ASEAN Notes 2
ASEAN Notes 2
ASEAN Notes 2
Hyperbole (Pagmamalabis)
• Hyperbole is a purposeful exaggeration not
meant to be taken literally. It is used to
emphasize or draw attention to a certain
element in a story.
Allegory
• The characters are representative of some
larger humanistic trait and attempt to convey
some larger lesson or meaning in life.
• such forms as fable and parable may have
meaning on two or more levels that the
Simile (Pagtutulad o Simili) reader can understand only through an
• Makes a comparison of two unrelated things interpretive process.
to show common quality between them using
“like” or “as.”
• Example: “She smiles like the sun”
Simile
• As cold as ice
• As busy as a bee
• As light as a feather
• Swim like a fish
• Fight like cats and dogs
• As black as coal
• Brave as a lion
Importance of Literature
• One of the chief purposes of literature is a
means of exploring what is to be human.
• A way of communicating with others about a
huge range of ideas and concerns.
• Allows a person to step back in time and
learn about life on Earth from the ones who
walked before us.
• Appreciation for other cultures and beliefs.
• Literature improves your command of
language.
• It teaches you about the life, cultures and
experiences of people in other parts of the
Allusion world.
• A reference to something in history, culture, • It makes you a wiser and more experienced
or literature person by forcing you to judge, sympathize
with, or criticize the characters you read
about.
Kinds of Literature
• Literature is divided into two (2) kinds
namely:
1. Fictional
2. Non-Fictional
• Fictional Literature is imaginary composed
writing or work of art that is meant to provide
information, education, and entertainment to
the reader.
• In other words, fictional literature is based
on the writer’s imagination rather than reality.
• Non – fictional Literature is factual writing
or written work that is gives facts that can be
proved as it provides real places, events,
characters, times or reality rather than
imaginary things.
Types of Poetry
1. Lyric Poetry
2. Narrative Poetry
3. Descriptive Poetry
Lyric Poetry
Lyric poetry refers to a short poem, often with
songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker's
personal emotions and feelings.
Ode
A short Iyric poem that praises an individual, an
idea, or an event.
Epic
A long, often book-length, narrative in verse form
that retells the heroic journey of a single person, or
group of persons.
Sound Devices:
1. Alliteration
2. Assonance
3. Consonance
4. Onomatopoeia
5. Rhyme
6. Rhythm
Figurative Devices:
1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Personification
4. Irony
5. Metonymy
6. Synecdoche