Figures of Speech:

Emblem of
Symbols

Prepared by
Mr. Benedict B. Diaz, LPT
High School Teacher
 Semi-detailed Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan for GRADE 7 ENGLISH

I. Objectives
At any point in the two-hour period per week, students are able to
A. Use symbols in giving information through drawing out details,
B. Identify figures of speech in a sentence through observations, and
C. Distinguish figures of speech from one another by asking questions.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Figures of Speech

Title: Figures of Speech: Emblem of Symbols
Reference:
Book Source:
1. A Journey to Anglo-American Literature (Learner’s Material)
Internet Source:
1. Literary Devices. (n.d.). Figure of Speech. Retrieved on May 11,
2021 from https://literarydevices.net/figure-of-speech/
2. Shun Hing College. (2021). [SHC World Poetry Month] “First, A
Poem Must Be Magical” by Jose Garcia Villa. Retrieved on May 11,
2021 from https://shunhingcollege.medium.com/shc-world-poetry-
month-first-a-poem-must-be-magical-by-jose-garcia-villa-
e2ba38d83580
Materials:
1. Laptop
2. Internet
3. Powerpoint Presentation
4. Google Meet

III. Procedure

A. Introductory activities (5 minutes)

1. Classroom Management
2. Greetings
3. Checking of Attendance
4. Review of the previous lesson

B. Pre-developmental Activities
Task 1. Charades (10 minutes)
Directions: Students will be divided into four (4) groups. Each group
must answer the hidden message of the given picture they will pick at
the screen in just two (2) minutes. The categories are divided with
corresponding points: Easy (1), Hard (3), and Very Hard (5). Every
correct answer, the group must change representative. The group who
has a higher score after the time wins.

Note: PASS is NOT allowed.

Easy Average Hard

- With a Smile - This is me - Stay
- Thinking out loud - Secret love song - Stay stay stay
- The man who - Shake it off - Titanium
can’t be moved - Back to December - Terrified
- Look what you - Treat you better - Bad blood
made me do - Locked away -Everything has
- Chandelier - Dear future changed
 Process Questions:

1. How do you describe the given pictures?

2. What techniques did you use in order your group identify the
hidden message?
3. Do the given pictures able to conceal the hidden message?

C. Developmental Activities

Task 2. Literary Text

Directions: Read the text and answer the questions provided after
reading. The text will be read twice. The first reading will be the teacher.
The second reading will be coming from a volunteer reader in the class.

First, A Poem Must Be Magical

By Jose Garcia Villa

First, a poem must be magical,

Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving
And hold secret a bird’s flowering
It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well.
It must have the wisdom of bows
And it must kneel like a rose.
It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer.
It must be able to hide
What it seeks, like a bride.
And over all I would like to hover
God, smiling from the poem’s cover

Process questions:
1. What can you say about the poem?
2. What have you felt as you read the poem?
3. Are there other parts in your life where you read a poem and you
felt the same way one should feal as the given poem mentioned?
Presentation of New Lesson

Figures of Speech

1. Simile
- most commonly used literary device
- refers to the practice of drawing parallels or comparison
between two unrelated and dissimilar objects.
- marks by the use of the words as or like.
Examples:
Katy Perry’s concert were like a black and white television
because of the dull moments happen at the middle of the
concert.
Taylor swift became as wild as an animal in singing when
she uploaded her music video’s “Look what you made me
do.”

2. Metaphor
- A direct comparison of two unrelated objects without the use of
like or as.
Examples:
Katy Perry’s concert were a black and white television
because of the dull moments happen at the middle of the
concert.
Taylor swift became an animal in singing when she
uploaded her music video’s “Look what you made me do.”

3. Personification
- a figure of speech in which an object, abstract idea, or animal
is given human characteristics.
Examples:
Ed Sheeran’s guitar sings all his feelings.
The wind whispers to his ears.

4. Oxymoron
- allows to use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed
together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a
strange amd slighly complex manner.
Examples:
The dark light fills my dressing room.
She possessed a cold fire in her eyes when we met
again.

5. Apostrophe
- An address to someone who is absent and cannot hear the
speaker, pr to something nonhuman that cannot understand
what it is said.
Examples:
Come change, come change; come in the middle of haze.
Oh, Romeo, Please do hear my love at this very night.

6. Hyperbole
- exaggeration for emphasis; overstatement.
Examples:
 I have already eaten a ton of books preparing for my
upcoming exams.
My assignment gives breath to my friends for I allowed
them to copy mine.

7. Understatement
- the opposite of hyperbole which makes little something
important.
Examples:
She said that her sprained knees were just a scratch for
her.
She was touched by her boyfriend’s kick.

D. Post-developmental activities
Task 3. Matching Power!
Directions: Identify the figure of speech used in the given sentence.
Choose the best answer from the column B.

A B

F 1. I can treat you better than he can A. Apostrophe

like what my mother did for me. B. Hyperbole
E 2. The fireworks danced for us. C. Metaphor
B 3. With her body, I think, the wind D. Oxymoron
would probably bring her. E. Personification
D 4. The big baby cries. F. Simile
C 5. Her award for her song is a picture G. Understatement
of her life.

Task 4. Collaborative Work

Directions: Create a group of 4-5 members. Answer the questions
correctly. The game is composed of three (3) rounds consisting of five (5)
questions per round: easy (1 point), Average (3 points), and hard (5
points). Also, there are two bonus questions worth of ten (10) points
each. Each group will only be given 30 seconds to answer.

Note: Students are pre-assigned to bring chalk and 1/8 illustration

board.

EASY (1 point)

1. The leaves dances gracefully with the sun.

A. Simile C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Oxymoron
2. Her book is like her bestfriend, making a company with her.
A. Simile C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Oxymoron
3. Your face will be as thick as a book when you did not bring back my
money.
A. Simile C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Oxymoron
4. My ex-girlfriend sang a peaceful hard-rock song.
A. Simile C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Oxymoron
5. Singing is my best buddy whenever I have problems.
A. Simile C. Personification
 B. Metaphor D. Oxymoron

AVERAGE (3 points)

6. My best friend is just a dog following her boyfriends deed.

A. Metaphor C. Apostrophe
B. Hyperbole D. Oxymoron
7. Oh, Music, please possess me with your powers.
A. Metaphor C. Apostrophe
B. Hyperbole D. Oxymoron
8. It is raining cats and dogs.
A. Metaphor C. Apostrophe
B. Hyperbole D. Oxymoron
9. We have a blank space in our relationship.
A. Metaphor C. Apostrophe
B. Hyperbole D. Oxymoron
10. Baby, you’re a firework!
A. Metaphor C. Apostrophe
B. Hyperbole D. Oxymoron

HARD (5 points)

11. We agree to disagree. Oxymoron

12. My sister is already a mother to us. Metaphor
13. She said that she just kissed her bitten lip. Understatement
14. All she does was just to stand a million hours a day because of the
rehearsals. Hyperbole
15. I finished our project after my conscience shouts to me.
Personification

BONUS QUESTIONS (10 points)

16. We heard a deafening silence in our room. Oxymoron

17. All the world’s a stage. Metaphor

IV. Assignment (Pair Activity)

Watch the film, “Paper Towns,” and get at least 10 lines containing
figurative languages. Then, identify the figure of speech presented in your
chosen line. Write your answer in a document form and send it to your
teacher before next meeting.

Prepared by: Mr. Benedict B. Diaz, LPT