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English
Quarter 3, Wk.2 – Module 2
Explain the Literary Devices Used

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Quarter 3, Wk.2 - Module 2
Explain the Literary Devices Used

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 Table of Contents

What This Module is About.......................................................................................v

What I Need to Know................................................................................................v

How to Learn from this Module................................................................................v

Icons of this Module.................................................................................................vi

What I Know............................................................................................................vii

Lesson 1:

Literary Devices........................................................................................................1

What I Need to Know..........................................................................1

What’s New ......................................................................................1

What I Know........................................................................................2

What Is It.............................................................................................3

What’s More .......................................................................................4

What I Have Learned..........................................................................4

What I Can Do....................................................................................4

Summary …………………………………………………………………………………. 5

Assessment: (Post-Test)………………………………………………………………..6

Key to Answers.....................................................................................................….8

References............................................................................................................….9

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What This Module is About
This module on literary devices will expose you to the figurative languages
that can be found on the famous play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare.

These contexts will not only help you to review the literary devices discussed
in your lower grade level but as well as enhance your understanding of it using the
play of William Shakespeare. Some dialogues of the play will be examined carefully
for further understanding of the characters and their true intentions. This module will
also discuss the relevance and importance of understanding the literary devices for
deeper meaning of the famous play.

What I Need to Know

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this module you should be able to explain the literary devices
used in the story “Romeo and Juliet”.

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:

• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.

• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises

diligently.

• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

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Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that

Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

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 What I know

In the previous lesson, you have read the excerpted story of Romeo and Juliet
and understand the story in doing Task 6: Making Connections and answer the
questions who, what, when, why and how.

With this knowledge, you were able to identify some elements of the drama
which includes character, setting, plot, dialogue and theme. The last lesson also
allowed you to identify who said the certain lines and explain some lines based on
the dialogue from the characters.

Finally, you were able to apply the lesson in real life situation when you are
given the chance to compose a love letter to Juliet informing her how much you
admire her for the boys and write a reply letter to Romeo for the girls.

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 Lesson Literary Device
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What I Need to Know

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:

a. Explain literary devices used

What’s New

Task 1: From the excerpted play “Romeo and Juliet” identify the scenes that appeal
to the senses. Fill in the space of the map below. Use another sheet of paper if you
needed.

Sight

Smell

Hearing

Taste

Touch

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 What I Know

Multiple Choice: To measure your knowledge of the literary devices that this
module will develop, answer the following questions. Write your answers in your
answer sheet.

1. What literary device refers to the practice of drawing parallels or comparisons

between two unrelated and dissimilar things, people, beings, places, and concepts?
a. Oxymoron b. Simile c. Metaphor d. Repetition

2. What literary devices that make use of indicative words/phrases and hints that set
the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to
happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense?
a. Metaphor b. Oxymoron c. Rhyme d.
Foreshadowing

3. What is the practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in prose or
poetry?
a. Oxymoron b. Rhyme c. Repetition d. Metaphor

4. What literary devices refer to the use of one subject that is implied to be another
so as to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits?
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Oxymoron d. Repetition

5. What literary device that allows the author to use contradictory, contrasting
concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a
strange, and slightly complex manner?
a. Foreshadowing b. Simile c. Metaphor d. Oxymoron

6. What literary device that is just the simple repetition of a word, within a sentence
or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words?
a. Repetition b. Metaphor c. Oxymoron d. Simile

7. The following line “The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad” is an
example of?
a. Metaphor b. Oxymoron c. Simile d. Repetition

8. “Bob is as brave as a lion” is an example of?

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Oxymoron d.
Foreshadowing

9. Literary devices are use in...

a. Novels b. Nonfiction c. Poetry d. All of the
Above

10. Literary devices apply to...

a. Individual words and short phrases c. The entire structure of a piece
b. Whole sentences and long phrases d. Any of the above
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 What Is It

By now, you must have learned that the English language encompasses a
host of literary devices that makes it rich and expressive. They provide a broad
structure under which all types of literature are classified, studied, and understood.
The importance of literature in the portrayal of human emotions is best understood
by the application of these devices. Literary devices are common structures used in
writing. These devices can be either literary elements or literary techniques. 

Here are some literary devices from the story Romeo and Juliet. 
• Similes are one of the most commonly used literary devices; referring to the
practice of drawing parallels or comparisons between two unrelated and dissimilar
things, people, beings, places, and concepts. Similes are marked by the use of the
words ‘as’ or ‘such as’ or ‘like.’ 
Example: He is like a mouse in front of the teacher. 
• Foreshadowing refers to the use of indicative words/phrases and hints that set the
stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to
happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense. Foreshadowing is used
to suggest an upcoming outcome to the story.
Example: He had no idea of the disastrous chain of events to follow. 
• Rhyme scheme is the practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in
prose or poetry. Rhyme scheme refers to the order in which particular words rhyme.
If the alternate words rhyme, it is an “a-b-a-b” rhyme scheme, which means “a” is the
rhyme for the lines 1 and 3 and “b” is the rhyme affected in the lines 2 and 4.
Example: Roses are red (a) Violets are blue (b) Beautiful they all may be (c) But I
love you (b) The above is an “a-b-c-b” rhyme scheme. 

