-Heighten Awareness of Three Structure of Literature Selections -Enhance Appreciation of Stylistic Options -Compare Different Interpretative Strategies

1. Reading for
Appreciation and
Enjoyment
 Heighten awareness of three structure of literature selections
 Enhance appreciation of stylistic options
 Compare different interpretative strategies

2. Let’s get the most out
of literature
• Reading literary selections, be they
poems, short stories, novels, plays, or
essays, not only provide pleasures.

3. To understand a poem, ask
yourself the following questions:
1. Who is the author of the poem? What is the
purpose of the author?
2. What is the title of the poem? Is it related to
the subject and theme of the poem?
3. What is the genre of the poem?

4. To understand a poem, ask
yourself the following questions:
4. What is the format of the poem? Haiku?,
Tanka?, Cinquain? Or a Diamante?
5. Does the poem use sound devices? Is the
poem in free verse or in some regular meter?
6. Does the poem contain images that appeal to
different senses?

5. 7. Does the poem contain figures of speech? Do
they help projecting tone and in conveying
the theme?
8. What is the setting of the poem? How is it
related to the mood of the poem?
9. What is the theme of the poem?
To understand a poem, ask
yourself the following questions:

6. 10.Can you infer about the speaker? If so, what
is it?
11.What is the plot of the poem, if it is a
narrative or dramatic poem?
12.What can you infer about the characters or
about the relationships of the characters of
the poem, if it is a narrative or dramatic
poem?
To understand a poem, ask
yourself the following questions:

7. Literature
• Related to the feeling of people whether
it is true or just a product of their
imagination.
Kinds:
Prose
Poetry

8. Different Kinds Of Prose

9. Prose (non-metrical)
 is a form of language that exhibits
a grammatical structure and a natural flow of
speech, rather than a rhythmic structure as in
traditional poetry. Where the common unit
of verse is based on meter or rhyme, the
common unit of prose is purely grammatical,
such as a sentence or paragraph

10. Examples of Prose
a.) Novels
- a long narrative divided into chapters and
events are taken from true to life stories.
Example:
Harry Potter
(J.K. Rowling)

11. b.) Short Story
- this is a narrative involving one or more
characters, one plot and one single impression.
Example:
The Laughter Of My Father
(Carlos Bulosan)

12. c.) Plays
- this is presented on a stage, is divided into
acts and each act has many scene.
Example:
Thirteen Place
(Wilfredo M. Guerrero)

13. d.) Legends
- these are fictions narratives usually about
origins.
Example:
The Bicol Legend
(Pio Durant)

14. e.) Fables
- these are also fictions and they deal with
animals and inanimate things who speak and act
like people and their purpose is to enlighten the
minds of children to events that can mold their
ways and attitudes.
Example:
The Monkey And The Turtle

15. f.) Anecdotes
- these are merely products of the writers
imagination and the main aim is to bring out
lessons to the readers.
Example:
The Moth And The Lamp
(Jose Rizal)

16. g.) Essay
-This expresses the view point or opinion of the
writer about a particular problem or event.
The best example of this is the editorial
page of a news paper.

17. h.) Biography
-This deals with the life of a person which
maybe about himself, his autobiography or that
of other.
Example:
Cayetano arellano
Socorro O. Albert

18. i.) News
-This is a report of everyday events in society,
government, science, and industry, and accidents
happening nationally or not.

19. j.) Oration
-This is a formal treatment of a subject and
intended to be spoken in public.
It appeals to the intellect, to the will or to the
emotions of the audience

20. Different Kinds Of
Poetry

21. Poetry (metrical)
A piece of writing that partakes of the nature
of both speech and song that is nearly always
rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often
exhibits such formal elements as meter,
rhyme, and stanzaic structure

22. Lyric Poem
Expresses the observations and feeling of
a single speaker
Examples:
Folk songs (awiting bayan)
Songs
Psalms (dalit)

23. Narrative Poems
Are stories told in prose. Often narrative
poems, even ballads have all the elements of
short stories, such as plot, characters and
setting
Examples:
Epics
Ballads

24. Dramatic Poems
is any drama that is written in verse that is
meant to be recited. It usually tells a story or
refers to a situation. This would include
closet drama, dramatic monologues, and
rhyme verse.
Examples:
Comedy
Tragedy
Melodrama

25. Poems maybe in the form of
Haiku
• An unrhymed verse form, consisting of three
lines.
• The first and third lines contain five syllables
while the second line consists of seven
syllables.

26. Examples of Haiku
(Aida Villanueva)
The python got up
When I walked on the dry grass
Afterwards, he was still.

27. A Tanka is another verse form
• It has thirty-one syllables arranged in five lines (five,
seven, five, seven, seven)

28. Examples of Tanka
(Aida Villanueva)
The angry wind blows
The branches of tree move
I shiver with fear.
Then the sky groans and it cries
Dread seizes me and I swoon.

29. A Cinquain is a poetic unrhymed
form consisting of five lines.
It comes in three formats:
Pattern #1: Line 1: One word
Line 2: Two words
Line 3: Three words
Line 4: Four words
Line 5: One word

30. Pattern #2: Line 1: A noun
Line 2: Two adjectives
Line 3: Three-ing words
Line 4: A phrase
Line 5: Another word for the noun
Pattern #3: Line 1: Two syllables
Line 2: Four syllables
Line 3: Six syllables
Line 4: Eight Syllables
Line 5: Two syllables

31. Example of Cinquain
(Aida Villanueva)
Solitude
Ineffable joy
That’s my life
When I hear you
Peace

32. A Diamante is a seven-line,
diamond-shaped poem. It has
the following formats:
Line 1: a noun that contrast line 7
Line 2: two adjectives that describe line 1
Line 3: three action verbs that relate to line 1
Line 4: four nouns, the first two relate to line 1; the
last two relate to line 7.
Line 5: three action verbs that relate to line 7
Line 6: two adjectives that describes line 7
Line 7: a noun that contrasts the line 1

33. Example of Diamante
(Aida Villanueva)
peace
tranquil, placid
musing, meditating, contemplating
serenity, calmness, gloom, death
crying, suffering, writhing
sorrowful, deplorable
war

34. Thank you!
Reported By:
Rajieve Balicao