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LITT 2 Global Currents and World Literature Camille A. Alferez, LPT

GLOBAL CURRENTS

and WORLD LITERATURE

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Module

for
Business Administration

Camille A. Alferez, LPT

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GLOBAL CURRENTS
AND WORLD LITERATURE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction 1
Table of Contents 1 IN
Course Topics 2
Course Objectives
Study Calendar
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Grading System
Review of Lessons
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What Is DUC
This Module About?
Strategies for Reading a 17
Work of Literature
Reading Assignment 1 18
TIOWelcome to LIT 2, Global Currents and
World Literature!
Literary Elements
Narrative-Text Story-
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Grammar Components To cope with the present challenge of
Guide Questions 21 addressing the instructional needs of
Responding to Literature 22 the students despite the prevailing
Prelim Assessment 24 pandemic, this module provides you
Approaches in the Study 25 with an overall view of what you are
of Literature
Values of Literature 25
required to do in order to complete the
Periods of World 26 course successfully. It also includes
Literature learning activities that intend to meet
Reading Assignment 2 30 the course objectives and target the
Guidelines for Reflection 39 competencies expected for this course.
Papers
Final Assessment 41
Rubrics for the 42 This module will be the main
Assessments learning material for the course
Sources 45 considering the limitations of other
Appendix 46 avenues. This guide contains essential
information about the course objectives, salient discussion materials
about the main topics, reinforcement and synthesis activities to
exhibit what you learned, and assessments to measure your overall
understanding and competencies.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is a three-unit course that provides rich background on literary pieces across the globe
which are known for their classical appeal to the readers.

The literatures of the world foster among the students the desire for further knowledge and
understanding of the beauty of diversity found in the different nations’ cultures, people,
insights, experiences, imaginations, and challenges which are deemed relevant in today’s
society. The students learn to relish various stories of love, passion, character, sacrifices,
and wisdom. With these universal themes, the students go into imaginary and real-life
literary journeys which bridge the past and the present and transcend into the future by
recreating and analyzing significant human experiences. The students learn to appreciate
the uniqueness of different civilizations especially their own and find value in evaluating
ideals, strengthening national identity, and broadening perspectives which are essential in
their own individual and social lives.

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The guide also contains:

1. Study Calendar in which learning activities are scheduled to help you manage your
time wisely and assist you to be more productive.

2. Supplemental sources of information that you may access for further information and
credible inputs related to the topics.

3. Information on the structure of the Final Assessments and corresponding rubrics to

guide you in answering the questions.

What Will You Learn?

In this lesson, you will be introduced to the following
topics:
TOPICS
1.Review of the Study of Literature
2. Approaches in the Study of Literary Genres
3. Guide to Literary Terms and techniques
4. Strategies for Reading Literature
i 5. Asian Literature
6. Oceanian Literature
7. African Literature
8. European Literature
9. American Literature
10. English Literature
11. Greek Literature

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, you must have:

1. Enhanced your skills in comprehension, vocabulary building, synthesis, and

sentence construction developed from essential reading activities;
2. Exhibited academic integrity in producing written literary analysis that adheres to
the prescribed structure and applies appropriate literary approaches;
3. Demonstrated appreciation for literature in various tasks that integrate creativity,
resourcefulness, and critical thinking skills;
4. Imbibed deeper understanding of diversity and respect for people’s cultures,
traditions, beliefs, and lifestyles manifested in their literary works;
5. Involved yourselves in the various aspects of global currents relating to political,
cultural, and social issues that require careful evaluation and wider perspectives of
the commonalities and differences of societies;
6. Acquired and explained the requisite background of world literature in your literary
journey;

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7. Cultivated analytical and critical thinking skills in analyzing literary pieces with
sufficient knowledge of literary devices and approaches in reading, interpreting,
responding, and evaluating a text; and
8. Shown responsiveness and openness to relate the elements of literature found in
the selected texts in their personal and social lives.

