Mentee : Christian C.

Padayhag
Mentor : Joy E. Quiamco
School : Dumingag National High School- Campus B
Grade level :9
Subject :English

I. Objectives: Given the materials and activities, the students will be able to do the following
with at least 75% level of accuracy:
a. Identify the different types of figurative languages;
b. Pick out sentences containing figurative languages; and
c. Stress the importance of figurative language in studying literature.
II. Subject Matter: Figurative Language
Reference : Anglo-American Literature pages 293-295
Materials :cartolina, plastic tape, manila paper
Value Integration :Importance of figurative language in studying literature

III. Procedure: Deductive Method

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity
Preliminary Activities
 Prayer
 Greetings
 Checking of Attendance
 Passing of Assignments
 Setting of Classroom Standards
(The teacher presents the objectives) Students read the objectives.
A. Preparation
1. Motivation
Now, I will group you into 4 groups. Our game for
today is called “Hello Telephone”. All you need to do is to
write down the numbers and look their corresponding
letters as shown in the board and form it a word. The group
who can say first the correct word will gain points.
Understood? Yes sir.
1-a 7-g 13-m 19-s 25-y
2-b 8-h 14-n 20-t 26-z
3-c 9-i 15-o 21- u
4-d 10-j 16-p 22-v
5-e 11-k 17-q 23-w
6-f 12-l 18-r 24-x

16, 5, 18, 19, 15, 14, 9, 6, 9, 3, 1, 20, 9, 15, 14 –

personification
8, 25, 16, 5, 18, 2, 15, 12, 5 – hyperbole
1, 16, 15, 19, 20, 18, 15, 16, 8, 5 – apostrophe
3, 15, 14, 19, 15, 14, 1, 14, 3, 5 – consonance
1, 14, 1, 16, 8, 15, 18, 1 – anaphora
15, 14, 15, 13, 1, 20, 15, 16, 15, 5, 9, 1 – onomatopoeia

Congratulations winners!
How did you find the activity? It was fun sir.
Very good!
What are the words you have formed? The words that we have formed are
personification, hyperbole, apostrophe,
consonance, anaphora, and onomatopoeia.
Correct. Do you know what are those words? Yes/No sir.
2. Statement of the Aim
This morning let us discuss “Figurative Language ”
B. Generalization
 Figurative language
- Is a language that is used to convey something
that is different from the literal meaning of the
word.
 Personification
- Is a figurative device in which an object,
abstract idea, or animal is given human
characteristics.
 Hyperbole
- Is exaggeration for emphasis; overstatement.
 Apostrophe
- Is an address to someone who is absent and
cannot hear the speaker, or to something non-
human that cannot understand what is said.
 Consonance
- Repetition of consonant sounds at the
beginning of the words.
 Anaphora
- Repetition of the first part of the sentence in
order to achieve an artistic effect.
 Onomatopoeia
- Is defined as a word which imitates the natural
sounds of a thing.

C. Inference
Class, I have here sentences. Everybody read.

1. The moon is smiling back at me.

2. I have million things to do today.
3. “Oh holy night! The stars are brightly shining!”
4. She ate seven sandwiches on a sunny Sunday last year.
5. My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is
my inspiration.
6. He looked at the roaring tiger.
Let us study the sentences presented.

1. The moon is smiling back at me.

What is the underlined word in the sentence?
Does the moon smile class?
Who can smile?
Exactly!
So, this sentence denotes personification.
The underlined word is “moon is smiling”.
No sir.
Only humans can smile sir.

2. I have million things to do today.

What is the underlined word in the sentence? The underlined word is million.
What figurative language is used in this sentence? It uses hyperbole.
Why do you say so? It is hyperbole because it is an exaggerated
statement.
Exactly! What is hyperbole? It is hyperbole because the idea is exaggerated.

3. “Oh holy night! The stars are brightly shining!”

What is the underlined word/phrase in the The underlined phrase is oh holy night.
sentence?
What figurative language is used in this sentence? It uses apostrophe.
Why do say so? It is an apostrophe because it address to
someone who is absent and cannot hear the
speaker, or to something non-human that cannot
understand what is said.
Very Good!

4. She ate seven sandwiches on a sunny Sunday last year.

What are the underlined words in the sentence? The underlined words are she, seven,
sandwiches, sunny and Sunday.
What figurative language is being applied in this It uses consonance.
sentence?
Why do you say so? It is a consonance because of the repetition of
consonant sounds at the beginning of the words.

Exactly!

5. My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is

my inspiration.

What are the underlined phrase in the sentences? The underlined phrase in the sentences are my
life.
What figurative language is used? It uses anaphora.
 Yes, why? It is anaphora because of the repetition of the
first part of the sentence.

Very good!

6. He looked at the roaring tiger.

What is the underlined word in the sentence? The underlined phrase in the sentence is
roaring.
What figurative language is used? It uses onomatopoeia.
Yes, why? It is onomatopoeia because it imitates the
natural sounds of a thing.
Excellent!
Do you have questions? None sir.

D. Application
With the same group, you will be given a
chart containing figurative languages. All
you have to do is to pick out the
sentences/sentence that would correspond to
the given figurative languages and paste it on
the chart. Explain your work after. Every
correct answer will gain 1 point. Am I clear?

Did you enjoy the activity class? Yes sir.

What is the importance of figurative language Figurative language is important in studying

in studying literature? literature so that we will know and understand
what the author wants to express towards the
reader in a certain literary piece.

IV. Evaluation
Directions: Identify what is being referred to in
each statement (personification, apostrophe,
hyperbole, consonance, anaphora and
onomatopoeia). Answer briefly.

1. My alarm clock shouts at me to get out. 1. personification

2. Everything looked dark and bleak. Everything 2. anaphora
looked gloomy and everything was under a 3. onomatopoeia
blanket of mist. 4. apostrophe
3. The buzzing bee flew away. 5. hyperbole
4. Oh Christmas tree, how lovely are your 6. consonance
branches.
 5. I would climb Mount Everest just to see you for
30 seconds.
6. Shelley sells shells in the seashore.

V. Assignment

On a ½ sheet of paper, construct one example in

each of the figurative languages.