Literary Devices

1. ENGLISH LESSON
(SPEECH CHOIR)

2. zoomies

3. review!
Let’s RECALL our previous Lesson. What was it all about?

4. Types of
poetry

5. 1.

6. Activating the poet in me
HOW DO I BEGIN A POEM?
The verses opposite to this box may
help you. Read and let it flow when it
fills you, ponder on:
WHAT IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT IN
WRITING A POEM?

7. CONTENT STANDARD:
The learner demonstrates understanding of how Anglo-American literature and
other text types serve as means of enhancing the self; also how to use processing,
assessing, summarizing information, word derivation and formation strategies,
appropriate word order,punctuation marks and interjections to enable him/her to
participate actively in a speech choir.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
The learner actively participates in a speech choir through using effective verbal and non-
verbal strategies based on the following criteria:
Focus, Voice, Delivery, Facial Expressions, Body Movements/ Gestures and Audience
Contact.

8. Learning Competency:
Use literary devices and techniques to craft poetic
forms.
Learning Targets:
a. I can identify the literary devices to use in a poem
b. I can cite the importance of literary devices in a poem; and
c. I can craft a poem using literary devices.

9. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and
the smallest one in the Solar System—it’s
only a bit larger than the Moon
Venus has a beautiful name and is the second
planet from the Sun. It’s hot and has a
poisonous atmosphere
J - j /j/
MEAN
BY TAYLOR SWIFT

10. 1. What is the dominant subject being talked about
in the song?
2. Why do you think the lyricist (poet/author) write
the song?
3. How do the words used in the lyrics affect you as
a listener?
4. What can a 21st century teenager learn from the
song?
5. How did the poet/author write the song?
PROCESS QUESTIONS:

11. LITERARY
DEVICES

12. Figures of speech

13. A mode of expression in which words are used
out of their literal meaning or out of their
ordinary use in order to add beauty or
emotional intensity
Figures of speech

14. “Good coffee is like
friendship: rich and warm
and strong.”
1. SIMILE – A figure of speech in which
two fundamentally unlike things are
explicitly compared, usually in a phrase
introduced by ‘like’ or ‘as’.

15. “The streets were a
furnace, the sun an
executioner.”
2. METAPHOR – A figure of speech in
which an implied comparison is made
between two unlike things that actually
have something in common.

16. “The wind stood up
and gave a shout. He
whistled on his fingers
and…”
3. PERSONIFICATION - A figure of
speech in which an inanimate object or
abstraction is given human qualities or
abilities.

17. “Chug. Chug, chug. Puff,
puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-
dong. The little train rumbled
over the tracks.”
4. ONOMATOPOEIA – The use of
words that imitate the sounds associated
with the objects or actions they refer to.

18. “You could’ve knocked me
over with a feather”
5. HYPERBOLE – A figure of speech in
which exaggeration is used for emphasis
or effect; an extravagant statement.

19. “Faith unfaithful kept him
falsely true”
6. OXYMORON – A figure of speech in
which apparently contradictory terms
appear in conjunction.

20. “We will swear our loyalty to
the crown.”
7. METONYMY – The substitution of the
name of an attribute or adjunct for that of
the thing meant.

21. 8. IRONY – The
expression of one’s
meaning by using
language that normally
signifies the opposite,
typically for humorous
emphatic effect.

22. ACTIVITY TIME
Directions: Answer the following in complete sentences
based on Taylor Swift’s song, “Mean”. Make sure you have
written in complete sentences.
2.

23. PRESENTATION
OF
ACTIVITY

24. 1. What is the difference between figurative language and
literal language?
2. Do you think literary devices are important in crafting a poem?
Why or why not?
3. Cite some importance of the Literary Devices in a poem.
pROCESS qUESTION:

25. Learning Competency:
Use literary devices and techniques to craft poetic
forms.
Learning Targets:
a. I can identify the literary devices to use in a poem
b. I can cite the importance of literary devices in a poem; and
c. I can craft a poem using literary devices.