STUDY CALENDAR

This schedule of activities summarizes what should be accomplished for the

duration specified for this module. Following this time frame will ease out any
difficulties in covering the course material in good time and in a smooth and
comfortable manner.

Classes Units to be Covered

Week 1 Units 1 to 4
Activities 1-7
Reading Assignment 1
Week 2 Activities 8-12
Prelim Assessment
Week 3 Units 5 and 6
Activities 13-21
Week 4 Activity 22
Final Assessment

GRADING SYSTEM

There are two components of assessment for the course: continuous assessment, to
which 70% of the overall mark is allocated, and a final assessment to which 30% of
the same mark is allocated. (To be verified)

Continuous Assessment (70%) consists of:

(1) Assignment/Quiz/Group Output which constitute 30%
(2) Midterm assessment which constitutes 40% of the overall grade

Final Assessment (30%)

At the end of the course, there is an assessment which is worth 30% of your overall
grade. Details about your final assessment are given in the latter part of the module.

PAPERS

Regarding the Prelim and Final Assessments, you will write a paper for each unit in
this course. The first will be a close-reading of two texts and should be 700-850
words long. The second will be a comparative analysis which is 750-900 words long.

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You will compare and contrast the treatment of salient elements in three literary
works citing some linguistic evidence. No outside sources are required.

Outputs shall be sent via email: [email protected] or turned in personally on the

specified deadlines at the campus.

What Do You Already Know?

UNIT 1: REVIEW OF LITERARY TERMS

What is Literature?

 Literature, in its broadest sense, consists of any written

productions.
 The value judgment definition of literature considers it to cover exclusively
those writings that possess high quality or distinction, forming part of the so-
called Belles-lettres ('fine writing') tradition.
 This sort of definition is that used in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh
Edition (1910–11) where it classifies literature as: "the best expression of the
best thought reduced to writing."
 Anything can be literature, and anything which is universally regarded as
literature has the potential to be excluded, since value judgments can change
over time.

REASONS FOR THE STUDY OF WORLD LITERATURE

Historical account alone is inadequate if we wish to understand people fully. It is
through literature that we can obtain their innermost thoughts feelings-their real life.
a) Literature reveals the deepest thoughts and feelings of human race, cherishes
the ideals that lie at the basis of all that we hold to be most precious in our
world today.
b) Knowledge of world literature will help international relations, the sincere
expression of human thoughts and feelings, the reactions to life as it is being
lived by the different people of the earth.
c) Today we need to know and understand each other better. "The universal
brotherhood, the federation of the world." Lack of understanding had made

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man monsters. Ignorance of each other arises hostilities between nations.

Each thinks that other is different from what it is. Thus, if we fully understand
that people of the earth have common human characteristics, that their
thoughts, feelings and ideals are much alike, hostilities should disappear.

OBJECTIVES OF LITERATURE
Literature in its wider meaning includes everything that has been expressed through
the written or printed page. It is a body of writings either creative or imaginative. This
body or writings record human experiences and imitate life.
Reading literature as life and seeing life as literature will solve personal problems,
develop proper attitudes toward life and it deepens understanding of people and
improve relations with them.
It its narrow or restricted sense, however, it has a special object to serve. That object
is not only to give pleasure to the reader through expression of true and beautiful
thoughts in fitting language but also to fire the imagination and arouse noble
unselfish emotions.

CLASSIFICATIONS OF LITERATURE

Literary works are grouped under two large categories:

1) Fiction - (literature of power) or imaginative literature. It interprets human

experiences through the presentation of fictitious persons and incident or
situations and not actual truths about particular events or abstract relations
between ideas and reality. It presents nature in concrete way by means of
lifelike images--of people and events--which embody truths about man and
the human condition. Fiction includes short story, novel, novelette, myth,
legend, fable, parable, anecdote and play.

2) Non-fiction- (literature of knowledge) includes non-imaginative works based

on truths, facts and observation. Under which falls, essay, biographies,
autobiographies, letters diaries, Journal, historical prose, scientific, prose,
speech, currents publication, and book reviews.

