English 6

English – Grade 6
Quarter 2 – Module 13: Infer Meaning of Figurative Language Using Context
Clues, Affixes, Roots and Other Strategies
First Edition, 2020

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 English 6
Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 13
Infer Meaning of Figurative Language Using
Context Clues, Affixes, Roots and Other
Strategies
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 6 Self-Learning Module on Infer Meaning of

Figurative Language Using Context Clues, Affixes, Roots and Other Strategies.

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to the English 6 Self-Learning Module on Infer Meaning of

Figurative Language Using Context Clues, Affixes, Roots and Other Strategies.

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used to depict skill, action, and purpose. Through our hands, we may learn, create,
and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
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This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
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will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
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This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-instructional learner module in English 6. All the

activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand:
Inferring Meaning of Figurative Language Using Context clues, Affixes,
Roots and Other Strategies.

PRETEST

Direction: Select the meaning of the italicized figurative language that is

used in each sentence. On the space before the number, write A or B.

_____1. The racers were running neck and neck.

A. bending their necks B. for a close finish
_____2. He has disobeyed my orders time and again.
A. wasting time B. repeatedly
_____3. He lost his temper when his classmate insulted him.
A. got confused B. became very angry
_____4. A half-baked plan does not produce good results.
A. a poorly made plan B. a carefully made plan
_____5. I complained when my younger brother got the lion’s share of the
cake.
A. smaller share B. bigger part

RECAP

Figurative language uses figures of speech to be more effective,

persuasive and more meaningful. It is an effective way of communicating an
idea that is not easily understood because of its abstract nature or complexity.
 Writers use figurative language to make their work more interesting or
more dramatic that elicit emotion, help readers form mental images and draw
readers into work. I hope you still remember the figures of speech you have
learned. These include Metaphor, Simile, and Hyperbole, Personification,
Idiom and among others.

LESSON

To fully understand the meaning of Figurative Language is to make use

of inferences. Making inferences is a comprehension strategy or skill used by
readers to “read between the lines,” make connections, and draw conclusions
about the text’s meaning and purpose. Readers who make inferences in giving
the meaning of a certain figurative language use the clues in the text along
with their own experiences.
So, today we are going to talk about the meaning of figurative language
that can be inferred using context clues, affixes and roots.
One way that readers may do to make inferences is by using context
clues to figure out the meaning of figurative language, so how do we infer the
meaning using context clues? Let us first understand what context clues are?

twinkl.com. TwinklCares. Accessed June 26, 2020. https://www.twinkl.com/resource/us2-e-91-context-clues-powerpoint-game

Context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or
unusual word within a sentence. The clue may appear within the same
sentence as the word to which it refers or it may follow in the next sentence.
Let us have this example:
 Last, Jblanchard. “Explorer Figurative Language by Jackson.B W/Colombus - Lessons - Tes Teach.” Tes Teach with Blendspace.
Accessed June 26, 2020. https://www.tes.com/lessons/iJaVRnlU9pn93w/explorer-figurative-language-by-jackson-b-w-colombus.

The underlined phrase I could eat a horse is a figurative language and

the phrase so hungry inside the circle is a context clue that gives meaning to
the figurative language. It means that the person talking is starving and can
eat plenty of food.
Aside from context clues we have another way of inferring meaning of
figurative language by using affixes and roots. What do you remember about
affixes?

Doron, Daphna. “Introduce Prefixes Suffixes Roots Affixes Power Point.” LinkedIn SlideShare, March 10, 2015.
https://www.slideshare.net/dapdoron/introduce-prefixes-suffixes-roots affixes-power-point.

Affixes are word parts that change the meaning of a root word or base
word. As you may already know, prefixes are placed in the beginning of a word
and suffixes are placed at the end of a word.

A good example is the word unpredictable. We have the prefix- un,

suffix -able added to the root predict. Let’s use it in a sentence.
 Huelin, Eduardo. “Eraser Changing the Word Unpredictable for Predictable.” 123RF. Accessed June 26, 2020.
https://www.123rf.com/photo_29674287_eraser-changing-the-word-unpredictable-for-predictable.html.

