Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
COMPUTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL OF BICOLANDIA
San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur

Lesson Plan
Grade x

I.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session, the students will be able to:
a. Identify the Figures of Speech;
b. Construct a sentence using the Figures of Speech; and
c. Determine what Figures of Speech are used in the sentence.

II.

III.

SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic: Figures of Speech
B. References: Celebrating Diversity Through World Literature; English 10 Learners Material
Module 4: Rebuilding Our Societies
C. Materials: Manila papers, Markers and Activity Worksheets
D. Concepts: Figures of Speech- is a word or phrase that has a meaning something different
than its literal meaning.
E. Process Skills: Stating, Performing and Citing
F. Values Integration: Patience and Cooperation in group activity, Humility and Respect in
answering the questions.
G. Duration: 1 Hour
H. Methodology: 3Is Approach (Introduction, Interaction, Integration)

PROCEDURE
TEACHERS HINTS
1. PRELIMINARIES
a. Greetings
b. Prayer
c. Securing cleanliness and
orderliness

TEACHERS ACTIVITY

STUDENTS ACTIVITY

Good morning class!

Good morning maam!

(The star of the day will lead the

prayer)

Let us all put ourselves in the

presence of the Lord

Before taking your seats, pick up

first the pieces of papers around
you and also under your chairs
and then throw it to the trashcan.

(Students will pick the papers up)

You may now take your seats.

d. Checking of attendance

Ill be checking now your

attendance. Say present once
your name is called.

e. Recall

Who Can recall of what we have

discussed last meeting?
Thank you. Thats right. Again,
What are Cohesive Devices?

Very good. Who can tell me the

four Cohesive Devices?

Very nice. Thank you for that

(Students will now take their

seats)

(Student) Last time we discussed

about Cohesive Devices.
(Student) Cohesive Devices helps
to guide readers through writing,
and to link sentences, paragraphs
and sections both forwards and
backwards.
(Student) The four Cohesive
Devices are Repetition of a Key
Term or Phrase, Synonyms,
Pronouns and Transitional Words.
(Student) Yes Maam.

wonderful retention. I hope you

will never forget that.
2. Motivation

I have here a conversation

between a boy and a girl. I want
all boys to read the statement of
the boy and all girls to read what
the girl had said to the boy.

Thank you. What did you notice in

their conversation?
Very good. What makes you think
that the girl rejects the love of
the boy?

Exactly! Then why do you think

the girl used the lemon grass to
express or say what she felt
instead telling it directly?

3. LESSON PROPER
a. Introduction

b. Interaction

(Boys) Love is just a word until

you came in and gave it a
meaning.
(Girls) Im so sorry but my love
for you is just like the flower of a
lemon grass.
(Student) The boy expresses his
love to the girl but the girl seems
to reject it.
(Student) It is because the
phrase just like the flower of a
lemon grass that means she
dont love the boy since lemon
grass has no flower at all.
(Student) It is because the girl
also thinks of what will the bot
feel if she directly tell him that
she dont love him.

Very good. Sometimes people use

a word or phrase that has a
meaning something different than
its literal meaning to avoid
hurting other peoples feeling. We
often use things to duplicate the
actual words that we really mean
to create pictures in the mind of
the reader or listener. These
pictures help convey the meaning
faster and more vividly than
words alone.

These words or phrase are

related to our lesson for today
which is the Figure of Speech.
Group yourselves into four. Lets
have an activity which is the
Magic Square. Select from the
numbered statements the best
description for each of the
concepts. Put the number of your
answers in the proper space in
the Magic Square. The sum of
the numbers will be the same
across each row and down each
column. Each correct answer is
worth 1 point, and if you find the
Magic Number you get an
additional four points.
After 15 mins we will check
whether your answers were
correct. Okay youre timer starts
now.

(Student)
A. Alliteration- 16. Is the
repetition of beginning sound.

(After 15 mins)
Times up! Lets check your
answers.

B. Allusion- 3. A figure of speech

that makes a reference to a
place, person or something that
happened.
C. Hyperbole- 2. A figure of
speech that makes things seem
much bigger than they really
were by using grandiose
depictions of everyday things.
D. Irony- 13. A figure of speech
that tries to use a word in a literal
sense that debunks what has just
been said.
E. Metaphor- 8. An implied
comparison between two unlike
things that actually have
something important in common.
F. Metonymy- 11. A figure of
speech in which one word or
phrase is substituted for another
with which it is closely
associated; also, the rhetorical
strategy of describing something
indirectly by referring to things
around it.
G. Onomatopoeia- 10. The use
of words that imitate the sounds
associated with the depicts or
actions they refer to.
H. Oxymoron- 5. A figure of
speech in which incongruous or
contradictory terms appear side
by side.
I. Paradox- 12. A figure of
speech completely contradicts
itself in the same sentence.
J. Personification- 7. A figure of
speech in which an inanimate
object or abstraction is endowed
with human qualities or abilities.
K. Simile- 6. A stated
comparison (usually formed with
like or as) between two
fundamentally dissimilar things
that have certain qualities in
common.
L. Litotes- 9. A figure of speech
consisting of an understatement
in which an affirmative is
expressed by negating its

opposite.
M. Analogy- 4. It is a
comparison in which an idea or a
thing is compared to another
thing that is quite different from
it.
N. Allegory- 15. A story in
which the characters and events
are symbols that stand for ideas
about human life or for a political
or historical situation.
c. Integration

Very good class. All your answers

are correct.
Now, who can give an example of
each Figure of Speech?