DIVISIONS OF LITERATURE

Literature is divided into two great classes:

1. Prose-- is a form of literature that the composition Is without metrical form. Its
structure is usually described in terms of sentences and paragraphs.
2. Poetry- traditionally, poetry is language arranged in lines with a regular rhythm
and often with a definite rhyme scheme. It uses figurative language. Poetry
can tell a story or it can express an emotion or idea. We often expect poetry to
be set up in-groups of lines called stanzas.

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Of the two divisions poetry was first to be developed. The very best literary works
have been done this form.

What is Genre?
 is any category of literature, music, or other forms of art or entertainment,
whether written or spoken, audio or visual, based on some set of stylistic
criteria.
 Genres form by conventions that change over time as new genres are
invented and the use of old ones is discontinued.
 Often, works fit into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining
these conventions.
 Genre began as an absolute classification system for ancient Greek literature.
Poetry, prose, and performance each had a specific and calculated style that
related to the theme of the story.
The Literary Genres
A. Poetry B. Prose C. Drama D. Essay

A. POETRY is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of

language.
e.g. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling
buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

Poetry has 3 different kinds:

1. Lyric Poetry
2. Narrative Poetry
3. Descriptive and Didactic Poetry

Lyric Poetry is a comparatively short, non-narrative poem in which a single

speaker presents a state of mind or an emotional state. It has 4 kinds:
a. Elegy - a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
e.g. O Captain! My Captain!
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;

b. Ode - a poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or

respect for someone or something.
e.g. Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood by
William Wordsworth.
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight
To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.

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c. Sonnet - a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ

one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic
organization.
e.g. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

d. Dramatic Monologue - a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an

imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of
their character while describing a particular situation or series of events.
e.g. T.S. Eliot's The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock
And indeed there will be time
To wonder, 'Do I dare?' and, 'Do I dare?'
Time to turn back and descend the stair,
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair--
(They will say: 'How his hair is growing thin!')

Narrative Poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making use of the
voices of a narrator and characters; the entire story is usually written in metered
verse.

It has 3 kinds:

a. Epics - A long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroes of

great historical or legendary importance perform valorous deeds. (e.g. Beowulf)
b. Mock-epic - are typically satires or parodies that mock common Classical
stereotypes of heroes and heroic literature. (e.g Alexander Pope's The Rape of
the Lock)
c. Ballad - a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional
ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from
one generation to the next as part of the folk culture. (The Second Coming
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939))

Descriptive and Didactic Poetry

 Both lyric and narrative poetry can contain lengthy and detailed
descriptions (descriptive poetry) or scenes in direct speech (dramatic poetry).
 The purpose of a didactic poem is primarily to teach something.
e.g. a. Smoke (Descriptive Poetry)

Light-winged Smoke, Icarian bird,

Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and messenger of dawn,
Circling above the hamlets as thy nest;
Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form

b. An excerpt from An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope

(Didactic Poetry)

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'Tis hard to say, if greater Want of Skill Appear in Writing or in Judging ill, But,
of the two, less dang'rous is th' Offence,
To tire our Patience, than mis-lead our Sense:
Some few in that, but Numbers err in this,

B. Prose is a written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical

structure.
e.g. “The woods look lovely against the setting darkness and as I gaze into the
mysterious depths of the forest, I feel like lingering here longer. However, I have
pending appointments to keep and much distance to cover before I settle in for the
night or else I will be late for all of them.”

2 kinds of Prose:
1. Fiction 2. Non – Fiction

1. Fiction is in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that
describes imaginary events and people.

2 kinds of Fiction literature:

a. Realistic Fiction - is a genre consisting of stories that could have actually
occurred to people or animals in a believable setting.
b. Fantastic Fiction -a type of fiction that ideologically and aesthetically
subordinates reality to imagination by depicting a world of marvels that is
contrasted to everyday reality and to accepted views of what is credible.

