English Reviewer (2nd Grading)
 Protagonist
Unlocking Meaning of Words/Concepts
1. Hades
 Brother of Zeus (ruler of air) and
Poseidon (ruler of the sea),
Hades is the ruler of the
underworld, and thus, the dead
2. Circe
 A minor goddess of magic, who is
the daughter of the Titans Helios,
god of the sun, and Perse, an
Oceanid
3. Scylla and Charybdis
 Mythical sea monsters facing
each other. Scylla was
rationalized as a rock shoal
(described as a six-headed sea
monster) on the Italian side of the
strait and Charybdis was a
whirlpool off the coast of Sicily
4. enthrone
 A formal ceremony to make
someone a king/queen
5. Sirens
 Beautiful yet dangerous creatures
who lure nearby sailors with their
enchanting music and voices
causing them to shipwreck on the
rocky coast of their island
6. Cyclops
 A race of giants whose most
prominent feature is a single eye
in the middle of the forehead
7. Calypso
 A nymph who detained
Odysseus
8. Patrick henry
 One of the founding fathers of the
United States of America
9. Virgil
 Roman Poet, author of Aeneid,
the most influential work of
literature produced in ancient
Rome
10. Aeneas
 Son of Anchises and Venus
11. Anchises
 Trojan prince, father of Aeneas
12. Venus
 Mother of Aeneas, goddess of
love
Intensive pronouns
 Intensify/emphasize the doer of
the action
 Also called Emphatic pronouns
 Not necessary to complete a
sentence
e.g.
1. Zeus himself arranged the
marriage of the mortal Peleus to
the goddess Thetis.
2. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite
considered themselves the fairest
of the goddesses.
Reflexive pronouns
 Usually objects referring back to
the subject
e.g.
1. Zeus did not arrange himself to
marry the goddess Thetis.
2. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite
considered themselves the fairest
of the goddesses.
Features of Persuasive Texts
Features are divided into 3: purpose,
structure, and language
1. Purpose
 Argue a point of view in order to
convince the reader
 Implies that the text is written to
convince a particular audience
2. Structure
 Pertains to the introduction, the
argument, and the conclusion.
The introduction contains the
subject. The argument/s
 enumerate/s the factual and
logical reasons for your opinion
3. Language:
a. Present Tense
b. Connectors or Transition words
c. Emotive language
d. Rhetorical question
e. Counterarguments from another
point of view
f. Facts and Opinions

Factors of public speaking:

1. Personality
 Total physical, mental, emotional
traits
 The audience senses, hears, see,
and feels your personality
 Personal grooming is one aspect
of the total person

2. Structure
 Refers to the content of your
message
3. Delivery
 Includes the quality of your voice,
use of appropriate gestures and
facial expressions

Fact
 Information that can be proven
true or not
 Ex: The room measures 10 ft. by
12 ft.
Opinion
 A person’s statement based on
his beliefs, feelings, or thoughts
 Ex: Green is the best color for
classrooms.
Assertion
 A statement that people assume
to be true but can’t be proven
 Ex: An apple a day keeps the
doctor away