PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

(PRE-FINAL TERM)
LESSON 4: ORAL PRESENTATION

SYNTHESIS ORAL PRESENTATION:

When preparing a report or speech
for oral presentation, make a profile
first of your audience and the
logistics involved, example venue
and facilities. Then read up and
research on the topic so you can
write an effective report, speech, or
talk.
When making your oral
presentations, pay attention to the
paralinguistic cue and prosodic
features of the language. Whereas,
paralinguistic cues involve facial
expression, posture, gesture and
movements, prosodic features
include intonation, tone, stress,
rhythm and pause.
When making a group presentation,
follow strictly the guidelines so you
can come up with a good
performance. Be a team player so
that the individually assigned parts
cohere with each other.
LESSON 5: THE DEBATE
LESSON 6: LITERATURE AS
COMMUNICATION
LITERATURE DEFINES:
Literature can be classified
according to whether it is fiction or
non-fiction, and whether it is poetry
or prose. It can be further
distinguished according to major
forms such as the novel, short story
or drama; and works are often
categorized according to historical
periods or their adherence to certain
aesthetic features or expectations
(genre).
Literature refers to compositions that
deal with life experiences. It tells
stories, dramatizes situations,
expresses emotions analyzes and
advocates ideas.
Literature is important in everyday
life because it connects individuals
with larger truths and ideas in a
society.
Literature creates a way for people
to record their thoughts and
experiences in a way that is
accessible to others, through
fictionalized accounts of the
experience.
 Literature helps us grow, both
personally and intellectually.
 It allows us to recognize human
dreams and the struggles of different
people and places.
 It gives us the knowledge and
perception to appreciate the beauty
of order and arrangement.
 It enables us to see the worthiness
in the aspirations of all people.
 It exercises our emotions through
interest, concern, tension,
excitement, hope, fear, regret,
laughter and sympathy.
TYPES OF LITERATURE: THE GENRES
4 CATEGORIES:
1.) PROSE FICTION
2.) POETRY
3.) DRAMA
4.) NON-FICTION PROSE
REASONS WHY LITERATURE IS
IMPORTANT
1. Expanding horizons - expands our
minds
2. Building critical thinking skills- learn to
look between the lines.
3. A leap into the past – History and
literature are entwined with each other.
4. Appreciation for other cultures and
belief -provides a method of learning about
cultures and beliefs other than our own.
5. Better writing skills – improves your
writing skill
6. Addressing Humanity – helps us
address human nature and conditions which
affect all people.
CHARACTERISTICS OF LITERATURE
1. Literature exhibits perspectives meaning
comes from the individual’s perspective.
2. Interiority is represented – inner
Psychology, stream of consciousness
3. Perception of language change –
language is “thick” with multiple
meaning.
4. Emphasis on the experimental – open
ending.
5. All theme maybe stated or implied.
6. Theme differs from the subject or topic
of a literary work in that it involves a
statement or opinion about the topic.
7. Not every literary work has a theme.
8. Theme may be major or minor.
INGREDIENTS OF LITERATURE e. Objective Effaced – the third person
narrator reports no thoughts of characters.
1. Subject – is the topic the story deals The narrator reports only actions and dialog.
with. - can be stated in one word love,
loyalty, fear, loss.
Example: the subject of a story might be
war while the theme of that same story
might be the idea that war is useless.
2. Theme – the main idea or underlying
meaning of a literary work.
- Theme are suggested through the
characters. The main character usually
illustrates the most important them of the
story.
- Theme maybe major or minor. A major
theme is an idea the author returns to time
and again. It becomes the most important
ideas in the story. Minor themes are ideas
that may appear from time to time.
3. Point of View – is the angle of
considering things, which shows us the
opinion, or feelings of the individuals
involved in a situation. In Literature, point of
view is the mode of narration that an author
employs to let the readers “hear” and “see”
what takes place in a story, poem, essay,
novel.
Point of View – is the type of narration in
the story, the perspective of the person
telling the story.
A. First Person – the narrator is a character
in the story and tells it from his or her
perspective.
B. Third person – the narrator is not a
character directly involved in the action of
the story.
C. Omniscient – The third person narrator
reports thoughts of all characters and all
actions.
D. Limited omniscient – The third person
narrator reports only some character’s
thoughts and all actions.