2. Non – Fiction is prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real
people, such as biography or history.

5 kinds of Non – fiction literature:

a. Biographies - is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more

than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death, but
also portrays a subject's experience of these life events.
b. Autobiographies - is a written account of the life of a person written by that
person.
c. Essays - is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own
argument — but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of an article, a
pamphlet, and a short story.
d. Articles - a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper,
magazine, or other publication.
e. Humor - situations, speech, or writings that are thought to be humorous

C. Drama is a piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on a stage.

e.g. Miranda Priestly: Do you know why I hired you? I always hire the same girl-
stylish, slender, of course... worships the magazine. But so often, they turn out to be-
I don't know disappointing and, um... stupid. So you, with that impressive résumé
and the big speech about your so-called work ethic- I, um- I thought you would be
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different. I said to myself, go ahead. Take a chance. Hire the smart, fat girl. I had
hope. My God. I live on it. Anyway, you ended up disappointing me more than, um-
more than any of the other silly girls. - Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada, 2006)

6 kinds of Drama:
1. Comedy 4. Melodrama
2. Tragedy 5. Fantasy
3. Farce 6. Musical

1. Comedies are lighter in tone than ordinary writers, and provide a happy
conclusion. The intention of dramatists in comedies is to make their audience
laugh. Hence, they use quaint circumstances, unusual characters and witty
remarks.
2. Tragic dramas use darker themes such as disaster, pain and death.
Protagonists often have a tragic flaw—a characteristic that leads them to their
downfall.
3. Generally, a farce is a nonsensical genre of drama, which often overacts or
engages slapstick humor. It’s basically, what you call a “Parody”
4. Melodrama is an exaggerated drama, which is sensational and appeals
directly to the senses of audience. Just like the farce, the characters are of
single dimension and simple, or may be stereotyped.
5. Fantasy is a complete fictional work where characters virtually display
supernatural skills. It is more appealing to children as fairies, angels,
superheroes, etc., are embedded in the plot. Use of magic, pseudo-science,
horror, and spooky themes through various kinds of technical devices create a
perfect world of fantasy. The modern version of drama incorporates a great
deal of special effects.
6. Musical is an opera in which the action is not interrupted by formal song
divisions (such as recitatives or arias) and the music is determined solely by
dramatic appropriateness.

D. Essay provides us with an opportunity to examine the importance of expressing

ideals in form. It is the simplest of the literary form. The essay has only a minimum
number of parts-the beginning, the middle, and an end.

The essay received its name for the title of Michael de Montaigne's first collection of
short prose writings-ESSAIS. The word ESSAY has a cognate ASSAY, which means
to test or to evaluate. An essay is the minimal literary form of prose expression. It
can be of any length on any subject, in any style; It is a prose composition of any
length intended to present a tentative exploration or evaluation of a subject.

Let’s Try This

ACTIVITY NO. 1: GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

Make a graphic organizer that synthesizes the genres of literature,

their sub-genres, and their brief definition/description in phrases.

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* A graphic organizer is a concept diagram which is a pedagogical tool

that uses visual symbols to express knowledge and concepts through
relationships between them.

Let’s Re-Learn
ABOUT LITERARY DEVICES

A writer is limited in the materials he can use in creating his

works: all he has are words to express his ideas and feelings.
These words need to be precisely right on several levels at
once:
• they must sound right to the listener even as they
delight his ear
• they must have a meaning which might have been unanticipated, but
seems to be the perfectly right one
• they must be arranged in a relationship and placed on the page in ways
that are at once easy to follow and assist the reader in understanding
• they must probe the depths of human thought, emotion, and empathy,
while appearing simple, self-contained, and unpretentious

Work of literature is often read silently, but it must still carry with it the feeling of
being spoken aloud, and the reader should practice “hearing” it in order to catch all
of the artfulness of one’s work.

the SOUNDS of words

Words or portions of words can be clustered or juxtaposed to achieve specific kinds

of effects. The sounds that result can strike us as clever and pleasing, even
soothing. Others we dislike and strive to avoid. These various deliberate
arrangements of words have been identified.

