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Creative Writing
Quarter 1 – Module 15: Various Modes of Fiction
First Edition, 2020
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Creative Writing
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 15
Various Modes of Fiction
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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:
Welcome to the Creative Writing Self-Learning Module on Various Modes of
Fiction.
This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and
reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.
This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:
Notes to the Teacher
This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.
As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
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For the learner:
Welcome to the Creative Writing Self-Learning Module on Various Modes of
Fiction.
The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often
used to depict skill, action, and purpose. Through our hands, we may learn, create,
and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies
and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:
Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills
that you will learn after completing the module.
Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson
at hand.
Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts
and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.
Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.
Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.
Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and
application of the lesson.
Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the
lesson.
Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
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EXPECTATIONS
This is your self-instructional module in Creative Writing for Grade 12.
All the activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand
Various Modes of Fiction.
PRETEST
Directions: Write T if the statement is TRUE and F if the statement is false.
1. Action drives the arc of the story and reveals information about the
characters.
2. Dialogue sets the mood and the scene and provides an explanation.
3. Description is spoken action.
4. Exposition reveals something about the characters.
5. Thought and monologue provide details about the characters of the
story.
RECAP
We have learned about Setting and Atmosphere in the previous lesson.
This time, we’re going to learn about the various modes of fiction.
Stories are not hard to tell, but writing stories involves creating
structure. Experienced writers understand that structure in the form of the
five narrative modes of fiction.
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LESSON
Here are the different modes of fiction:
a. Narrative Mode of Description
Description sets the mood and the scene and provides an explanation.
It gives the details about some place, person or thing. It should serve
the story and be a mechanism for immersing readers in the fictional
world and the characters inhabit. The challenge is to avoid over-
describing.
b. Narrative Mode of Action
Readers are engaged and remain engaged when something happens to
the fictional characters. The action in the story moves it forward. Action
drives the arc of the story and reveals information about the characters.
It is something that happens and can include dialogue, gestures and
other activities.
c. Narrative Mode of Dialogue
Dialogue is spoken action. It is conversation between characters that
can also help to evolve characters.
If a writer wants to highlight a trait in a particular character or focus
on a subject of discussion, the writer maintains the focus by not distracting
readers with other narrative modes during the dialogue. However, writers
bring additional meaning into the interplay by including action and thoughts
when relevant.
Dialogue boosts pace and narration. Compelling dialogue is not just
talk. Readers become absorbed in the story when characters say things we do
not expect of them and are not predictable. Writers should avoid making
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characters sound alike; in real life, people have their own individual ways of
talking.
Writers can be creative with the use of the modes as Emily Bronte’s
Wuthering Heights illustrates. Despite the significant time-shifts in the novel,
Emily Bronte maintained a continuous narrative using a multi-layered
narration technique. Distinctively, the action in this memorable novel is
presented as eyewitness narrations by characters who participated in what
they describe.
Every work of fiction contains these modes, but the ratio varies. For
most writers, determining when the different modes can be woven together or
used separately improves with practice.
Let’s continue with the last two modes of fiction.
d. Narrative Mode of Thought and Monologue
Thought and monologue move the story along, build tension, and reveal
something about the character. They can even be contrasted with the
others for effect.
e. Narrative Mode of Exposition
Exposition is used to provide details about characters or the story. It is
used in the beginning and during transitions, for instance, to inform
readers about passage of time, change of place or mood, or change in
the focus of the character. It tells, rather than shows, readers about
important elements of the story or characters.
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Guided Practice
Let’s try a few items as a practice exercise.
ACTIVITIES
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WRAP-UP
To wrap-up everything that we discussed in this lesson, fill up this table
below:
VALUING
Just as every part of a story has a purpose, everything that happens in
our life occurs for a reason. We have to be thankful for all the blessings in our
life, and be grateful for the challenges as well. We may not understand
everything all at once, but there will come a time when all our hardships will
come to light.
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POSTTEST
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. All are definitions of Narrative Mode of Description EXCEPT
A. It sets the mood and the scene and provides an explanation
B. It gives the details about some place, person or thing.
C. It is something that happens in the story and can include dialogue,
gestures and other activities.
2. Narrative Mode of ACTION
A. a mechanism for immersing readers in the fictional world
B. drives the arc of the story and reveals information about the
characters
C. a spoken action
3. All are definitions of Narrative Mode of Dialogue EXCEPT
A. It is conversation between characters that can also help to evolve
characters.
B. It boosts pace and narration
C. It is a figure in the story that creates tension between the characters
4. Thought and Monologue can be defined as
A. The element of the story that shows the readers about the other
elements of the story
B. It moves the story along, build tension, and reveal something about
the character.
C. It is used by the writer to highlight a trait in a particular character
or focus on a subject of discussion
5. It is used in the beginning and during transitions, for instance, to
inform readers about passage of time, change of place or mood, or
change in the focus of the character.
A. Description
B. Action
C. Exposition
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KEY TO CORRECTION
5. C 5. EXPOSITION 5. F
4. B 4. THOUGHT & MONOLOGUE 4. F
3. C 3. THOUGHT & MONOLOGUE 3. F
2. B 2. THOUGHT & MONOLOGUE 2. F
1. C 1. EXPOSITION 1. T
POSTTEST ACTIVITY PRETEST
References
“IAPWE.” The Five Narrative Modes of Fiction. January 16, 2017. Accessed June
29, 2020. [Link]
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