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Here are the annotations identifying the figurative languages and literary devices used in the excerpt: "...Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields..." (Hyperbole, Alliteration) "... Africa, tell me Africa" (Apostrophe) "... Is this your back that is unbent..." (Apostrophe) "...But a grave voice answers me" (Personification) "Impetuous child that tree, young and strong" (Metaphor) "That tree over there" (Assonance) "Splendidly alone amidst white and faded flowers" (Paradox) "That is your Africa springing up anew" (Metap

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21st Century Task

Here are the annotations identifying the figurative languages and literary devices used in the excerpt: "...Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields..." (Hyperbole, Alliteration) "... Africa, tell me Africa" (Apostrophe) "... Is this your back that is unbent..." (Apostrophe) "...But a grave voice answers me" (Personification) "Impetuous child that tree, young and strong" (Metaphor) "That tree over there" (Assonance) "Splendidly alone amidst white and faded flowers" (Paradox) "That is your Africa springing up anew" (Metap

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Marielle Bayan

11-Dan (Humanities and Social Sciences)

PART II: Activity Time!

Learning Competency: A.3 Identify canonical Filipino writers and their contribution to
the Philippine Literature. (Remembering)
ACTIVITY 1: Using your search engines, do a mini-research about local writers from
Nueva Ecija or from region 3. Identify at least two writers and include several pertinent
details of the such name, birthplace, career, occupation, and their contribution in
literature. Write your answers in the diagram provided below. 
Marielle Bayan
11-Dan (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Writer’s Name: Tomas F. Agulto

What about him/her?:On December 21, 1953, in Hagonoy, Bulacan, he


was born. He began writing poetry at an early age and had them critiqued by his
family and neighbors. As a member of Galian as Arte at Tula, he developed his
poetry talents more, and he moved on to work on different occupations,
particularly in the non-government sector, in search of his own maturity. Lagi
Na'y Kailangan Kong Gumising Nang Maaga at Iba Pang Pagdidilidili (Always
I Have To Wake Up Early and Other Redlections, 1981), Bakasyunista
(Summer Folk, 1984), and Batanes at Iba Pang Pulo (Batanes and Other Lands,
1989) all earned awards at the Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature. His
Palanca Award-winning work "Ang Mga Badjaw sa Tungkalang" (The Bajao
of Tungkalang, 1988) was also recognized. In 1987, he won a medal in the CCP
Literary Contest for his short tale "Ang Walang Lubay na Istasyon ng Pag-asa"
(The Unending Stations of Hope and Search). The following poems have won
the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (or KWF, previously the Surian ng Wikang
Pambansa and subsequently Linangan ng mga Wika sa Pilipinas) annual poetry
contest: “Kalatas kay Pinang” (Letter to Pinang) and “Umulan Man at
Umaraw” (Rain or Shine); and “Malayo Na Ang Narating Ng Pru (The
Procession Has Covered a Lot of Ground). The KWF has awarded him Poet of
the Year three times, the first time in 1988 for his poetry "Polusyon"
(Pollution), and the second time in 2009 for a poem about the famous plebeian
Andres Bonifacio. Ang Magandang Babae sa Sta. Elena is a collection of
poetry, tales, and essays, and SA.BA.TRISa Masaganang Milenyo (2001) is a
novel. Kuntra Krusada, a collection of poems and essays, is due out soon.
Marielle Bayan
11-Dan (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Writer’s Name: Rogelio Mangahas

What about him/her?:He was born in Palasinan, Cabiao, Nueva Ecija,


Philippines, and attended the University of the East, where he studied AB Filipino.
Even back then, he was looking for people who shared his passion in language,
spending much of his time at the University of the East with poet-friends like
Virgilio S. Almario and Teo Antonio. They were the driving force behind the
second successful modernist trend in Filipino poetry. Rogelio Mangahas received
the Palanca first prize for his collection of poems, "Mga Duguang Plakard," as well
as for his critical essay on Edgardo M. Reyes' novel, "Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag."
Manlilikha was co-written and edited by him. , a poem anthology regarded by
certain scholars as a seminal achievement in modern Filipino poetry in the 1960s.
Winner of the 1986 Palanca Awards in the category of essay. He was the editor-in-
chief of Phoenix Publishing House and SIBS Publishing House, as well as a
professor of Filipino language and literature at De La Salle University, University
of the East, University of the Philippines Manila, and St. Scholastica's College. He
worked as a literary consultant at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and as the
national editor of Tenggara, a Southeast Asian literary journal published in
Malaysia. He received the SWP's 'Poet of the Year' award, as well as the UMPIL's
Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas. (Writers Union of the Philippines).

Competency: A.4. Identify the different figurative speech and other literary devices. (Remembering)

Activity 2: Read and analyze the excerpt below of “Africa” by David Diop. Using annotation, identify the
different figurative languages and devices used.  

…Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields… (Hyperbole,Alliteration)


Marielle Bayan
11-Dan (Humanities and Social Sciences)
… Africa, tell me Africa (Apostrophe)
Is this your back that is unbent… (Apostrophe)
…But a grave voice answers me (Personification)
Impetuous child that tree, young and strong (Metaphor)
That tree over there (Assonance)
Splendidly alone amidst white and faded flowers (Paradox)
That is your Africa springing up anew (Metaphor)
springing up patiently, obstinately (Oxymoron)
Whose fruit bit by bit acquires (Assonance)
The bitter taste of liberty. (Consonance)

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