ENGLISH 10

Name: _____________________________ Learning Module 3

Gr. & Section: ___________________ FIRST QUARTER
What is this module all about?
The following topics are included in this module:
1. Achieving Writer’s Purpose through Plot, Setting, and Characterization
2. Tone vs. Mood
3. Reading to Get the Author’s Purpose

What are you going to learn?

In this module, you are expected to meet the following competencies:
1. Appraise the unity of plot, setting and characterization in a material viewed to achieve writer’s
purpose. Dep Ed MELC
2. Determine tone, mood, technique, and purpose of the author EN10LT-If-2.2.3
3. Read closely to get the author’s purpose EN10RC-IIe-7.3

Pre-Test:
Directions: Identify the purpose of public speaking in the given statements below. Please refer to
choices inside the box. Write only the letter of your answer on the space provided before the number.
a. to entertain c. to inform
b. to explain d. to persuade
__________1. The medical doctor uses a video presentation to show the development stages of a lung
cancer.
__________2. The accused revealed the details of the incident when he faced the jury.
__________3. A religious leader delivered homily to the church goers. The leader promoted goodwill to the
followers.
__________4. The state leader presents the strategic plan for the next two years.
__________5. The people who are planning to work overseas are required to attend an orientation meeting.
__________6. To break the ice, the speaker narrated a personal story that made the audience smile.
__________7. The agent’s personal experience on a certain product is shared to the clients.
__________8. The medical practitioners and health professionals raise the alarm by showing the research
outputs.
__________9. My most frightening moment was when I saw men in the neighborhood fighting for powers.
__________10. Students present their research findings to the panel members.

Refer to the last page of this module to check your answers.

Day 1: Lesson 1: Achieving Writer’s Purpose through Plot, Setting, and

Characterization

Concept Notes:

Plot refers to the sequence of events in any literary piece.

Setting refers to the place and time the story happens.
Characterization refers to the creation or construction of a fictional character, not the character itself.

For detailed explanation and example, please refer to your book IC for EC World Literature on page

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Lesson 2: Tone vs. Mood and Author’s Purpose

Concept Notes:

Tone is the attitude of the narrator or viewpoint towards story events and other characters. It is achieved
through word choice (diction), sentence construction and word order (syntax), and by what the viewpoint
character focuses on. The author’s tone is described by adjectives. The author might sound:
 cynical cheerful angry ironic intense
 depressed outraged sarcastic solemn excited
 sympathetic positive prayerful vindictive happy
Mood is what the reader feels while reading a scene or story. It’s not the reader’s emotions, but the
atmosphere (the vibe) of a scene or story. The literary mood might be described as:
 gloomy boring triumphant mournful
 despairing lazy exciting joyful
 dreadful melancholy celebratory untroubled

Remember: The author uses the tone to create a mood.

For detailed explanation, please refer to your book IC for EC World Literature page 143. (By Yabut et
al. and retrieved from [Link]/ [Link] [Link])

Illustration:
Below is an excerpt from Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. As you read the excerpt, try to determine
the tone and the mood of the text.

“But I feel peaceful. Your success in the ring this morning was, to a small degree, my success. Your future
is assured. You will live, secure and safe, Wilbur. Nothing can harm you now. These autumn days will
shorten and grow cold. The leaves will shake loose from the trees and fall. Christmas will come, and the
snows of winter. You will live to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world, for you mean a great deal to
Zuckerman and he will not harm you, ever. Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the
pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again.
All these sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy, Wilbur-this lovely world, these precious
days..."

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Notice that the tone of the author is peaceful, and the mood of the text is untroubled.

Four Common Literary Techniques Author’s Purpose – It is an author’s reason

1. Expository Technique refers to the technique in for writing. It is reflected in the way the
which the focus of the author is to tell the readers author writes about a topic.
about a specific subject or topic.
2. Descriptive Technique refers to the technique in Four Common Author’s Purposes
which the author focuses on describing an event, a
1. To inform
character, or a place in detail.
3. Persuasive Technique refers to the technique in
2. To entertain
which the author tries to give reasons and 3. To persuade
justification to make the readers believe his point of 4. To explain
view.
4. Narrative Technique refers to the technique in
which the author narrates and recounts a story.

