Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in English – X

Learning Competency Code:

EN 10 LT – IV – b – 2.2.2

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

a. Explain the definition and usage of the literary devices: Simile, Metaphor, Irony,
Hyperbole and Personification,
b. Identify the clauses in a passage with literary devices and determine the literary
devices used; and
c. Appreciate the beauty that literary devices add to the English language.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Literary Devices: Simile, Metaphor, Irony, Hyperbole and Personification

Source: Celebrating Diversity through World Literature

Page: 423

Materials: Laptop, LCD Projector, printed materials, Manila paper, marker

III. Procedure

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’

ACTIVITY
A. Preliminary Activities

I. Classroom Management

Teacher asks students to arrange their chairs and pick up pieces of Students arrange
paper. their chairs and pick
up pieces of paper.
II. Prayer

Teacher asks a student to lead the prayer. One student leads

the prayer.
III. Greetings

Teacher greets the students. Students greet the

teacher back.
IV. Checking of attendance

Teacher asks the class secretary to list the names of students who are The secretary lists
absent and give it to him after the class. the names of the
students who are
V. Collecting Assignments absent.

Teacher asks the students to pass their assignments forward with Students pass their
nobody standing. assignments
forward without
standing.

B. Review

Teacher reviews the previous lesson.

C. Motivation

Teacher shows lyrics of famous songs that contain literary devices.

Teacher and students sing the songs together.

Lines:

1. Your love is like the sun that lights up my whole world, Teacher and
I feel the warmth inside students sing the
Your love is like a river that flows down through my veins, songs together.
I feel the chill inside.
- simile

2. You were just a dream that I once knew

I never thought I would be right for you.
- metaphor

3. If I could fall into the sky

– irony
Do you think time would pass me by
– personification
Cause you know I’d walk a thousand miles if I could just see you
tonight.
– hyperbole

4. Take me as you are

Push me off the road
The sadness,
I need this time to be with you
I’m freezing in the sun
I’m burning in the rain
The silence
I’m screaming
Calling out your name
– irony

5. Shot me out of the sky

You’re my kryptonite
You keep making me weak
Yeah frozen and can’t breathe.
- hyperbole

6. I’d catch a grenade for you

Throw my hand on a blade for you
I’d jump in front of a train for you
You know I’d do anything for you
Oh whoa
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes I would die for you baby
But you won’t do the same
- hyperbole
 7. And I was dying inside to hold you
I couldn’t believe what I felt for you
Dying inside, I was dying inside
But I couldn’t bring myself to touch you
- hyperbole

8. She’s always on my mind

From the time I wake up till I close my eyes
She’s everywhere I go
She’s all I know
- hyperbole

9. And when you smile

The whole world stops and stares for a while
Cause Girl you’re amazing just the way you are
- personification

D. Presentation of the Lesson

Teacher asks students what are used in those lines that make them so Students share their
meaningful leading to the presentation of the lesson. ideas.

E. Reading of Objectives

Teacher asks students to read the objectives for the day first before Students read the
proceeding. objectives.

F. Lesson Proper/Discussion

Teacher presents the literary devices and since the student already have
prior knowledge of the topic, the teacher lets the students themselves match
the literary devices to their definitions.

Literary Devices Definition

Simile Involving the comparison of

one thing with another thing of
a different kind with the use of
the words “as” and “like”.

Metaphor Containing an implied

comparison without the use of
the words “as” and “like”.

Irony

 Verbal Irony Occurs when the speaker’s

intention is the opposite of
what he is saying.

 Situational Irony Occurs when what actually

happens is the opposite of
what actually happens.

Hyperbole A deliberate exaggeration.

Personification The technique of giving human

attributes to inanimate objects.

Teacher asks the students the literary devices used in the lines of the
songs. More examples are provided for thorough understanding. Students identify the
literary devices used
Teacher corrects the students’ answers and gives a discussion. in the lines of the
songs.

More examples for thorough understanding.

Simile:

1. My cat is as cute as a baby.

2. Her hair is as soft as silk.
3. My uncle looks like my father.

Metaphor:

1. He is a winding monkey in that drum set.

2. He was a joyful peacock when he got the job.
3. Manny Pacquiao is the Philippine Santa.

Personification:

1. The winds blew umbrellas away.

2. The thunder clapped angrily.
3. The waves are running to the shore.

Irony

Verbal Irony:

1. The doctor is as kind as a wolf.

2. His friend’s hand is as soft as a rock.
3. The desert was as cool as a bed of burning coal.

Situational Irony:

1. A traffic cop got his license suspended due to unpaid tickets.

2. A post on Facebook on how useless it is.
3. A shoemaker without shoes.

Hyperbole:

1. I am so hungry that I can eat a whole cow.

2. My heart is bleeding in pain.
3. Her smile is so wide that it reached to her ears.

G. Activity

Teacher groups the students into six.

