Amira Bianca M. Labasan
BSN 1-8
Module 5 Activities
My alcohol consumption got worst when I
started drinking on my own to give
"feelings"to what I was writing and even
just to be able to go to sleep.
Activity 3: We’ll Figure It Out
1. Emotive words: Words that stir up
emotions
7. Evoke sympathies Make the reader feel
sorry for something or someone
Thinking of what could have happened
because of alcohol abuse makes me shiver
now.
An abused body will capitulate sooner
than later
2. Rhetorical questions: Questions that the
reader answers in his mind
The young living life at breakneck speed
seems to be the norm.
Does one really need to abuse one self to
afford the chance for recovery?
3. Contradictory statement: A statement
that contradicts or overturns a previous
statement
It is a tragedy though if not a mockery, if
one will give a sick dilapidated oneself to
others or that one cannot render any
service because one is too sick or
incapacitated.
4. Power of 3: They come in threes used in
sequence-nouns, adjectives, adverbs,
and the like
Right after graduating from the Academy
my classmates and I would gather at
Shakey's Cubao for a night out and start
with a pitcher of beer each
5. Personal pronouns: Using first-person
and second-person pronouns like “we,”
“us,” and “you” to make the writing
more engaging
We went from beer to gin to rum to
whisky. Getting drunk meant we had a great
time My alcohol consumption got worst
when I started drinking on my own. There
are wages for everuthing we do.
6. Humor: Witty and amusing expression
of a viewpoint
8. Hyperbole: Intentional exaggeration for
emphasis
9. Repetition of key words and phrases
Deliberate use of the same word or
phrase more than once for emphasis
And I thought then I was strono, I was
healthy, I was superman. No, I was not. I
was 31 and, even though my outward
appearance did not show, I was very sick.
10. Catchy phrase: Distinctive or eccentric
word or phrase to attract attention and
easy recall
It is said that to give oneself to others, to
render service to those in need, is life's
raison d'etre
11. Figures of speech: Figurative language
like similes and metaphors to add color
to the writing and awaken the
imagination
All caution is thrown to the wind, and
prudence is replaced by flooring the gas. It
is almost a competition.
12. Anecdote: Short story to illustrate a
point
For 5 long years, my body took the abuse
without complaint I could play a pelota
from morning until night: I could run the 10Kin 30 minutes or so. I was solid, I strong
When I got married in 1982, I stopped
drinking completely. We immigrated to the
US in 1986 and had a full physical. My
doctor said at that point that I had elevated
liver enzymes and a Fatty liver due to
alcohol abuse It took another five years or
10 years total, of completely not drinking
before my liver was back to normal!
13. Play on the reader's guilt Make the
reader feel bad about something
There are wages for everything we do.
Those wages, we pay, in one way or
another.
14. Imagery: Vivid words to create a picture
in the mind
it is very common to see the young
engage in vices the sick and the dead have
engaged in.
15. Quotation Inspirational and wise sayings
to support a point
In daily life, they inscribed "nothing
overmuch"
16. Parallel structure Expressing ideas in the
same grammatical structure
I have never been a smoker, and I was an
exercise fiend. Plus, I did not overeat.
17. Statistics: Factual data like numbers
used in a persuasive way
I could run the 10-K in 30 minutes. It took
another five vears, or 10 vears total, of
completelu not arinking before my liver was
back to normal!
18. Short sentences Intended to create
punch grab attention, signal completion
Are they worth it? The riskier one lives, the
more he is idolized.
19. Shock tactics Words and phrases that
have powerful associations or
connotations
Youth defies time and logic.
20. Local color: Historical or geographical
reference to cause the writer to identify
with the reader
The Greeks have learned from the
Roman's excesses which caused the fall of
their empire.
21. Fragments Deliberate use of incomplete
sentences for style and impact (used by
seasoned writers)
Our reason for existing.