Reading for Appreciation and

Enjoyment Heighten awareness of three structure of

literature selections Enhance appreciation of stylistic options

Compare different interpretative strategies

Let’s get the most out of literature

• Reading literary selections, be they poems, short stories, novels, plays, or essays, not only provide pleasures.

To understand a poem, ask yourself the following questions:

1. Who is the author of the poem? What is the purpose of the author?

2. What is the title of the poem? Is it related to the subject and theme of the poem?

3. What is the genre of the poem?

To understand a poem, ask yourself the following questions:

4. What is the format of the poem? Haiku?, Tanka?, Cinquain? Or a Diamante?

5. Does the poem use sound devices? Is the poem in free verse or in some regular meter?

6. Does the poem contain images that appeal to different senses?

7. Does the poem contain figures of speech? Do they help projecting tone and in conveying the theme?

8. What is the setting of the poem? How is it related to the mood of the poem?

9. What is the theme of the poem?

To understand a poem, ask yourself the following questions:

10.Can you infer about the speaker? If so, what is it?

11.What is the plot of the poem, if it is a narrative or dramatic poem?

12.What can you infer about the characters or about the relationships of the characters of the poem, if it is a narrative or dramatic poem?

To understand a poem, ask yourself the following questions:

Literature • Related to the feeling of people

whether it is true or just a product of their imagination.

Kinds:Prose Poetry

Different Kinds Of Prose

Prose (non-metrical)  is a form of language that exhibits

a grammatical structure and a natural flow of speech, rather than a rhythmic structure as in traditional poetry. Where the common unit of verse is based on meter or rhyme, the common unit of prose is purely grammatical, such as a sentence or paragraph

Examples of Prosea.) Novels

- a long narrative divided into chapters and events are taken from true to life stories.

Example: Harry Potter(J.K. Rowling)

b.) Short Story- this is a narrative involving one

or more characters, one plot and one single impression.

Example:The Laughter Of My Father

(Carlos Bulosan)

c.) Plays- this is presented on a stage, is

divided into acts and each act has many scene. Example:

Thirteen Place (Wilfredo M. Guerrero)

d.) Legends - these are fictions narratives

usually about origins.

Example:The Bicol Legend

(Pio Durant)

e.) Fables - these are also fictions and they

deal with animals and inanimate things who speak and act like people and their purpose is to enlighten the minds of children to events that can mold their ways and attitudes.

Example: The Monkey And The Turtle

f.) Anecdotes - these are merely products of the

writers imagination and the main aim is to bring out lessons to the readers.

Example: The Moth And The Lamp

(Jose Rizal)

g.) Essay -This expresses the view point or opinion of the writer about a particular problem or event.

The best example of this is the editorial page of a news paper.

h.) Biography -This deals with the life of a person which maybe about himself, his autobiography or that of other.Example:

Cayetano arellano Socorro O. Albert

i.) News -This is a report of everyday events in society, government, science, and industry, and accidents happening nationally or not.

j.) Oration -This is a formal treatment of a subject and intended to be spoken in public.It appeals to the intellect, to the will or to the emotions of the audience

Different Kinds Of Poetry

Poetry (metrical) A piece of writing that partakes of

the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure

Lyric PoemExpresses the observations and

feeling of a single speakerExamples:

Folk songs (awiting bayan)Songs

Psalms (dalit)

Narrative PoemsAre stories told in prose. Often

narrative poems, even ballads have all the elements of short stories, such as plot, characters and setting

Examples:Epics

Ballads

Dramatic Poemsis any drama that is written in verse that

is meant to be recited. It usually tells a story or refers to a situation. This would include closet drama, dramatic monologues, and rhyme verse.

Examples: Comedy

Tragedy Melodrama

Poems maybe in the form of Haiku

• An unrhymed verse form, consisting of three lines.

• The first and third lines contain five syllables while the second line consists of seven syllables.

Examples of Haiku (Aida Villanueva)

The python got upWhen I walked on the dry grass

Afterwards, he was still.

A Tanka is another verse form

• It has thirty-one syllables arranged in five lines (five, seven, five, seven, seven)

Examples of Tanka(Aida Villanueva)

The angry wind blowsThe branches of tree move

I shiver with fear.Then the sky groans and it criesDread seizes me and I swoon.

A Cinquain is a poetic unrhymed form consisting of five lines.

It comes in three formats:

Pattern #1: Line 1: One word Line 2: Two words Line 3: Three words Line 4: Four words Line 5: One word

Pattern #2: Line 1: A noun Line 2: Two adjectives Line 3: Three-ing words

Line 4: A phrase Line 5: Another word for

the noun  Pattern #3: Line 1: Two syllables

Line 2: Four syllables Line 3: Six syllables Line 4: Eight Syllables Line 5: Two syllables

Example of Cinquain(Aida Villanueva)

SolitudeIneffable joyThat’s my life

When I hear youPeace

A Diamante is a seven-line, diamond-shaped poem. It has the following formats:

Line 1: a noun that contrast line 7Line 2: two adjectives that describe line 1Line 3: three action verbs that relate to line 1Line 4: four nouns, the first two relate to line 1; the last two relate to line 7.Line 5: three action verbs that relate to line 7Line 6: two adjectives that describes line 7Line 7: a noun that contrasts the line 1

Example of Diamante(Aida Villanueva)

peacetranquil, placid

musing, meditating, contemplatingserenity, calmness, gloom, death

crying, suffering, writhingsorrowful, deplorable

war

Thank you!

Reported By:Rajieve Balicao