Teacher assigns designated area for each group and instructs them to
form a circle in their group. Students go to their
designated group
Teacher explains the procedures of the activity. areas and form a
circle.
Activity: The groups are given different passages. The group will underline
the clauses with literary devices and identify the literary devices used. To
indicate the literary device, they will write the literary device under the
underlined sentence.
Teacher reminds students that they will only be given five minutes for the
task.

Teacher presents the timer.

Before starting, teacher presents the rubrics that will be used in rating the
group work.

Teacher reminds the students that in the reporting, all the group
members will read the passage first before one member does the
explanation.

Teacher asks the students to read the rubrics.

Rubrics Students read the
REPORTING COOPERATION CORRECT PROMPTNESS rubrics.
ANSWERS
15 10 2 POINTS 10

The reporter’s All the for every First to post

explanation, members in correct their work.
observation of the group answer.
correct cooperated 8
grammar, and behaved 5 POINTS
pronunciation, well before Second to post
diction, and during the If they their work.
confidence, presentation. find the
and contact to Super LD
the audience (only one
are excellent. for each
group).
10 8 6

The reporter’s Some of the Third to post

explanation, members in their work.
observation of the group did
correct not cooperate 4
grammar, and behave
pronunciation, well before Fourth to post
diction, and during the their work.
confidence, presentation.
and contact to
the audience
are good.
5 5 2

The reporter’s Most of the Fifth to post

explanation, members in their work.
observation of the group did
correct not cooperate
grammar, and behave
pronunciation, well before
diction, and during the
confidence, presentation.
and contact to
the audience
are poor.

Teacher gives the materials to the groups.

Students do the
Passages: work.
Group 1

“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your

life.” – Will Smith

Life is an exciting journey that brings man to a roller coaster of great

moments of happiness and suddenly, to nights of sadness that will consume

all your bliss. Life always brings surprises for you. That’s why choosing well

the people you consider important in your life is just as important as eating

three times a day. Think it out? For the past days, have you been feeling so

lonely and stressed to the point that you already forgot how to sleep? Or

oftentimes you find yourself working so hard just to make someone happy

without noticing that it’s already a decade that you last felt true happiness.

You may be smiling while your heart is bleeding with nails and thumbtacks

pierced in it. God gave you eyes that are wide open so wake up! Your life

may be controlled by the wrong man. You may be doing so much for

someone who does so little for you.

Group 2

“Life isn’t how many breaths you take, it’s the moments that take your

breath away.” – Will Smith

Take time to collect moments instead of materials. We’ve been told a

million times! However people are hyenas in a desert. We are born greedy

thus oftentimes we work so hard to acquire things that will lift us high in

the eyes of other people. We find ourselves pulled down by a lot of work.

We often forget the true essence of life. Life is what you make it, indeed. It is

as moldable as clay therefore we should also be as wise as a great potter.

Knowing the true meaning of living is very important. Living is different

from not dying! Living is being happy. Living is enjoying moments with the

people you love. We can always take a family vacation to take rest and come

back home dead tired any day of the week or simply stay at home and

watch movies together with your loved ones. Anything will do, as long as

you take rest and enjoy moments together with the people you can’t live

without; that’s the true meaning of living.

Group 3

If you’re not making someone else’s life better, then you’re wasting your

time. Your life will become better by making others’ lives better.

– Will Smith

Making life better is arguably man’s greatest purpose . This purpose

pushes man to work beyond his limitations. There are even times when he

neeeds to hurt other people just to eleveate higher and most often than not,

he succeeds. However, “Is he successful?” is a big standing question. Maybe

yes because he’s already where he wants to be or maybe no because some

people suffered in exchange for his success. This question is as confusing as

a riddle yet the answer is just as easy as eating cupcake. We just need to

define success. What really is success then? Some may say succes is a dream

come true or success is being independent. For me, success is being able to

live a morally, spiritually and financially stable life all the while being a

blessing to other people. Gathering your own harvest by giving all that you

reap. This is true success. A man is considered bad for helping his friend get

a job, of cousrse that’s not realistic. A man is considered successful for

making other people suffer, isn’t also true. When I was young, I had to walk

ten hundred miles to school and had countless works at home, but I will

never try to hurt someone just to have a better life. That’s how we should all

strive for success.