Alliteration: Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near

each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.
Example: Peter and Andrew patted the pony at Ascot

Assonance: Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on
the same or adjacent lines. These should be in sounds that are accented, or
stressed, rather than in vowel sounds that are unaccented.
In the example above, the short A sound in Andrew, patted, and Ascot would be assonant.

Consonance: Repeated consonant sounds at the ending of words placed near

each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. These should be in sounds
that are accented, or stressed, rather than in vowel sounds that are unaccented.
This produces a pleasing kind of near-rhyme. Example: boats into the past

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Cacophony A discordant series of harsh, unpleasant sounds helps to convey

disorder. This is often furthered by the combined effect of the meaning and the
difficulty of pronunciation.
Example: My stick fingers click with a snicker
And, chuckling, they knuckle the
keys; Light-footed, my steel
feelers flicker And pluck from
these keys melodies. —“Player
Piano,” John Updike

Euphony: A series of musically pleasant sounds, conveying a sense of harmony

and beauty to the language.
Example: Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam—
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
Leap, plashless as they swim.
— “A Bird Came Down the Walk,” Emily Dickenson (last stanza)

Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like their meanings. In Hear the steady tick of
the old hall clock, the word tick sounds like the action of the clock, If assonance
or alliteration can be onomatopoeic, as the sound ‘ck’ is repeated in tick and
clock, so much the better. Example: boom, buzz, crackle, gurgle, hiss, pop, sizzle, snap,
swoosh, whir, zip

Repetition: The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect. Sometimes,
especially with longer phrases that contain a different key word each time, this is
called parallelism. It has been a central part of poetry in many cultures. Many
of the Psalms use this device as one of their unifying elements.
Example: I was glad; so very, very glad.

Rhyme: This is the one device most commonly associated with poetry by the
general public. Words that have different beginning sounds but whose
endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following
it, are said to rhyme. Example: time, slime, mime

Rhythm: Although the general public is seldom directly conscious of it, nearly
everyone responds on some level to the organization of speech rhythms (verbal
stresses) into a regular pattern of accented syllables separated by unaccented
syllables. Rhythm helps to distinguish poetry from prose. Example: i THOUGHT
i SAW a PUSsyCAT.
Such patterns are sometimes referred to as meter. Meter is the organization of
voice patterns, in terms of both the arrangement of stresses and their frequency
of repetition per line of verse.

the MEANINGs of words

Most words convey several meanings or shades of meaning at the same time. It is
the writer’s job to find words which, when used in relation to other words, will carry
the precise intention of thought. Often, some of the more significant words may carry
several layers or “depths” of meaning at once. The ways in which the meanings of
words are used can be identified.

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Allegory: A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning. Sometimes it can be

a single word or phrase, such as the name of a character or place. Often, it is a
symbolic narrative that has not only a literal meaning, but a larger one
understood only after reading the entire story or poem

Allusion: A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical
or mythological situation or character.

Ambiguity: A word or phrase that can mean more than one thing, even in its
context. Often, one meaning seems quite readily apparent, but other, deeper
and darker meanings, await those who contemplate the poem.
Example: Robert Frost’s ‘The Subverted Flower’

Analogy: A comparison, usually something unfamiliar with something familiar.

Example: The plumbing took a maze of turns where even water got lost.

Apostrophe: Speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object;

addressing that person or thing by name.
Example: O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done…

Cliché: Any figure of speech that was once clever and original but through overuse
has become outdated. If you’ve heard more than two or three other people say it
more than two or three times, chances are the phrase is too timeworn to be
useful in your writing. Example: busy as a bee

Connotation: The emotional, psychological or social overtones of a word; its

implications and associations apart from its literal meaning.

Contrast: Closely arranged things with strikingly different characteristics. Example:

He was dark, sinister, and cruel; she was radiant, pleasant, and kind.

Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word; its literal meaning apart from any
associations or connotations. Caution must be exercised when using a
thesaurus since substitution of a word can sometimes destroy the mood, and
even the meaning, of a poem.

Euphemism: An understatement, used to lessen the effect of a statement;

substituting something innocuous for something that might be offensive or
hurtful. Example: She is at rest. (meaning, she’s dead)

Hamartia: A personal error in a protagonist’s personality, which brings about his

tragic downfall in a tragedy. This defect in a hero’s personality is also known as a
“tragic flaw.”

Hubris: A extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character, which ultimately brings
about his downfall.

Hyperbole: An outrageous exaggeration used for effect. Example: He weighs a ton.

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Irony: A contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different from what

appears to be true. Example: Wow, thanks for expensive gift...let’s see: did it come with a
Fun Meal or the Burger King equivalent?

Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one is the
other or does the action of the other. Example: He’s a zero; Her fingers danced across
the keyboard.

Metonymy: A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by

something closely associated with it. Example: The White House stated today that...; The
Crown reported today that...

Nemesis: A literary device that refers to a situation of where the good characters
are rewarded for their virtues, and the evil characters are punished for their
vices.

Oxymoron: A combination of two words that appear to contradict

each other. Example: a pointless point of view; bittersweet

Paradox: A statement in which a seeming contradiction may reveal an

unexpected truth. Example: The hurrier I go the behinder I get.

Personification: Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal,

or abstract idea. Example: The days crept by slowly, sorrowfully.

Pun: Word play in which words with totally different meanings have similar or
identical sounds. Example: Like a firefly in the rain, I’m de-lighted.

Simile: A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.” Example: He’s as
dumb as an ox; Her eyes are like comets.

Symbol: An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached

extraordinary meaning and significance – a flag to represent a country, a lion to
represent courage, a wall to symbolize separation. Example: A small cross by the
dangerous curve on the road reminded all of Johnny’s death.

Synecdoche: Indicating a person, object, etc. by letting only a certain part

represent the whole. Example: All hands on deck.

ACTIVITY NO. 2: WORKSHEET

Directions: Choose the most appropriate type/s of figurative language used in the
sentences below. There can be 2 or more correct answers in each item.
A. Alliteration H. Oxymoron
B. Consonance E. Paradox
C. Onomatopoeia F. Allusion
D. Repetition G. Metonymy
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E. Rhyme H. Apostrophe
F. Hyperbole I. Synecdoche
G. Personification J. Irony

1. A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings
And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother who smiles as she sings.
2. Click-clack, click-clack, the hoofs went past,
Who takes the dead coach travels fast
3. And I begged the little leaves to lean
Low and together for a safe screen;
4. Big-voiced lassies made their banjos bang,
5. Lord, confound my surly sister, / Blight her brow with blotch and blister,
Cramp her larynx, lung, and liver, / In her guts a galling give her.
6. Booth led boldly with his big bass drum-- Ingles waved the flag with no lag
from the front.
7. Beautiful friendship tried by sun and wind, Durable from the daily dust of life.
8. Will no one stop that tapping? / I cannot sleep for it. I think that someone is
shut in somewhere, / And trying to get out. Will no one let them out, / And
stop the tapping? It keeps on tapping, tapping.... / Tap ... tap ... tap ... tap....
9. Did they love the leaves and wind, Grass and gardens long ago With a love
that draws them home Where things grow?
10. "Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot!" Had they heard it? The horse-hoofs ringing clear-- "Tlot-
tlot, tlot-tlot" in the distance? Were they deaf that did not hear?
11. The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.
12. We had to wait forever!
13. "Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone" (Love Story by Taylor Swift)
14. “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
15. “I find no peace, and all my war is done
I fear and hope, I burn and freeze like ice,
I flee above the wind, yet can I not arise…”
16. “I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
17. “Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers
of Pisa.”
18. I posted a video on YouTube about how boring YouTube is.
19. “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”
20. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”

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