Lesson 5

• Poetry


  Literary type written in lines, characterized by rhythm, sound, imagery, and form. Its main purpose is to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas.
• Prose


  Literary type that applies a natural flow of speech and grammatical structures, mainly consisting of complete sentences arranged logically and sequentially in a paragraph form.
• Fiction


  Literary type that is a product of the writer's wild imagination and creative thinking, where the characters react to the conflict and various issues central to the main idea of a literary work.
• Non-fiction


  Stories inspired by real events where the writers aim to present, interpret, or describe experiences based on facts.
• Lyric poetry


  The most common type of poetry that focuses on expressing feelings rather than telling a story.
• Legend


  A traditional fiction that discusses how things on earth were created.
• Tanaga


  A mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain indigenous type of Filipino poem expressing insights and lessons on life.
• Proverb


  Expresses norms or codes of behavior, community beliefs and instill values by offering nuggets of wisdom in short rhyming verse.
• Literary Devices


  Typical structures used by writers to convey their message.
• Imagery


  The use of visually descriptive or figurative language to create visual representation of actions, objects, and ideas in our mind in such a way that they appeal to our senses.
• Mood


  The emotion that the author wants the reader to feel. Also refers to the atmosphere that is prevalent in the poem.
• Figures of Speech


  Words or group of words that must be taken in a non-literal sense in order to understand the meaning.
• Simile


  Comparison of two unlike objects using 'as" or "like".
• Metaphor


  An implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics.
• Hyperbole


  An exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
• Personification


  Human qualities are given to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract term.
• Alliteration


  A repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words.