratives in prose and often specifically novels,

folktales, novellas and short stories.
a. fictional prose b. non-fictional prose c. prose d. poetry

_____ 8. What is the long narrative that is divided into chapters and events
like ‘Without Seeing the Dawn’ by Stevan Javellana?
a. novel b. folktale c. short story d. novellas

_____ 9. What is termed a narrative involving one or more characters, one plot
and one single impression like ‘The Laughter of My Father’ by Carlos
Bulosan?
a. novel b. folktale c. short story d. novella

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_____ 10. The time and location in which the story takes place.
a. plot b. setting c. conflict d. characterization

_____ 11. Don’t judge a book by its cover is an example of

a. mood b. theme c. setting d. conflict

_____ 12. What is called a person or animal which takes part in the action of
a story?
a. setting b. characters c. plot d. conflict

_____ 13. All categories of books or stories can be called fiction or non-fiction.
a. True b. False c. partly true d. partly false

_____ 14. Why do modern writers tend to prefer prose?

a. It’s more natural and reflects the way people actually talk
b. It’s easier to read
c. It saves paper
d. All of the above

_____ 15. In prose, what do you call the person telling the story?
a. narrator b. poet c. reader d. speaker

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 Additional Activities

Reflect on what you have learned from Types and Features of

Short Prose by expressing your insights through writing a two-paragraph
Journal. Use the illustration below in writing your journal on another piece of
paper.

MY JOURNAL

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Assessment What I Have Learned What I Can Do
1. A Answers may vary Answers may vary
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. D
15. A
What I Know What’s New What’s More
1. C 1. fiction Independent Activity
2. A 2. fiction
3. C 3. fiction 1. Characters
4. A 4. non-fiction 2. Plot
5. C 5. fiction 3. Point of View
6. fiction 4. Setting
7. fiction 5. Chapters
What’s In
8. non-fiction
9. non-fiction Independent Assessment
Answers may vary 10. non-fiction
11. fiction 1. Narrative
12. non-fiction 2. History
13. fiction 3. Novels
14. fiction 4. Fact
15. fiction 5. Fictional
Answer Key
References
Types of Prose. slideshare.com
Elements of Prose. slideshare.com
The movie “The Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”.
Merriam-Webster dictionary. Since 1828

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