21st (finals

• Prose, as defined through its structure, is made-up of paragraphs and is a reflection of daily speech
• Prose


  • Growing up, I was born in a family where my mom lives in another house with another man. I was living with my father. Having to live this way, I felt indifferent about love. Maybe, not really, indifferent. Maybe, what I was really feeling was always searching for love that keeps people together. Somehow, there is a part of me that aches for a person who would complete me.
• Novel


  A fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes
• Bob Ong

  Only his pen name, from Quezon City, a very mysterious writer who never told the public about his true identity, known for using informal writing technique to create an entertaining and reflective illustration
• Published Works


  • ABNKKBSNPLako
  • Bakit baliktad magbasa ng libro ang mga pilipino
  • Alamat ng gubat
  • Stainless longganisa
  • Macarthur
  • Kapitan sino
  • Ang mga kaibigan ni mama susan
  • Lumayo ka nga sa akin
• ABNKKBSNPLako


  A 2001 autobiography by Bob Ong, his first and most desired work, a mixture of humor and sad truths like how the classic Bob Ong attacks certain issues in his books
• Post-apocalyptic fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction. It appeals to readers who like action and adventure.
• "then, later his Ghost"


  Title of a story by Sarah Hall
• Essential Question: Do you think it is necessary to learn survival skills? Why or why not?
• The first step to writing an essay is to read the question carefully.
• Prose, as defined through its structure, is made-up of paragraphs and is a reflection of daily speech
• Prose


  • Growing up, I was born in a family where my mom lives in another house with another man. I was living with my father. Having to live this way, I felt indifferent about love. Maybe, not really, indifferent. Maybe, what I was really feeling was always searching for love that keeps people together. Somehow, there is a part of me that aches for a person who would complete me.
• The text is an example of prose. If you can notice it is made-up of sentences. Each sentence resembles daily speech. The presentation of the topic is not indirectly stated.
• Poetry


  Follows a metrical structure with rhymes, imagery, emotive languages and is made-up of lines and stanzas
• Poetry


  • There's a song I wish to sing
  • But, the melody's left undiscovered
  • I was thinking of a duet
  • But, I guess, I'll be singing solo
• Looking at the example of a poetry, you can see that it is a free verse. It is made-up of four lines. Moreover, it is also a metaphorical presentation of a person's point of view about a love that cannot be found. This is expressed indirectly.
• Prose poetry


  It is an imaginative poetic writing in prose
• Prose poetry


  • Songs. I loved them. The tempo. The rhythm. As it comes together. It's magic. There's one I wish to sing, but, I guess, I haven't yet discovered the melody that's for me. It's a duet. I was thinking. To be sung every night. Under the moonlight. But, life. It happens. Guess, I'll be singing solo, then.
• Looking at the example, you can notice both some elements of poetry and prose at the same time.
• Gunter Grass


  • German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor
  • Recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Served as a drafted soldier from late 1944 in the Waffen-SS and was taken as a prisoner of war by U.S. forces at the end of the war in May 1945. He was released in April 1946.
• Gunter Grass: 'Why have I kept silent, held back so long, on something openly practised in war games, at the end of which those of us who survive will at best be footnotes?'
• The poem is titled "What Must Be Said"
• The poem was published on April 4, 2012
• The poem talks about Israel & Iran's war
• The poem questions the wisdom and moral propriety of Germany's recent provisioning of Israel with a submarine at a time when tensions between Israel and Iran are running particularly high.
• Post-apocalyptic fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction. It appeals to readers who like action and adventure.
• "then, later his Ghost"


  Title of a story by Sarah Hall
• Essential Question: Do you think it is necessary to learn survival skills? Why or why not?
• Objectives


  • Recognize the author
  • Determine the form of literature
  • Discuss the elements of literature of a representative text
  • Give your own interpretation of the literature
  • Create a short story with 5 elements of the short story presented
• 21st Century Skills


  • Critical thinking, Creativity, Unity
• Core Values


  • Moral Integrity, Leadership, Artistry
• Short Story


  A brief work of fiction, running 1,600 to 20,000 words in length. Usually, you can read this in one sitting.
• Elements of Short Story


  • Character
  • Setting
  • Point of View
  • Conflict
  • Resolution
• Point of View


  The writer's way of deciding who is telling the story to whom aka eye. There are three kinds of point of view: first person, second person, and third person.
• First Person POV


  Uses pronouns I, my, we, our, me, and us. The narrator speaks about himself or herself.
• Second Person POV


  Uses pronouns you and your. The narrator speaks directly to the reader. Rarely used.
• Third Person POV


  Uses pronouns like he, she, it, they, his, her, and their. The narrator watches the story--but is not in it. He speaks about other characters--but not himself. Most stories use this point of view.
• Sarah Hall


  An English novelist, and poet. Born in Cumbria in 1974. Nominated twice for the Man Booker Prize and award winning author of five novels and three short stories.
• "then, later his Ghost"

  A story by Sarah Hall
• A harrowing tale of a survivor in a post-apocalyptic setting