• Repetition is just the simple repetition of a word, within a sentence or a poetical

line, with no particular placement of the words. This is such a common literary device
that it is almost never even noted as a figure of speech.
Example: Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked. 

• Oxymoron is significant literary device as it allows the author to use contradictory,

contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making
sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner. An oxymoron is an interesting
literary device because it helps to perceive a deeper level of truth and explore
different layers of semantics while writing. 
Examples: 
Sometimes we cherish things of little value. He possessed a cold fire in his eyes. 

• Metaphors are one of the most extensively used by way of another. In a metaphor,
one subject is implied to be another so as to draw a comparison between their
similarities and shared traits. Example: Henry was a lion on the battlefield. 

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 What’s More

Matching Type: Match the literary devices on the left with its appropriate example
line on the right.

A B

1. Simile A. Parting is such a sweet sorrow.

2. Foreshadowing B. Oh loving hate

3. Rhyme C. Romeo, Romeo

4. Repetition D. Where art thou Romeo?

5. Oxymoron E. My life is a foe of debt!

6. Metaphor F. “And to ‘thy go like lightning”

G. Romeo: By some vile forfeit of the untimely

death

What I Have Learned

Reading works of literature is not only for entertainment. These literary pieces
not only offer you, the readers, with an awareness of your society and the culture
that is in it, but it also provides a glimpse of your own and your country’s history.

What are some of the literary devices that you can translate on your own
language? What are the social, cultural, political and historical issues did you
discover or rediscover through reading the text? How are they similar or different
from the real issues that you know about? How can you identify literary devices
present in a certain reading materials?

What I Can Do

In a group of five, fill in the following table with its appropriate examples from
a song or poem. (This activity is lifted from https://www.scholastic.com/ but has been
modified and enhance.)

Literary Devices Unleashed

Literary Devices Example in the song or Poem Title / Song
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 poem. Title
Comparing two
words using
Simile
the words “like” or
“as”
use of indicative
words/phrases
Foreshadowing and hints that set
the stage for a
story to unfold
Using words that
Rhyme
sound alike
simple repetition
of a word, within
Repetition
a sentence or a
poetical line
use contradictory,
contrasting
concepts placed
Oxymoron together in a
manner that
actually ends up
making sense
Comparing two
things without
Metaphor
using the words
“like” or “as”

Additional Activity

Create a short comic strip of the play Romeo and Juliet and used different literary
devices in their dialogues.

Summary:

Don’t be confused, literary elements and literary techniques are different.

However both are important in writing and understanding a text. Literary elements
are building blocks of a story, while literary techniques use words artistically.

Literary elements include characters, setting, plot, and theme, moral – are the
basic parts included in most stories while literary techniques include
alliteration, metaphors, onomatopoeia, and personification – might or might not
be included in a story.  They play with words to develop interest and variety.
Together, these are known as literary devices.  Both are important to purposely
teach and develop. 

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Assessment: (Post-Test)
Being able to identify literary devices is one way you can become better reader and
writer.
Multiple Choice: Read the following lines which are taken from “Romeo and Juliet”
by William Shakespeare then identify what literary devices are used. Write your
answers in your answer sheet.

1. “Is love a tender thing? It is too rough,

Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.”
a. Oxymoron b. Metaphor c. Rhyme d. Simile

2.
“I fear too early, for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night’s revels, and expire the term
Of a despisèd life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.”
a. Rhyme b. Foreshadowing c. Repetition d.
Oxymoron

3.
“My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.”
a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Rhyme d. Repetition

4.
“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.”
a. Simile b. Oxymoron c. Metaphor d. Rhyme

5.
“Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.
Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.
Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate…”
a. Metaphor b. Foreshadowing c. Oxymoron d. Rhyme

6.
“My life were better ended by their hate
Than death prolonged, wanting of thy love.”
a. Rhyme b. Oxymoron c. Foreshadowing d.
Repetition

7.
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 “O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o’er my head,
As is a wingèd messenger of heaven”
a. Repetition b. Foreshadowing c. Metaphor d. Simile

8.
“Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!”
a. Oxymoron b. Metaphor c. Simile d.
Repetition

9.
“O woeful, O woeful, woeful, woeful day!”
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Repetition d. Rhyme

10.
“So smile the heavens upon this holy act
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not.”
a. Simile b. Foreshadowing c. Simile d. Metaphor

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 Key to Answers

Lesson 1

What I Know What’s More Assessment

(Post-Test)

1. B. 6. D 1. A. 1. D. 6. C

2. D. 7. A. 2. D. 2. B. 7. D.

3. B. 8. C. 3. G 3. A. 8. A.

4. B. 9. D. 4. C 4. C. 9. C.

5. D. 10. D. 5. A. 5. C. 10. B.

6. E

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