O. Caesura- 14. A usually

rhetorical break in the flow of
sound in the middle of a line of
verse.
P. Deus ex Machina- 1. A
character or thing that suddenly
enters the story in a novel, play,
movie, etc., and solves a problem
that had previously seemed
impossible to solve.

(Student)
A. Alliteration
Alices aunt ate apples and acorns
around August.
B. Allusion
I was surprised his nose was not
growing like Pinocchios. This
refers to the story of Pinocchio,
where his nose grew whenever he
told a lie. It is from The
Adventures of Pinocchio, written
by Carlo Collodi.
C. Hyperbole

I have a million things to do.

D. Irony
The name of Britains biggest dog
was Tiny.
E. Metaphor
You fixed my broken heart.
Broken heart - Your heart is not
literally broken into pieces; you
just feel hurt and sad.
F. Metonymy
England decides to keep check on
immigration. (England refers to
the government.)

G. Onomatopoeia
Arf- Arf/ Aw- Aw (Bark)
H. Oxymoron
Where are the original copies?
I. Paradox
If you didn't get this message,
call me.
J. Personification
The wind howled in the night.
K. Simile
cute as a kitten, comparing the
way someone looks to the way a
kitten looks
L. Litotes
Your apartment is not unclean.
M. Analogy
How a doctor diagnoses diseases
is like how a detective
investigates crimes.
N. Allegory
Squealer represents Propaganda.
Very good class. You really
learned a lot from the lesson.

O. Caesura
It is for you we speak, || not for
ourselves: You are abused || and
by some putter- onWhat art
can a woman be good at? || Oh,
vain!
P. Deus ex Machina
Helen: Theoclymenos is furious
when Helen and Menelaus trick
him and run away together .In
consequence, he tries to murder
his sister for not telling him that
Menelaus was not dead. The
demi-gods Castor and
Polydeuces, Helens brothers and
sons of Zeus and Leda, appear
astonishingly to interrupt.

IV.

EVALUATION
Determine what Figure of Speech is used in the sentence. Choose the letter of the correct answer and
write your answers only in a sheet of paper.
1. The camel is the ship of the desert.
a. Metaphor
b. Simile

c. Oxymoron
d. Analogy

2. I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!
a. Alliteration
b. Onomatopoeia

c. Litotes
d. Hyperbole

3. Let's just say that Ms. Hilton is not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
a. Paradox
b. Litotes

c. Irony
d. Allegory

4. The chug-a, chug-a, chug-a of the train echoed down the hill, while a cloud of smoke rose up to the
blue western sky.
a. Simile
b. Metonymy

c. Irony
d. Onomatopoeia

5. Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay

a. Personification
b. Hyperbole

c. Allusion
d. Metaphor

6. Pitching pennies with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a pitter-patter of rain outside the Pitti Palace. (James
Thurber, Lanterns and Lances, 1961)

a. Simile
b. Alliteration

c. Caesura
d. Oxymoron

7. The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet. At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk (Billy Corgan, "Thirtythree")

a. Oxymoron
b. Simile

c. Deus ex Machina
d. Personification

8. I dig my toes into the sand. The ocean looks like A thousand diamonds strewn, Across a blue blanket.
(Incubus, "Wish You Were Here")
a. Metaphor
b. Onomatopoeia

c. Simile
d. Analogy

9. The pen is mightier than the sword.

a. Metaphor
b. Simile

c. Metonymy
d. Litotes

10. I posted a video on YouTube about how boring and useless YouTube is.
a. Irony
c. Alliteration
b. Onomatopoeia
d. Personification

V.

ASSIGNMENT
Read the story The Mat by Francisco Arcellana.

Thats all for today class. Study your lessons. Goodbye!

Prepared by:
GRACE ANN MARIE C. PALENCIA
Practice Teacher

Submitted to:
DAVID M. BERNARDINO
Cooperating Teacher

ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS
MAGIC SQUARE
Select from the numbered statements the best description for each of the concepts. Put the
number of your answers in the proper space in the Magic Square. The sum of the numbers will be the
same across each row and down each column. Each correct answer is worth 1 point, and if you find the
Magic Number you get an additional four points.
CONCEPTS
A. Alliteration
B. Allusion
C. Hyperbole

MEANINGS
1. A character or thing that suddenly enters the story in a novel, play,
movie, etc., and solves a problem that had previously seemed impossible to
solve.
2. A figure of speech that makes things seem much bigger than they really
were by using grandiose depictions of everyday things.

D. Irony
E. Metaphor
F. Metonymy

3. A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person or

something that happened.
4. It is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another
thing that is quite different from it.

G. Onomatopoeia
H. Oxymoron
I. Paradox

5. A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear

side by side.
6. A stated comparison (usually formed with like or as) between two
fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.

J. Personification
K. Simile
L. Litotes

7. A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed

with human qualities or abilities.
8. An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have
something important in common.

M. Analogy
N. Allegory
O. Caesura

9. A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an

affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
10. The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the depicts or
actions they refer to.

P. Deus ex Machina
11. A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for
another with which it is closely associated; also, the rhetorical strategy of
describing something indirectly by referring to things around it.
12. A figure of speech completely contradicts itself in the same sentence.
13. A figure of speech that tries to use a word in a literal sense that
debunks what has just been said.
14. A usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of
verse.
15. A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for
ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation.
16. Is the repetition of beginning sound.