For detailed explanation, refer to your book IC for EC World Literature on pages 342-346, 350-352.
(By Yabut et al. and retrieved from [Link] [Link])

Illustration:
Below are lines taken from a speech by an anonymous author. As you read the line, try to
determine the technique and purpose of the author.
“The death penalty is a good deterrent for criminals and is fair because the Bible says an ‘eye for an eye.’
We should keep the death penalty on the books.”
Notice that the technique used by the author is persuasive technique and his/her purpose is to persuade.

Day 2: Let’s Practice (Asynchronous Activity)

Activity no. 3.1

Time started: _______
Time finished: _______

A. Directions: Determine the tone and mood of the following lines in each box.
I shall be telling this with a sigh I am a man who, sauntering along
Somewhere ages and ages hence: without fully stopping, turns a casual
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— look upon you and then averts his face,
I took the one less traveled by, Leaving it to you to prove and define it,
And that has made all the difference. Expecting the main things from you.
- The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost - Poets to Come by Walt Whitman
TONE: __________________________ TONE: __________________________
MOOD: _________________________ MOOD: _________________________

Ring in the valiant man and free, The sunlight streamed through the
The larger heart, the kindlier hand; window, golden beams tickling her
Ring out the darkness of the land, awake. Stirring, she remembered the
Ring in the Christ that is to be. excitement from last night. Butterflies
- Ring Out, Wild Bells by Alfred Lord fluttered in her stomach. She sniffed.
Tennyson The aroma of fresh-brewed coffee hit her
TONE: __________________________ nostrils.
MOOD: _________________________ TONE: __________________________
MOOD: _________________________
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 He stomped into the house. His backpack "The river, reflecting the clear blue of
hit the floor with a crash. Clenching his the sky, glistened and sparkled as it
fists, fighting tears, he heard footsteps flowed noiselessly on."
echoing behind him. - Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
TONE: __________________________ TONE: __________________________
MOOD: _________________________ MOOD: _________________________

B. Directions: Analyze the following texts and determine the author’s technique and purpose.

1. Sunset is the time of day when our sky meets the outer space solar winds. There are blue, pink, and
purple swirls, spinning and twisting, like clouds of balloons caught in a whirlwind. The sun moves slowly
to hide behind the line of horizon, while the moon races to take its place in prominence atop the night sky.
People slow to a crawl, entranced, fully forgetting the deeds that must still be done. There is a coolness, a
calmness, when the sun does set.
Technique: _________________________________________________________
Purpose: ___________________________________________________________

2. “The best that occurs to men is that which occurs to them when they are alone, that which they dare not
to confess, not only to their neighbor, but very often not even to themselves, that which they fly from, that
which they imprison within themselves while it is in a state of pure thought an before it can flower, and so
it comes about that he speaks that which others think in solitude by themselves and which nobody dares to
publish. The solitary thinks everything aloud and surprises others by saying that which they think beneath
their breath, while they seek to decide one another by pretending to make them believe that they are
thinking something else, but without anybody believing them.” – Solitude by Miguel de Unamuno
Technique: _________________________________________________________
Purpose: ___________________________________________________________

3. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its
mission was to go where no human being had gone before—the moon! The crew consisted of Neil
Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. The spacecraft landed on the moon in the Sea of
Tranquility, a basaltic flood plain, on July 20, 1969. The moonwalk took place the following day. On July
21, 1969, at precisely 10:56 EDT, Commander Neil Armstrong emerged from the Lunar Module and took
his famous first step onto the moon’s surface. He declared, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap
for mankind.” It was a monumental moment in human history!
Technique: _________________________________________________________
Purpose: ___________________________________________________________

4. It was July 21, 1969, and Neil Armstrong awoke with a start. It was the day he would become the first
human being to ever walk on the moon. The journey had begun several days earlier, when on July 16th, the
Apollo 11 launched from Earth headed into outer space. On board with Neil Armstrong were Michael
Collins and Buzz Aldrin. The crew landed on the moon in the Sea of Tranquility a day before the actual
walk. Upon Neil’s first step onto the moon’s surface, he declared, “That’s one small step for man; one
giant leap for mankind.” It sure was!
Technique: _________________________________________________________
Purpose: ___________________________________________________________

5. Mandatory minimum sentencing is harmful to the human race. It is a form of discrimination; many
people receive long sentences for minor crimes. We should overturn mandatory minimum sentencing rules
and give judges more leeway in their decision-making. – Anonymous
Technique: _________________________________________________________
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Purpose: ___________________________________________________________

Day 3: Post-Test (Synchronous Session)

Post- Test
A. Directions: Read the summary of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Match Girl.” Then, complete the
table below by supplying the characters, plot, setting, and purpose of the literary text.

