*Appreciating Literature*Teaching Literary Appreciation*
*Fiction*Non-Fiction*
*Teaching Poetry*Elements of Poetry*
*Teaching Figurative Language*
R a u c h a n e T i m B a n n a B a t t i k i n , L P T

Literary
Appreciation
Literary Appreciation is the gift to comprehend,
enjoy, and appraise a literary piece. It is to
watch/read literary works and be able to give
evaluations/opinions out of it. By reading and
analyses, a language is improved. Increase
comprehension on a material and establish a
personal connection to a piece. We are able to
indulge ourselves to known and unknown precepts
of life, culture and etc. Literary Appreciation is to
take a way moral messages, values and learn and
unlearn things in life.

LITERATURE

POETRY
Poetry is a type of literature that expresses ideas, feeling
or tells a story in a specific form. It arouses emotions and
use imagery. Suggest action or mood.
It is grouped in a line called stanzas.
COUPLET- 2
TRIPLET- 3
QUATRAIN- 4
QUINTET- 5
SESTET- 6
SEPTET- 7
OCTAVE- 8

POETRY

POETRY
T YPES OF POEMS an d EXAMPL ES:
1 . Narrative p oem - T h e Raven by Ed gar Allan Poe
• Epic - I liad and Odyssey by Homer
• B allad - L a B elle Dame San a Merci by Joh n Keats
• Tale - Girl with ou t Han d s by Margaret Atwood
• I d yll - I d ylls of th e Kin g by Alfred L ord Ten nys on
2 . Dramatic poem - A dream by William Blake
• Traged y - Hamlet by William Sh akes p eare
• Comed y - Ever y Man in h is Hu mor by B en Joh n s on
• Tragi -comed y - T h e Ch err y Orch ard by Anton Ch ekh ov
• Mon ologu e - My L ast Du ch es s by Ro b ert B ro wn in g
3 . Clos et d rama - Pip p a Pas s es by Rob ert B rown in g
4 . Lyric p oem - A Dirge by Ch ristin a Ro s s etti
• Elegy - Death Stan d s ab ove me by Walter Savage
• Od e - Od e to th e West Win d by Percy Bys s h e Sh elley
• Sonnet - Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

POETRY
ELEMENTS:
1.Sound- Poems are meant to be read aloud.
2.Rhyme- same sound/rhyme at the end of each line poem.
3.Rhythm- beat of the poem.
4.Repetition- it helps the poet emphasize an idea or create a
certain feeling.
5.Free verse- no verse
6.Imagery- words or phrases that appeal to the five senses.
7.Figurative language- helps reader see ordinary things in a
new way.

PROSE

DRAMA DRAMA is a story acted on a stage with costumes and backgrounds. It i practiced,
mastered and presented in front of an audience.
KINDS:
1. COMEDY- makes the audience laugh
2. TRAGIC- has a terrible or ad ending
3. ROMANCE- a drama that rolls about love and dating
4. TRAGICOMEDY- combination of tragedy and comedy.
FORMS OF DRAMA:
1. OPERA- drama where characters usually sing to express their thoughts
2. PANTOMIME- an art of dramatic representation by means of facial expression
and body movements rather than words.
3. CREATIVE DRAMA- includes dramatic activities and games used primarily in
educational settings with children.

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Figures of Speech/
Figurative
Language
(poetic devices)

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Figures of Speech/
Figurative Language
A word or phrase that has a meaning
something different than its literal meaning.
Commonly used by poets in composing
poems in order to arouse feelings through
evoking images in the mind.

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Simile
Is a comparison between two unlike things using the
words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Examples:
As blind as a bat
As wise as an owl
Like peas in a pod

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Metaphor
Compares two unlike things.
Example:
Time is money
She is a night owl
Heart of stone
The world is a stage.

• Alliteration
Is the repetition of the beginning letter of the word.
Example:
Sally sells seashells in the seashore
Fred fried frogs
Walter Wonderland where Winnie was.
FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Hyperbole
Uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
Example:
It cost a billion dollars
I could do this forever
Everyone knows that
I’ll catch the stars for you.

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Irony
Using words where the meaning is the opposite of
their usual meaning.
Example:
The Titanic was said to be unsinkable.
Those braces looks good on you rabbit.

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Euphemism
Is a word or phrase that replaces a word or phrase to
make it more polite or pleasant.
Example:
Letting him go instead of fired him
Passed away instead of died
Homeless instead of bum
A little thin on top instead of bald

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Oxymoron
Is two contradictory terms used together.
Example:
Small crowd
Dirty white
Peace force

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Personification
Is giving human qualities or attributes to non-living
things or ideas.
Example:
The flowers nodded.
Snowflakes danced
Wind howled

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Synecdoche
Is when a part represents the whole or the whole is
represented by a part.
Example:
Wheels- a car
Plastic- credit cards
Army- soldier

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like what it is describing.
Example:
Tweet
Meow
Oink
kring

• Anaphora
A technique wherein several phrases or verses begin
with the same word or words.
Example:
I came, I saw, I conquer. – Julius Caesar
Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! – William
Shakespeare
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. – Winston
Churchill
FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Assonance
Is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are closed
together.
Examples:
A- For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore.
–Poe
U- Uncertain rustling of each purple curtain. – Poe
I- From what I’ve tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire.-
Frost

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
• Apostrophe
Figure of speech by which someone, abstract object or non-
living thing is addressed directly as if it could hear it/were
present though abent.
Examples:
Death be not proud!
Rain rain go away!

THANK YOU AND GOD SPEED!