WELCOME

STUDENTS TO OUR
ENGLISH CLASS!
Direction: Tell whether you agree or disagree on
the following statements and state your reason.
Eating vegetables and An apple a day keeps the
1 fruits can make our body 2 doctor away.
and healthy strong.

Smoking cigarettes and Art lifts the human

3 drinking alcohol are not 4 spirit.
good for our health.

Wearing of face mask and

5
face shield can help protect
us from the virus.
 TOPIC:
ASSERTION
 What is Assertion?
 is an artistic approach or technique expressing a strong declaration, a
forceful or confident and positive statement regarding a belief or a fact.
Often, it is without proof or any support. Its purpose is to express ideas
or feelings directly.

For example:
1. “I have put my every effort to complete this task
today.”
2. “My city is the best place to live.”
 TYPES OF ASSERTION

Basic Assertion Escalating Assertion

Emphatic Assertion Language Assertion

 BASIC  is a simple and honest
statement for expressing
ASSERTION feelings, and beliefs.

For example:
“I felt really sad because I was not allowed to join
the feast last night.”
“In my opinion, we have the Tbravest
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hunters in our village.”
“My mother is the best cook ever!”
EMPHATIC  expresses sympathy to
someone and it has two parts:

ASSERTION The first comprises

recognition of feelings or
situation. Second, is a
statement that shows support
For example:
for the others.
“I know that you felt sad because
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you were not
allowed to join the feast, but your mother did it to
keep you safe.”
ESCALATING  is used when someone is
ASSERTION not able to give a response or
reaction to a person’s basic
assertion, and therefore that
person becomes firm about
him or her.
For example:
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“If you will disobey again the orders of our

Bathala, then you have to leave this village.”
LANGUAGE  involves the first person
pronoun “I,” and is useful for
ASSERTION expressing negative feelings.
Nevertheless, it constructively
lays emphasis on a person’s
feelings of anger.
For example:
“I am really mad because
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you abused my
kindness therefore, I must punish all people in this
village!”
Let us Try:
IDENTIFY
ME!
DIRECTIONS: From the pool of choices below, choose the answer that
describes the type of
BASIC LANGUAGE EMPHATIC ESCALATING

1. I would like to go to a movie tonight. Basic

2. I imagine you may be feeling frustrated

with the lack of deadlines for this project,
but I want us to get everything right before
we set an end point. Emphatic
DIRECTIONS: From the pool of choices below, choose the answer that
describes the type of assertion.
BASIC LANGUAGE EMPHATIC ESCALATING

3. If you don’t complete the work in my car by 5:00 pm

tomorrow, I’ll be forced to call the police. Escalating

4. If you don’t wear your facemask properly, you can’t enter

this building. Escalating
5. “Whenever you say you can’t make it, I feel sad, so
please bear with me.” We can do it!
Language
QUIZ TIME!
DIRECTIONS. Read the question carefully. Write the letter of the
correct answer from the given choices.

1. Which one is not a type of Assertion?

a. language assertion
b. basic assertion
c. emphatic assertion
d. core assertion
2. It is a simple and straightforward statement for
expressing feelings, opinions, and beliefs.
a. basic assertion
b. language assertion
c. emphatic assertion
d. escalating assertion
3. It involves the personal pronoun “I” and is useful for
expressing negative feelings.
a. basic assertion
b. language assertion
c. escalating assertion
d. emphatic assertion
4. It occurs when someone is not able to give respond to a
person’s basic statement.
a. basic assertion
b. language assertion
c. escalating assertion
d. emphatic assertion
5. It shows support to the other person’s viewpoint and
feelings/
a. basic assertion
b. language assertion
c. emphatic assertion
d. escalating assertion
End of Presentation!