Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V
Division of Camarines Sur
Ragay District
Quezon Camarines High School Inc.
Poblacion Ilaod, Ragay, Camarines Sur

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET NO.: 7

Name: Score:
Grade & Section: Date:
Residential Address: Teacher: Jackelyn A. Nudo
Subject: English 10 Quarter: 1
Type of Activity (check or choose from below)

√ Concept Notes Illustration Others: __________

Skills: Exercise/Drill Portfolios

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Activity Title: Identifying the features of Persuasive texts
Learning Target: Identify the features of the Persuasive texts
Reference: Ma. Socorro Q. Perez, et al.; English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature; Page: 32

Features Persuasive Texts

Persuasion is an act or process of convincing another person to do something on your favor.
You will recognize persuasive texts with these features:
1. Use of repeated words
2. Use of capital letters
3. Use of exclamation points
4. Asking rhetorical questions (questions that need not to be answered but asked for effect)
5. Touch of humor

Some of Features of Persuasive Texts

1. Alliteration is the use of recurring similar consonant sounds.
Example:
We hail for happiness, health, and hope!
2. Metaphor is the use of description of one using the description of another.
Example:
We are the only hope of our countrymen! (We, being the hope of our countrymen)
3. Rhetorical question or Language affect is the use of words that convey distinct emotion.
Example:
Where is your sense of fairness, justice, patriotism?
4. Parallelism is the use of similar words, phrases, or clauses placed next to each other
Example:
The clean is getting cleaner and the messy is getting messier.
5. Contrast is pointing out the difference between two things.
Example:
It is a lifeless life to be imprisoned.
Activity No.7:
Direction: Identify the feature of persuasive text being used in the following. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Can a mother abandon her sick and dying child?
a. alliteration b. metaphor c. rhetorical question d. parallelism
2. You are an angel in time of our distress.
a. metaphor b. rhetorical question c. parallelism d. contrast
3. To live, to love and to have liberty is essential in life!
a. alliteration b. rhetorical question c. parallelism d. contrast
4. What did God do to make us suffer and die?
a. alliteration b. metaphor c. rhetorical question d. parallelism
5. Education is the key to success.
a. alliteration b. metaphor c. parallelism d. contrast
6. The winner never quiets, the quieter never wins.
a. metaphor b. rhetorical question c. parallelism d. contrast
7. More haste less speed.
a. alliteration b. metaphor c. rhetorical question d. contrast
8. To fail is to be blessed.
a. alliteration b. metaphor c. rhetorical question d. contrast
9. For the people, of the people, by the people.
a. alliteration b. rhetorical question c. parallelism d. contrast
10. I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
a. alliteration b. metaphor c. parallelism d. contrast
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region V
Division of Camarines Sur
Ragay District
Quezon Camarines High School Inc.
Poblacion Ilaod, Ragay, Camarines Sur

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET NO.: 8

Name: Score:
Grade & Section: Date:
Residential Address: Teacher: Jackelyn A. Nudo
Subject: English 10 Quarter: 1
Type of Activity (check or choose from below)

√ Concept Notes Illustration Others: __________

Skills: Exercise/Drill Portfolios

_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Activity Title: Identifying the correct information
Learning Target: Identify the correct information
Reference: Ma. Socorro Q. Perez, et al.; English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature;
Page: 35 – 36
The Odyssey: A Summary
The subject matter of the Odyssey is the return of Odysseus (or Ulysses) King of Ithaca, from the Trojan
War. Because of the anger of the sea god Poseidon, he is made to wonder for ten years in lands beyond the
range of human knowledge. Upon arriving home, he finds Ithaca, his native land, invaded by insolent suitors
who seek to kill his young son, Telemachus, and marry his wife, Penelope.

The poem begins at the point where the hero is considered farthest away from his home – in the island
of Ogygia where the nymph Calypso, who has fallen in love with him, has kept him imprisoned for seven years.
Receiving a command from Zeus, Calypso releases Odysseus and he sails happily for home. But Poseidon
persecutes him and because of unforgettable winds, Odysseus encounters many dangers and adventures
before he reaches Ithaca. The most famous of these adventure are his encounters with Nausicaa, daughter of
the king of Phaeacia; the Cyclops, the one-eyed giant Polyphemus; Circe, the enchantress; the sirens; the
Lotus-Eaters; and his journey to the Land of the Dead.

