LITERATURES OF THE PHILIPPINES Literature It is generally written. written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit. It may be based on reality or on imagination. Its words are artfully arranged to stimulate feelings and impart understanding. It is a source of enjoyment, reflection, and knowledge. Prose direct or straightforward speech It does not use rhymes, meters, or line breaks. It is a written work in its ordinary form. literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinIt follows conventions like grammar, structure, and organizations ctive style and rhythm It is said to have come from ancient songs prayers, or rituals. Examples: autobiography, epistle, essay, fable, fairy tale, novel, Legends, Myths, Oration, News, Anecdotes, Plays, etc. A literary work that is associated with the expression of feelings and ideas It uses the following devices: Rhyme, Meter, Stanza, Line Break, Figure of Speech. Examples: Elegy, Haiku, Psalms, Farce

1. LITERATURES
OF THE
PHILIPPINES

2. Literature
It is generally written.
written works, especially those considered of
superior or lasting artistic merit.
It may be based on reality or on imagination.

3. Literature
Its words are artfully arranged to stimulate
feelings and impart understanding.
It is a source of enjoyment, reflection, and
knowledge.

4. General Classification of Literature
Prose Poetry
direct or straightforward speech
literary work in which special
intensity is given to the expression of
feelings and ideas by the use of
distinctive style and rhythm
It does not use rhymes, meters, or
line breaks.
It is said to have come from ancient
songs prayers, or rituals.
It is a written work in its ordinary
form.
A literary work that is associated
with the expression of feelings and
ideas

5. General Classification of Literature
Prose Poetry
It follows conventions like grammar,
structure, and organizations
It uses the following devices:
Rhyme, Meter, Stanza, Line Break,
Figure of Speech.
Examples: autobiography, epistle,
essay, fable, fairy tale, novel,
Legends, Myths, Oration, News,
Anecdotes, Plays, etc.
 Examples: Elegy, Haiku, Psalms,
Farce

6. Sample Haiku in Philippine Literature

7. Sample Poem for Line Break
Private Concert
1st Stanza
I sit in my room.
She sits right below me.
We don’t see each other.
My floor is her ceiling.

8. Sample Poem for Line Break
Private Concert
2nd Stanza
I wait for the music
She plays on piano
Alone in her room
Unaware
I am feeling -----

9. Sample Poem for Line Break
Private Concert
3rd Stanza
tossed in an ocean
lost out at sea
cradled by waves.
Music does that to me.
- Amy LV

10. Classification of Poetry
1. Lyric Poetry - is short, highly musical
verse that conveys powerful feelings.
 The poet may use rhyme, meter, or
other literary devices to create a song-
like quality.

11. Classification of Poetry
Sample Lyric Poem
"Go, lovely Rose —
Tell her that wastes her time and me,
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet and fair she seems to be.

12. Classification of Poetry
2. Narrative poetry tells stories through
verse. Like a novel or a short story, a
narrative poem has plot, characters, and
setting.
 presents a series of events, often
including action and dialogue.

13. Classification of Poetry
Sample Narrative Poem
"Son," said my mother,
When I was knee-high,
"You've need of clothes to cover you,
And not a rag have I.
"There's nothing in the house
To make a boy breeches,

14. Classification of Poetry
3. Dramatic Poetry - This is an emotional
piece of literature which includes a story
which is recited or sung. This kind of
poetry has come from Sanskrit dramas and
Greek tragedies. The method adopted in
this form is that the story is usually
narrated in the form of a recital or song.

15. Literary Devices
They refer to the typical structures used by
writers in their works to convey his or her
message(s) in a simple manner to his or her
readers. When employed properly, the
different literary devices help readers to
appreciate, interpret and analyze a literary
work.

16. Two types of Literary Devices
1. Literary elements
2. Literary Techniques

17. Literary Elements
have an inherent existence in literary
piece and are extensively employed by
writers to develop a literary piece
e.g. plot, setting, narrative structure,
characters, mood, theme, moral etc..

18. Common Literary Elements
1. Plot
2. Setting
3. Protagonist
4. Antagonist
5. Narrator
6. Narrative Mood

19. Common Literary Elements
7. Dialogue
8. Conflict
9. Mood
10. Theme

20. Literary Techniques
on the contrary, are structures usually a word s or
phrases in literary texts that writers employ to achieve
not merely artistic ends but also readers a greater
understanding and appreciation of their literary works.
Examples are: metaphor, simile, alliteration, hyperbole,
allegory etc. In contrast to Literary Elements, Literary
Techniques are not unavoidable aspect of literary
works.

21. Common Literary Techniques
1. Imagery - It is the use of figurative
language to create visual representations of
actions, objects and ideas in our mind in
such a way that they appeal to our physical
senses.

22. Common Literary Techniques
2. Figures of Speech – a word or phrase
used in a non-literal sense for vivid or
rhetorical effect.

23. Sound Devices used in Poetry
1. Rhythm - The pattern of beats or
stresses in a poem. Poets use patterns
of stressed and unstressed syllables to
create a regular rhythm.

24. Sound Devices used in Poetry
2. Rhyme - The repetition of the
same or similar sounds, usually in
stressed syllables at the ends of lines,
but sometimes within a line.

25. Sound Devices used in Poetry
3. Alliteration - The repetition of
consonant sounds at the beginnings of
words.
Examples:
 Seven silver swans swam silently seaward.
 Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers.

26. Sound Devices used in Poetry
4. Onomatopoeia - Words that are
used to represent a particular sounds.

27. Sample lines with Onomatopoeia

28. Sound Devices used in Poetry
Sample lines with Line Break
One becomes
More conscious
Of the words
One becomes more conscious of the words.

29. Sound Devices used in Poetry
Sample lines with Line Break
Cutie the bomb
Met her at a beauty salon
With a baby Louis Vuitton
Under her underarm
She said I can tell you rock
I can tell by your charm
Far as girls you got a flock
I can tell by your charm and your arm
But I’m looking for the one
Have you seen her?