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Worksheet No. 2– Typhoons and Coñotations

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General Instructions:
A. Provide human qualities or traits (personifications) mentioned in the following lines
of the poem “Typhoons”.

Rubrics for this Activity:

Accuracy & Content- 30
Mechanics/Grammar-10
Language Use-10
Total- 50

1. The heavens crawl with crackling electricity

What is being personified? - _____________________

What human trait or quality is given? - _____________________

2. And whiplash of wet, demented monsters: Turning wildly they tore every roof

What is being personified? - _____________________

What human trait or quality is given? - _____________________

3. The drains and canals choked

What is being personified? - _____________________

What human trait or quality is given? - _____________________

4. The distressed bamboo begged for mercy

What is being personified? - _____________________

What human trait or quality is given? - _____________________

5. What power of sun expunged and expelled these armies of the night

What is being personified? - _____________________

What human trait or quality is given? - _____________________
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Worksheet No. 2– Typhoons and Coñotations

General Instructions:
B. Based on the poem “Coñotations,” answer the following questions:

Rubrics for this Activity:

Content- 30
Mechanics/Grammar-10
Language Use-10
Total- 50

1. Who do you think are the characters in the poem?

Based on the poem, I think that the characters in the poem are males through
clues like ‘dude, man and pare.’
2. Using the urban dictionary, define “CoÑo”.
Coño literally means "cunt/pussy" but it is very rarely used with such meaning
outside of Spain. Its use is mostly associated with Spanish, Cuban, Dominican, and
Puerto Rican talk as an accentuated expression equivalent to "damn", "whao", or
"hell". It is not formal but not considered much vulgar either. Some parts of Latin
America almost never (if ever) use this term. It is almost never heard in Mexico or
cetral Colombia for example. In exchange the most employed slang word for "pussy"
through Latin America is "chocha".

Cubans in particular may also abbreviate it to "ñoo" when used alone, equivalent
to USA's slang "daaaium" or "deeeeim".

"Concho" is a distorted softer version as "darn it".

Coño, eso esta bueno.
(Damn, that is good)

Estudia, coño...
(Study, damn it...)

Que coño es eso.

(What the hell is that)
(Source: Urban Dictionary)
3. What do these characters talk about?
These characters talk about usual situations in the outside world such
as ‘tusok the fishball.’ It is like a group of male friends that converse jokingly after
their classes.
4. What are some events or situations mentioned in the poem?
Some of them are situations like ‘tusog the fishball’ which are events that can
be seen in the streets, some are jokes such as line number 8. Line number 12 is a
common situation between coño people who mix up English and Filipino languages.
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Worksheet No. 2– Typhoons and Coñotations

5. What language/s did the author use in the given selection?
The author used a combination of English and Filipino.

6.Who do you think are the types of individuals using such language?
People who use such language are those who grew speaking in English and
know little Filipino, or it could those ‘rich kids’ that we call who were born and raised
in a household that constantly mixes the use of English and Filipino.