21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World Revised: 7/21/2020
LESSON TIMETABLE
MODULE : INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
Sub-Module : 1.0 LITERARY DEVICES
1.1 FIGURES OF SPEECH
COURSE/SUBJECT : 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM PH AND THE
WORLD
DURATION : FOUR (4) Hours Lecture; ________ laboratory
CONTENT/TOPIC STRATEGY/ REFRENCE/ EVALUATION
DURATION
ACTIVITY TOOLS OUTPUT
Introduction
• Opening Prayer
(Optional)
• Introducing the
instructor
Laptop
• Leveling/
Lecture-Disc Module
30 minutes Motivation
ussion Power Point
• Articulating the Presentation
desired learning
outcomes for the
session
• Presenting rules
and regulations
Presentation Lecture-Disc
• Literary Devices ussion
• Figures of Laptop
2 hours and Speech Module
Oral Recitation
30 minutes Question Power Point
and Answer Presentation
Application
• Reinforcement
Laptop
• Recap of Recitation 15-item
Module
1 hour Learning insights Objective Type
Power Point
• Assessment lecture of Written Test
Presentation
• Closing Prayer
(Optional)
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SESSION PLAN
Program/Year Level : ABM, HUMSS, STEM, TVHE, TVIA - 11
MODULE : Introduction to Literature
Sub-Module : 1.0 Literary Devices
1.1 Figures of Speech
COURSE/SUBJECT : 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the
World
DURATION : Four (4) Hours Lecture; ________ laboratory
LEARNING OUTCOMES (LOs):
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
• Understand and explain in their own words what literary devices are;
• Enumerate and explain the figures of speech;
• Relate the importance of literature on their lives.
LEARNING AIDS:
• Laptop / Computer
• Module
• Powerpoint Presentation
REFERENCES:
• Datu, Paulyn Alaer. 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the
World, 2017 PH: CB Cronica
I. INTRODUCTION
Preparatory Activities
• Opening Prayer
• Introducing the instructor
• Leveling/Motivation
Developmental Activities
Recap of the last discussion
II. PRESENTATION
Literary Devices
Literary Devices are common structures applied in any literary work that writers who
convey their message to the readers. It allows the readers to interpret, understand, and
analyze the examined work when the devices are effectively utilized.
In poetry there is a recurrence of accented and unaccented syllables on a region
nearly regular pattern. This gives a sense of beat or pattern to poetry
Rhythm - the recurrence of accented and unaccented syllables in pattern (words or in
the line/s in the poem).
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Rhythm can be classified in five types:
Foot Type Pattern example
Lamb Unstressed/Stressed compare
Trochee Stressed/Unstressed numbers
Spondee Stressed/Stressed sunshine
Dactyl Stressed/Unstressed/Unstressed marvelous
Anapest Unstressed/Unstressed/Stressed metaphor
Alliteration - the repetition of a consonant sound
Example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Assonance - the repetition of lines of verse of the same vowel sound
Example: on a proud round cloud in white high night -E. E. Cummings, "If a Cheerfulest
Elephantangelchild Should
Rhyme - The occurrence of the same sounds in words at the end of lines
Example: Had we but world enough, and time
This coyness lady were no crime
We would sit down and think which way
To walk, and pass our long love's day.
-Andrew Marvell, “To his Coy Mistress"
Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech is the use of more expressive language applying varieties of words to
provide creative and dramatic approach to the meaning being presented. That's newly
sprung in June;
Simile - comparison that uses the expressions "like" and "as as
Example: My love is like a red red rose
That's newly sprung in June;
My love is like the melody
That's sweetly play din tune.
- Robert Burns, "My Love is Like a Red Red Rose"
Metaphor - directly compares two unlike objects
Example: Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow
-Langston Hughes, "Dreams”
Personification - Giving human qualities to inanimate or non-living objects
Example: The wind whispers serenely through the silent night.
The boat dances when hit by large waves
Onomatopoeia - the use of sound words
Example: Tick tick tick - denotes time or clock
Vroom! - Sound of an engine
Boom! - Explosion
Metonymy - The use of a term connected with an object to represent it
Example: "The pen is mightier than the sword
- Edward Bulwer Lytton,"Richelieu" (Play)
Synecdoche - the use of a part of an object to represent the whole
Example: "His parents bought him a new set of wheels "
“I would like to have your hand in marriage”
Antonomasia -the use of a famous person's name to represent someone
Example: The OWFs are today's new Jose Rizal of our country
My teammate is the Kobe Bryant in our basketball club
Allusion - the use of indirect reference to people, place, thing or idea regarding cultural
mystical or political concept
Example: Our new classmate is an Einstein during examinations. (Reference to Albert
Einstein)
You don't always have to carry weight of the world on your shoulders. (Reference to Atlas
in mythology)
Apostrophe - call to a person, a thing or a personified idea which is not really present
Example: O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won!
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Walt Whitman, "O Captain! My Captain
Hyperbole - express exaggeration
Example: I love you, dear, I'll love you
Till China and Africa meet
And the river jumps over the mountain
-Joseph Conrad, "The Heart of Darkness”
REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
How well you understand this chapter? Express yourself.
Look for text from online or printed materials that show or use different types of
Figures of speech:
RECAPITULATION OF THE LESSON / IMPORTANT POINTS
DISCUSSED
Literary Devices
✓ Rhythm
✓ Alliteration
✓ Assonance
✓ Rhyme
Figures of Speech
✓ Simile
✓ Metaphor
✓ Personification
✓ Onomatopeia
✓ Metonymy
✓ Synecdoche
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III. ASSESSMENT
Identify the elements and the forms of literature that are described in the following
statements.
Directions: Circle the correct answer for the following questions.
1. What is the correct definition of a simile?
a. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
b. A phrase that contrasts two objects.
c. A comparison using the words “like” or “as”.
d. A comparison NOT using the words “like” or “as”.
2. What is the correct definition of a metaphor?
a. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
b. A phrase that contrasts two objects.
c. A comparison using the words “like” or “as”.
d. A comparison NOT using the words “like” or “as”.
3. What is the correct definition of personification?
a. Making reference to a character from another text in order to show a
comparison.
b. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
c. A phrase that contrasts two objects.
d. All of the above.
4. What is the correct definition of hyperbole?
a. A word that imitates a sound.
b. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
c. A comparison NOT using the words “like” or “as”.
d. An extreme exaggeration.
5. What is the correct definition of onomatopoeia?
a. A word that imitates a sound.
b. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
c. A comparison using the words “like” or “as”.
d. None of the above.
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IV. CLOSING PRAYER
Prepared by:
Mr. Mark Andrew S. Coronel
Teacher
Reviewed by:
Mr. Richard John W. Hernandez
Academic Coordinator, SHS
Approved by:
Dr. Vilma V. Esparrago
Principal, Basic Education
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