Detailed Lesson Plan in Grade 11- Creative Writing
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Most Essential Learning Competency (MELC):
HUMSS_CW/MP11/12-Iab-4 : Use imagery, diction, figures of speech, and specific
experiences
Objectives
Define what is figure of speech.
Identify the types of figures of speech in creative writing.
Write a paragraph employing the different figures of speech
Subject matter:
Topic: Figures of Speech
Competency: Writing and speaking
References: 1. Creative Writing Module 1 p. 16-19
Materials: Laptop, TV, Chalkboard
Values Integration: Cooperation
III. Learning Procedures
Teacher’s Activity
A. Preliminary activities
 Greetings
 Arrange chairs properly
 Pick up pieces of paper
 Sit properly
 Checking of attendance using seat plan.
B. Recall
 What was our lesson yesterday?
 What is diction?
C. Motivation
 Present and ask the students of the question.
1. Which of the following is the figurative meaning of
the the word “ chemistry?
D. Presentation
 Present the lesson on figures of speech
Sebranek (1996) stated that a figure of speech is a phrase or
word having different meanings than its literal meanings. It conveys
Student’s Activity
Students will do the instruction.
Diction
It is a style of speaking or writing which is
determined by the choice of words..
Students will answer
Students will listen to the discussion.
meaning by identifying or comparing one thing to another which has
connotation.1
The following are the examples of Figures of Speech:
FIGURES OF
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE/S
SPEECH
Personification
This occurs when
writers give human
traits to inanimate
objects.
How soon hath Time,
the subtle thief of youth
Metaphor
An expression that
makes a comparison
between two
seemingly unlike
things.
My hasting days fly on
with full career,
But my late spring no
bud or blossom show’th
The Lord is my
shepherd; I shall not
want.
Simile
A figure of speech that
uses the word like or
as to make a
comparison
between two unlike
things
Hyperbole
An expression that
greatly exaggerates
facts and ideas for
humorous effect or for
emphasis
She walks in beauty,
like the night
Of cloudless climes and
starry skies;
-George Gordon, Lord
Byron
My vegetable love
should grow
Vaster than empires
and more slow
-Andrew Marvell
Paradox
A statement that seems
contradictory in
ordinary experience
but reveals the hidden
truth
That fire which all
things melts, should
harden ice:
And ice which is
congealed with
senseless cold
-Sonnet 30,
1
Student will read.
Edmund Spencer
Allusion
An indirect reference
to a person, place,
event of a literary
work with which the
author believes the
reader will be familiar
For thine is the
Kingdom
Between the conception
And the creating
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the shadow
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Metonymy
Pun
Occurs when a part is
represented by whole
or conversely
Wheels-car
Two contradictory
terms used together
Peace force
The use of linked term
to stand in for an
object or concept
Pen stands for the
written word.
The manipulation of
words that have more
than one meaning,
brings humor to the
expression
Whoever hath her wish,
thou hast thy Will,
Hired hands- workers
Sweet sorrow
Sword for military
aggression
And Will to boot, and
Will in overplus
-Sonnet 135 by
William Shakespeare
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Irony
A contrast between the
situation and what is
reality, a difference
between the surface
meaning of something
that is said and the
underlying meaning
You are so beautiful.
(when in fact she is not
beautiful).
E. Activity
Instructions: On ¼ sheet of paper, identify what type of figures of
speech is being described.
1. An expression that makes a comparison between two seemingly
unlike things.
2. A statement made emphatic by overstatement
3. An indirect reference to a person, place, event of a literary work
with which the author believes the reader will be familiar.
4. A figure of speech which combines two seemingly, contradictory
words for sharp emphasis or effect
5. This consists of a play on the various meanings of a word.
6. It is a direct address to some inanimate thing or some abstract idea
as if it were living or present.
7. It is an attribution of personal nature, intelligence or character to
inanimate objects or abstract notions
8. This appears when two unlike things are explicitly compared. It is
introduced by words such as like, so, as etc.
9. A statement that seems contradictory in ordinary experience but
actually reveals the hidden truth.
10. This occurs when a part is represented by whole or conversely.
F. Application
Instruction: Write sentences with figures of speech using the following
words. Answer in your CW notebook.
1. Rice fields - simile
2. Music - metaphor
3. Meriam Santiago - synecdoche
4. Mary Magdalene - allusion
5. Wind - personification
G. Generalization
 Ask the students 0f the following.
1. What is a figure of speech?
Students will answer.
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metaphor
hyperbole
allusion
oxymoron
pun
apostrophe
personification
simile
paradox
synecdoche
Students answer may vary
It is a phrase or word having different
meanings than its literal meanings.
2. What are the types of figure of speech?
metaphor, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron,
pun, apostrophe, personification, simile,
paradox, synecdoche, metonymy, irony
3. Give examples on each type of figures of speech.
Students answer may vary
IV.
Evaluation:
Instruction: Choose a topic below and write a paragraph about it. Apply the types of figures of speech you
have learned. You may use your experiences in accomplishing this task. Do this in your notebook.
1. Your family
2. Your Journey as a Student
3. Your Dream Job
PREPARED BY:
NENIA M. NEBRIDA
Student Intern
APPROVED BY:
LISLIE D. ROYO
English Coordinator