ENGLISH 6

(1ST Quarter – Day 1-2)

SPELLING (Word List)
1. Abbreviate 6. Façade
2. Bankruptcy 7. Grammar
3. Capitalize 8. Handkerchief
4. Database 9. Identity
5. earnings 10.juvenile
VISUAL LITERACY
Lesson Objective
• By the end of the lesson,
you will be able to analyze
sound devices
(onomatopoeia,
alliteration, assonance,
personification and
hyperbole) in a text heard.
Establishing the
Purpose of the Lesson
• Listen as your teacher reads
the following sentences.
Note on the following
highlighted letters or words
in each sentence.
Establishing the
Purpose of the Lesson
Establishing the
Purpose of the Lesson
• What have you noticed in each sentence?
• Which word in the first sentence creates a
sound which suggests its meaning?
• Are there emphasized sounds in 2nd, 3rd and
4th sentence?
• Are there repeated sounds? Can you identify
them?
• What sound devices are used in each
sentence?
Presentation
• Poems
• Are pieces of writing written in
separate lines that usually having
figurative language, repeated and
irregular rhythm, rhyme.
• They convey experiences, ideas or
emotions in a vivid and imaginative
way.
• They also have sound devices.
Presentation

• Sound devices
• Are tools used by poets to convey and
reinforce the meaning of experience
of poetry through the skillful use of
sound.
• Poets are trying to use a concentrated
blend of sound and imagery to create
an emotional response.
Presentation

• In poetry, the words and their order

should evoke images, and the words
themselves have sounds, which can
emphasize or otherwise clarify those
images.
• Since poetry is basically rhythmical,
it heavily relies on sound devices to
create musical effect.
Presentation

• Types of Sound Devices:

1.Onomatopoeia
2.Alliteration
3.Assonance
4.Consonance
Presentation

• Onomatopoeia
• This is a sound device which refers
to the use of words whose sound
suggest their meanings.
Presentation

• Alliteration
• This is the repetition of the same
initial consonant sounds of at least
two words in a line of poetry.
Presentation

• Assonance
• This is the repetition of vowel
sounds at the beginning, middle or
end of at least two words in a line
of poetry.
Presentation

• Consonance
• This is the repetition of consonant
sounds at the middle or end of at
least two words in a line of poetry.
Presentation

• Aside from the sound devices,

figurative language is also very
common in poetry.
• Figurative language
• Is language that uses words or
expressions with a meaning that is
different from the literal
interpretation.
Presentation

• Common Types of Figurative

Language:
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Irony
• Hyperbole
Presentation
• Simile
• Is a clear and direct comparison
between two things that are not alike.
• It often uses the words “like” or “as”.
• Examples:
• Your teeth are like stars.
• She is as sweets as honey.
Presentation

• Metaphor
• Is a comparison made between
two different things without
using the words “like” or “as”
• Examples:
• The night is a big black cat.
• She is the star in the night sky.
Presentation
• Personification
• This is the attribution of human qualities,
nature or characteristics to something non-
human or inanimate objects; or the
representation of an abstract quality in
human form.
• Examples:
• Lightning danced across the sky.
• The wind howled in the night.
• The car complained as the key was turned.
 Presentation
• Irony
• This refers to the expression of one’s
meaning by using language that normally
signifies the opposite, typically for
humorous or emphatic effect.
• Examples:
• Your dress will only look elegant if you will
not wear it.
• Being thirsty in the sea
• A shoemaker without shoes
Presentation
• Hyperbole
• This is an extreme exaggeration used to
make a point; exaggerated statements or
claims not meant to be taken literally.
• Examples:
• Finishing a mile-high ice cream cones we
were having for dessert.
• I have a mountain of dirty laundry to
wash.
Group Activity

• Form 5 groups
• 5 minutes is allotted for this
activity
• Reporting of output follows
Individual Activity

• Listen to the teacher as he

reads the following lines.
Determine the figurative
language present. Write P if it
is personification, I if is irony
and H if it is hyperbole.
Individual Activity

• Listen to the teacher as he

reads the following lines.
Determine the figurative
language present. Write P if it
is personification, I if is irony
and H if it is hyperbole.
Summing Up

• What are the different types of

sound devices? Figurative
language?
Apply the Skill

• Can you cite the importance of

using sound devices in listening
to literary text?
Test your Skill

• Identify the sound device or

figurative language of the
following lines from a poem.
Test your Skill

should Shylock come ashore rest

assured
He would surely shinely in
showing his short shirt

Alliteration Assonance
Test your Skill

I greet everybody, take a seat

and eat and prepare to meet
them in a suite

Onomatopoeia Assonance
Test your Skill

The cow said “mooh, mooh, mooh”

The snake said “hiss, hiss, hiss”
The frog said “kokak, kokak, kokak”
And they were very happy

Onomatopoeia Personification
Test your Skill

Its tiny green leaves move as I touch

them gently
Seemingly shy to a newly met stranger
Fold themselves quickly and thereafter
sleep

Irony Personification
Test your Skill

His mind is as clear as mud

Her heart is so soft as concrete

Irony Hyperbole
Test your Skill

His mind is as clear as mud

Her heart is so soft as concrete

Irony Hyperbole
Assignment

Task 3. Read, Analyze, Pick Out!,

page 5 of Activity Sheet in
English 6 (Quarter 1: Week 1 –
Day 1)