King Alcinous of Phaeacia helps Odysseus return to Ithaca where danger from the aggressive suitors of
his wife threatens him. After overcoming and slaying the suitors, Odysseus is reunited with Penelope, his
faithful wife, who for twenty years had waited for him with great loyalty, patient, and shrewdness in avoiding the
advances of her treacherous and wicked suitors.

Activity No.8:
Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. What kingdom did Odysseus reigned of?
a. Greece b. Troy c. Ithaca d. Ogygia
2. What is the main story of Odyssey __________.
a. Odysseus’s wife and its suitors c. Odysseus impediment with Calypso
b. Odysseus journey way back from Trojan war d. Odysseus quarrel with Penelope
3. Who was the god of the sea?
a. Zeus b. Hades c. Apollo d. Poseidon
4. What was the name of Odysseus’s native land?
a. Greece b. Troy c. Ithaca d. Ogygia
5. Who was the young son of Odyssey?
a. Ulysses b. Penelope c. Calypso d. Telemachus
6. Who was responsible for Odysseus’s dangers and adventures?
a. Zeus b. Hades c. Apollo d. Poseidon
7. What were the Cyclops?
a. demi-gods b. minor gods c. one-eyed giants d. nymphs
8. Who did helped Odysseus to go home?
a. Alcinous b. Calypso c. Telemachus d. Ulysses
9. What was the land of the dead?
a. the underworld b. the heaven c. the earth d. sea
10. Why did Calypso imprisoned Odysseus?
a. because Odysseus took her power c. because of Zeus desire
b. because she fall in love with him d. because of Atlas
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region V
Division of Camarines Sur
Ragay District
Quezon Camarines High School Inc.
Poblacion Ilaod, Ragay, Camarines Sur

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET NO.: 9

Name: Score:
Grade & Section: Date:
Residential Address: Teacher: Jackelyn A. Nudo
Subject: English 10 Quarter: 1
Type of Activity (check or choose from below)

√ Concept Notes Illustration Others: __________

Skills: Exercise/Drill Portfolios

_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Activity Title: Distinguishing whether a pronoun is reflexive or intensive
Learning Target: Distinguish whether a pronoun is reflexive or intensive
Reference: Ma. Socorro Q. Perez, et al.; English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature;
Page: 92 – 93

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

Reflexive and intensive pronouns have the same form, which can cause confusion. The important thing
to remember is that reflexive pronouns act as the object of the verb and are necessary to the sentence.
Intensive pronouns usually follow the subject or object, which they emphasize. Since they are used for
emphasis, they may be removed from the sentence.
To make sure that a reflexive pronoun is not an intensive one, ask a question based on the sentence
which is answerable by what, whom, to whom, and for whom. If it does then indeed it is a reflexive pronoun.
While to make sure that an intensive pronoun is not a reflexive one, try to remove the pronoun. If the
sentence does still have a complete thought despite the absence of the said pronoun, the pronoun is deemed
and intensive pronoun.

Examples:
Reflexive Pronouns are used Intensive Pronouns are used
Walking through the museum, we enjoyed ourselves. Walking through the museum, we ourselves enjoyed the
collections.
What or whom we enjoyed?
Answer: ourselves Walking through the museum, we enjoyed the collections.
(pronoun can be deleted)
I was talking to myself. I myself was talking to her.

To whom or for whom I was talking to? I was talking to her. (pronoun can be deleted)
Answer: myself
He painted that mural for himself. He himself painted that mural.

To whom or for whom did he painted that mural? He painted that mural. (pronoun can be deleted)
Answer: himself

Activity No.9:
Direction: Distinguish whether a pronoun used is reflexive or intensive. Write R if you answer is reflexive pronoun and I
if intensive pronoun. Write your answer on the space provided.
_____1. Pallas himself helped the Greeks build a wooden horse.
_____2. I consider myself fortunate to have escaped the sack of Troy.
_____3. The Greeks soldiers themselves hid inside the wooden horse.
_____4. You can choose your fate yourself one will be selected for you.
_____5. Laocoon himself threw a spear at the wooden horse.
_____6. Because he wanted to save his father, Aeneas carried him himself.
_____7. The Trojans themselves brought the wooden horse into the city.
_____8. The Greeks saved themselves the trouble of having to attack Troy from outside its walls.
_____9. When the people saw the wooden horse, they sang and danced around it.
_____10. The gods have willed it, so do not blame yourself for the fall of Troy.
1. I
2. R
3. I
4. R
5. I
6. I
7. I
8. R
9. R
10. R