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MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL-ROSARIO-ADS, INC.

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Rosario, Agusan Del Sur
Government Recognition No. 208, s. 1977
School ID No. 405938

Carmelian Education: Wisdom in the Light of Faith lived in Love!

REVIEWER IN ENGLISH 9

Read the following poems with comprehension.


The key to understand it is to ANALYZE.

POEMS
POEM 1

POEM 2
The Rainy Day
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;


It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the moldering wall, A Time to Talk
But at every gust the dead leaves fall, Robert Frost
And the day is dark and dreary.
When a friend calls to me from the road
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary; And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
It rains, and the wind is never weary; I don’t stand still and look around
My thoughts still cling to the moldering past, On all the hills I haven’t hoed,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast And shout from where I am, What is it?
And the days are dark and dreary. No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Blade-end up and five feet tall,
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; And plod: I go up to the stone wall
Thy fate is the common fate of all, For a friendly visit.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Study the following figurative languages.


What Is Figurative Language?

In contrast, figurative language uses different figures of speech to make the content
more persuasive or to have a greater impact. Figurative language uses figures of speech such as
metaphors, similes or an oxymoron to make the message more meaningful. A writer uses
figurative language to create more interesting and often colorful content.

What are the most common types of figurative language?

1. Simile – is a comparison of two unlike things that uses "like" or "as."


Examples:
 His baby brother is as loud as a police siren.
 She is as beautiful as Ma’am Leizyl. (chaaaar! HAHA)
 Teacher Leizyl is like an angel. (Teacher Leizyl is being compared to an angel, that’s
why it’s a simile.)

2. Metaphor – is also a comparison of two unlike things, but it does not use like or
as.

Examples:
 She is a red rose. (They are two unlike things that is being compared.)
 I am an angel. (There is a direct comparison between I and an angel, that’s
why it is a metaphor.)

3. Personification – is giving human qualities to non-human things.

Examples:
 The trees danced in the night air. (trees – non-human; danced – human
qualities)
 The rain wept down the window.

4. Hyperbole – is an extreme exaggeration.

Examples:
 Mrs. Earl gave us a mountain of homework.
 I will give you the land and the sky. (Are you sure that you can really
give it? No, right? So, it’s an extreme exaggeration wherein everyone
couldn’t believe it.)

5. Alliteration – is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.

Examples:
 The teacher taught Tots how to count to ten.
 She sells sea shells on the sea shore.

6. Onomatopeia – is the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning.

Examples:
 The fly buzzed around the room. (buzzed – sound of the fly)
 “Ding-Dong! Ding-Dong!” rang the bell. (Ding-Dong – sound of the
bell)
ACRONYM

Another way to enrich your vocabulary is through acronyms. Are you familiar with
acronyms? An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial components of a word or
phrase.

Types of acronyms:

 made of initial letters; pronounced as a word


Laser – Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation
Scuba – Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 contains non-initial letters; pronounced as a word


Interpol – International Criminal Police Organization
DepEd – Department of Education

 mixture of initial and non-initial letters which is pronounced as a word


AIDS – Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Radar – Radio Detection and Ranging
Sonar – Sound Navigation and Ranging

 combined pronunciation of spelled out letters and word


DVD-ROM – Digital Versatile Disc Read-only Memory
JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group
PHILCOA – Philippine Coconut Authority

 pronounced only as a string of letters


BIR – Bureau of Internal Revenue
PDEA – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
PDA – Philippine Dental Association

Post Scriptum. (P.S) If there’s some part of the concept that you didn’t understand, just don’t
hesitate to ask me on my messenger  - TEACHER LEIZYL.

STUDY SMART NOT STUDY HARD! 

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