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This document contains notes from an English class, including discussion of an African poem, elements of poetry, and the use of parallel structure. It provides examples of parallel and non-parallel phrases. It also discusses getting meanings of idioms and writing a how-to speech.

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SOUTHERNSIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOL

Camella Homes 4, Poblacion, Muntinlupa City

First Quarter Date:


Grade 8 - English
SY: 2019 – 2020
Notes #2 :
 African Poem (Elements of Poetry)
 Parallel Structure (Parallel Words and Phrases)
 Getting Literal and Figurative Meanings of Idioms
 Writing a How-to-speech

LITERATURE
 Ann Grifalconi, writer and illustrator of several books for children, authored a Caldecott Award
winning book, “The Village of Round and Square Houses”.
 The poem is told in rhythmic storytelling from the viewpoint of a little girl who grew up in Tos.
The author has turned the story into an exquisitely beautiful and appealing book.
 The poem tells the story of two houses which both remained intact after a volcanic eruption
which burned the village.
 Grifalconi elaborates the customs of the village using melodious narration. The story of the
poem was actually inspired by an event that transpired many years ago. It is a long poem
written as a rhythmical free verse.

Elements of Poetry:
a. Theme – the theme of a poem is the central message, usually about life or human nature.
A theme is either stated directly or suggested through the title, the words, and
experiences of the characters, and other details.
b. Rhythm – The rhythm of a poem can be analyzed through the number of lines in a verse, the
number of syllables in the line, and the arrangement of syllables based on whether
they are long or short, accented or unaccented.
c. Rhyme – is the repetition of a sound in certain words. A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines is
called end rhyme.
d. Tone – the tone of a literary work reflects the author’s attitude toward the subject and the
characters.
e. Sensory Images – are mental pictures created by words that describe what we see, hear,
touch, taste and smell.
f. Idiomatic Expression – it is an expression or figure of speech whose meaning cannot be taken
literally.

LANGUAGE

Parallelism – is the placement of equal ideas in words, phrases or clauses of similar types. Observing
parallelism enhances the clarity and readability of one’s written output.

Parallel Words: African artistry is seen in honest, relevant, and unique body of lartworks .(adjectives)
The most African writers enjoy painting, storytelling and writing. (gerund)
Parallel Phrases: earliest African art was intended to frighten evil spirits and to thank god and
goddesses. (infinitive phrase)
The favorite hobbies of African people when it comes to music are playing drums,
interpreting lyrics, and composing praise songs. (gerund phrase)
Here are parallelism rules:
Faulty Parallelism Correct Parallelism Parallelism Rule
Krishna, a student from Egypt, Krishna, a student from Egypt, An article that applies to all
wrote a narrative epic, ritual wrote a narrative epic, ritual items in a series must either be
verse, and a praise poem. verse, and praise poem. used only for the first item or
repeated for every item.
The source of living of The source of living of When presenting items in a
indigenous African peoples are indigenous African peoples are series, observe parallel
fishing, farming, and to mine. fishing, farming, and mining. structures in the use of, for
Africans deliver their praise Africans deliver their praise example, to + infinitives,
songs harmoniously, calmly, and songs harmoniously, calmly, and gerunds, and adverbs.
with soul. soulfully.
In the culture of Africa, the In the culture of Africa, the Observe parallelism when using
parents are raising their children parents are raising their children coordinating conjunctions. (for,
to be financially wise and make to be financially wise and to be and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
them manage their emotions emotionally intelligent.
well.
African literature is not only oral African literature is not only oral Observe parallelism when using
but written in nature. but also written in nature. correlative conjunction. (not
only, but also; either… or;
neither… nor; or if … then)
African people like to write African people like to write Observe parallelism when
poetries better than painting poetries better than to paint comparing elements using a
abstracts. abstracts. word of comparison such as
than and as.

GETTING LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MEANINGS OF IDIOMS


Idiomatic Expressions take on figurative meanings. This means that the meaning of an
idiomatic expression is typically different from the literal meanings of the individual words that make it
up. Some idiomatic expressions may be difficult to understand, but it would be helpful to consider in
the context in which they appear.
(see pages 12-13 of the book for more information)

WRITING A HOW-TO-SPEECH
The purpose of an informative essay is to educate or inform the audience about a specific
idea or topic. In order to create a solid paper, it is necessary to have a strong understanding of the
subject matter. A how-to informative speech aims to inform the audience by describing a process of
how something is done.
(for more information, see pages 20-22 of the book)

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