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Reporters for today:Mark Anthony MarcelinoConny Ancheta

A. Group yourselves into 3 and give some noun attributes to each word. The noun attributes must be not in the same class, e.g. woman-female.

Ex. Woman : light, shadow

1. Life : _______ 4. Home:______

2. Infant :______ 5. Beloved:_____

3. Night :______

B. Working with the same group, discuss what human attributes you can give to each word.

Examples: storm - raging stormnights - covering the

earthfaith -

unwavering faith

1. Earth2. Summer3. Rains4. Mother Nature5. Fence

C. Choose any item from Activity A and combine the noun attributes to create a simple poem. Combine also the human attributes from activity B to create another short poem

Example : The light, the shadowilluminates the path;follows every steplest one stumbles and falls.The woman.

Example B. As the raging storms jolt me

I see only the days and sad nights hovering over the earth

But the, the unwavering faithand hope tells me to hold on

and see more merry days aheadwhile God keeps me steadily

on His palm.

A figure of speech is a way of saying something other than the ordinary way. One does this to make assertions about an external reality, or to present some insights of realities that cannot be fully expressed in any logical language.

Through the use of figures of speech, the poet communicates not only a state of mind but also calls to mind the image of some things that interest the reader. A figure of speech, then, cannot be taken literally.

Metaphor and Simile are both used as means of comparing things that are essentially alike. The only distinction between them is that in simile, the comparison is expressed by the use of some word or phrase, such as “like,” “as,”

“than.” similar to “resembles,” or “seems,”

in metaphor, the comparison is implied - - that is, the figurative term is substituted for or identified with the literal term. Metaphors assert the identicality of dissimilar things. They transform people, places, objects and ideas into whatever the poet imagines them to be.

ParadoxSomething (such us situation)

that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible

Someone who does two things that seem to be opposite to each other or who has qualities that is opposite

Ex. The paradox of fighting a war for peace

Angela Manalang-Gloria

Angela Manalang-GloriaWas among the first generation

female students at the university of the Philippines.

Initially enrolled in law but eventually transferred to literature.

Developed a life-long rivalry with Jose Garcia Villa – both vied for the position of the literary editor of The Philippine Collegian, which Manalang-Gloria eventually held for two years

PARADOXby Angela Manalang-Gloria

The things I planned and wanted soHeld of my bidding like a foe:

A past, white feathers in my hair,Applause, a scandalous affair.

The things I did not want at allNow hold my body to my soul:

Conscience, an empty diary,A son, and self-sufficiency.

Having the things that passed me byWould I be nearer to the sky?

And stripped of all that I now have,Would I be farther from the grave?

There are also two types of metaphor: metonymy and synecdoche. In metonymy something is named to replace something closely related to it.

Ex. “city hall” is sometimes used to stand for municipal authority.

In the poem “Paradox” of Angela Manalang-Gloria, certain objects or ideas like “feathers in my hair,” and “applause,” are used to replace social classes (the rich and the famous) to which they are related.

In synecdoche, the whole is replaced by a part, or the part by the whole. For example “grave” in “Would I be farther from the grave?” replaces “death”. Similarly, automobile can be “wheels” and workers are “hands”.

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