Father seems very unpredictable about his surprise for mother’s

birthday. He’s a bit of a loose cannon.
The affix “unpredictable” will give a clue to further give the meaning of
the figurative language “loose cannon” which is “actions that are hard to
predict” or “actions that cannot be easily identified”.
I will show you another example:
They say that the old lady living in the house at the end road has an
evil eye, if she catches you gaze at her, you’ll be malevolently cursed.
The encircled word malevolently has a root word “mal” which means
bad. Therefore, the meaning of the figurative language “evil eye” is to inflict
harm or misfortune.

ACTIVITY

Direction: Give the meaning of the following underlined figurative language

used in the sentences. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The last day of school is like a day at the beach. All of my classmates
are very calm and enjoying the day.
A. troubled B. easy/ relax C. tensed

2. I could sleep for a year; I was so tired.

A. worn out B. replenished C. exhausted
 3. Nobody invites Edward to parties because he is a wet blanket.
A. to extinguish a fire
B. to cover his body
C. dampens enthusiasm or pleasure

4. Rino always disrespects his brother. I told him not to curl his lip at
him.
A. to avoid losing money
B. to bring about one’s own ruin and down face
C. upward movement of the side of the month to show dislike.

5. The victim wants to save his face from the scandal.

A. covers his face
B. to hide
C. value dignity more than anything else

WRAP-UP

The following are the things I have learned about the lesson: The
meaning of figurative language can be inferred through context clues, affixes
and roots. We have to use the clues in the sentence to help us figure out its
meaning.

VALUING

Let us always remember what Hellen Keller once said. “Alone, we can
do so little: together we can do so much. It is just like a piece of cake when
we work and unite as one.”
 POSTTEST

Direction: Infer the meaning of the underlined figurative language by

matching column A with column B. Choose the letter of the correct answer
that completes the meaning of the sentence.

Column A Column B
1. Because you studied hard, you will breeze a. inexperienced in a
through the test your teacher is giving at the field or situation
end of the week.
2. The suspect reveal everything he knows about b. calm, non-violent
the case, the suspect spilled the beans.
3. On my vacation, I became acquainted with a c. to tell anyone his
man who had money to burn. secrets
4. That guy is a peaceful man; he is above d. was wasteful in
suspicion. everything
5. He was a complete novice in foreign affairs. He e. to have an easy
was a greenhorn! time in doing
something
 KEY TO CORRECTION

5. A 5. C 5. B
4. B 4. C 4. A
3. D 3. C 3. B
2. C 2. C 2. B
1. E 1. B 1. B
Posttest Activity Pretest

References
Books
Pano, Josefina S, Leung, Thelma Grace Abiva, Prescioso, Milagros S., Pado, Felicitas
E. 2003. Soaring High with Reading. Quezon City, Philippines: ABIVA Publishing
House Inc.
Llona, Melody Grace Llarena. 2009. Bridges to Communication Reading Power.
Sampaloc, Manila Philippines:Rex Bookstore Inc.
English 6 K-12 Teacher’s Guide (First Quarter)2017
Websites
twinkl.com. TwinklCares. Accessed June 26, 2020.
https://www.twinkl.com/resource/us2-e-91-context-clues-powerpoint-game.
Last, Jblanchard. “Explorer Figurative Language by Jackson.B W/Colombus -
Lessons - Tes Teach.” Tes Teach with Blendspace. Accessed June 26, 2020.
https://www.tes.com/lessons/iJaVRnlU9pn93w/explorer-figurative-language-by-
jackson-b-w-colombus.
Doron, Daphna. “Introduce Prefixes Suffixes Roots Affixes Power Point.” LinkedIn
SlideShare, March 10, 2015. https://www.slideshare.net/dapdoron/introduce-
prefixes-suffixes-roots affixes-power-point.
Huelin, Eduardo. “Eraser Changing the Word Unpredictable for Predictable.” 123RF.
Accessed June 26, 2020. https://www.123rf.com/photo_29674287_eraser-
changing-the-word-unpredictable-for-predictable.html.
“Great Service Is a Piece of Cake! - Picture of Caffe Concerto, London.” Tripadvisor,
2020. https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g186338-d4476514-
i341541177-Caffe_Concerto-London_England.html.