It wasn’t just any kind of day; it was the last day before New Year. Even though that day was well known
for making parties and having fun, the atmosphere was sad. The reader is introduced to a frozen little
girl, who even though was dressed, felt completely naked on that cold winter air.

She has her mother’s slippers on her feet, but they were too big so when she tried to run after a carriage,
she lost one and the other one was stolen by a boy yelling he’d use for his child’s crib one day.

The poor girl lost her only warmth, and she just went one barefoot. Her feet were red and frozen because
the temperature was very low. She had an old apron and matches that she wanted to sell. She didn’t
manage to sell any and the hunger and coldness increased by the minute and those unpleasant feelings
were impossible to ignore.

She was distracted by appetizing smells spreading from a house where a family was getting ready for New
Year. She couldn’t resist the smell of freshly made turkey. The low temperature made it hard for her to be
on the outside and she pressed herself against a corner, between two buildings and tucked her feet
underneath herself to try to keep warm. The coldness was growing stronger, and she couldn’t go home
since she didn’t sell any matches.

To be honest she didn’t have any desire to go home since it was a cold attic where her violent father
would hit her often. The wind that was blowing from all sides of that attic didn’t leave any room for a
happy family. She thought how to get warm, so she decided to light up one match. After she did it, the
light reminded her of a fireplace. After the match burned out the cold came back.

After she lit up another match, she saw a beautiful set table with a lot of food. The turkey on the table
started moving and went towards her but it never came to the girl because the match burned out. She
decided to light up another one and she saw a decorated Christmas tree and many candles around it.
When she reached her hands to touch it, the light went out.

All the candles started to rise towards the sky and one star fell, leaving behind a mark. The girl thought
that it meant somebody died and that it was their soul. In that moment she saw her grandma and to keep
her near, she lit up all of the matches. Her grandma took her to a place where hunger and coldness were
gone.
The next morning, she was found frozen with a smile on her face. Everybody commented on her attempts
to keep herself warm, but nobody knew she waited for New Year with the prettiest pictures in her mind.

Characters

Setting

Plot
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B. Directions: Analyze the paragraphs provided and determine the author’s technique and purpose.

Paragraphs Author’s Technique Author’s Purpose

Last week we installed a kitty door so that our cat

could come and go as she pleases. Unfortunately, we
ran into a problem. Our cat was afraid to use the kitty
door. We tried pushing her through, and that caused
her to be even more afraid. The kitty door was dark,
and she couldn’t see what was on the other side. The
first step we took in solving this problem was taping
the kitty door open. After a couple of days, she was
confidently coming and going through the open door.
However, when we removed the tape and closed the
door, once again, she would not go through. They say
you catch more bees with honey, so we decided to use
food as bait. We would sit next to the kitty door with a
can of wet food and click the top of the can. When kitty
came through the closed door, we would open the can
and feed her. It took five days of doing this to make
her unafraid of using the kitty door. Now we have just
one last problem: our kitty controls our lives!

I do well in school, and people think I am smart

because of it. But it’s not true. In fact, three years ago
I struggled in school. However, two years ago I
decided to get serious about school and made a few
changes. First, I decided I would become interested in
whatever was being taught, regardless of what other
people thought. I also decided I would work hard
every day and never give up on any assignment. I
decided to never, never fall behind. Finally, I decided
to make school a priority over friends and fun. After
implementing these changes, I became an active
participant in classroom discussions. Then my test
scores began to rise. I still remember the first time
that someone made fun of me because “I was smart.”
How exciting! It seems to me that being smart is
simply a matter of working hard and being interested.
After all, learning a new video game is hard work
even when you are interested. Unfortunately, learning
a new video game doesn’t help you get into college or
get a good job.

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 You are done with Module 3. Congratulations! You made it!
For clarifications, do not hesitate to consult your teacher.

Answer Key:
Here are the answers in the Pre-Test. Please check your answer and determine how much knowledge you
still need to know about the topics in this module.

Pre-Test:
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. A
10. D

How many items did you get correctly?

Get ready to learn more in the next learning module!

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