Group 4
 Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work had. The

right people, the ones who really belong in your life, will come to you and

stay. – Will Smith

It is easier said than done. Doing so is as difficult as walking on water.

The road to a successful relationship is dotted with many tempting parking

places. These parking places are like chocolate cakes – so hard to resist.

Some parking places are swamps disguising as springs. These temptations

block your way to the one destined for you. But how do you know that he’s

already the right one? This is a very important question that people leave

unanswered for centuries. The answer is, if he makes you a better person, if

he helps you reach your dreams, if he brings out the best in you, he’s the

one. But if he causes your face to burn red and explode in jealousy, or makes

your eyes pour a pale of tears every night, he’s just a wrong parking place.

Wake up! You don’t deserve that! You’re a precious creation of God. Don’t

be afraid to let go of excess baggage, they’ll pull you down. Don’t chase

people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people, the

ones who really belong in your life, will come to you and stay. Leave wrong

parking places waiting for nothing.

Group 5
 “You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.”

–Colleen Hoover.

Love, care, belongingness – these are things that people are always

looking for. People desire to have someone who will love them, take care of

them and someone who belongs to them. That’s fine and good! This is man’s

most common way of searching for identity. When they find someone to

love, they feel like they’ve found themselves as well. Being loved is like a

taste of heaven on Earth, being cared is as delightful as bathing in a spring

of milk and honey and belonging to someone is like finding yourself.

However, it’s not always the case. Sometimes, finding yourself is losing your

true identity. You may be lost in someone else’s life to the extent that you

already lost control of your own. Our life is a ship that needs only one

captain. You alone can drive your course to success. Don’t let anyone take

over the wheels. Waves will slap you, storms will run over you, and the

touch of the sun will scorch your back, but that’s the beauty of life. You may

end up so rich that you’ll have all the money to buy a planet or be so poor

that you won’t even have two cents to rub together. Who cares? What

matters is you’re the one who made your life, you did your best and most

specially, you’re happy. You have nothing to regret. It’s better to fail driving

your own ship than succeed while sitting on someone else’s ship.

Group 6
 “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling the

tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” – Abraham Lincoln

This is a very important concept that people fail to notice. Having a

powerful name has been as desirable as having world peace nowadays.

There’s nothing wrong in it. However there are times when the name is

given more importance than the role. It’s a cancer in many golden seats –

politics, businesses, entertainment, etc. Things therefore become worse,

instead of becoming better. People strive to get the name compromising the

skill set to play the role. The process is like a shark striving to be called

“King of the Open Air” even though it cannot fly . People get elected or

appointed in positions without having what it takes. These people are

termites that cause the weakening of our foundations. They are like stuffed

toys laid on golden chairs. This causes disasters: a fire station burns down, a

pilot with a fear of heights, a teacher fails in a test, a police station gets

robbed, and a marriage counselor filing for divorce. This has to stop! The

change should come from us. By simply refusing to accept positions that we

feel incapable of holding and giving it to someone deserving can make a

great difference. Just do good in what you do, we’ll all have our seats

someday – the ones which really belong to us, the ones we can handle well.

Then, we’ll have a very nice world to live in.

After the allotted time, finished or unfinished, each group posts the output.
Each group posts the
After each report, the teacher corrects the work and rates the group. output.

Scoreboard

Group Reporting Cooperation Correct Promptness Total

Answers
1
2
3
4
5
6

H. Application
Teacher asks the following questions:

How can we use literary devices in our daily lives?

Students share their
Do literary devices add beauty to the English language? ideas.
In what ways?

Without literary devices, do you think essay writers, novelists, poets, song
writers and other writers can still produce the same quality of written
pieces?

Does anybody know other songs or poems or any sort of piece that
contains a literary device? Can you share it to us?

I. Generalization

Teacher asks the following questions:

Who among the group can enumerate the five literary devices and give
your understanding of their concepts? Students share their
ideas.
Teacher summarizes the lesson discussed.
IV. Evaluation

Instructions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. “He is the wind beneath my wings” is an example of metaphor, why?

a. Because the pronoun “he” is compared to the wind beneath his wings with the use of the
word “as”.
b. Because the sentence uses indirect comparison.
c. Because the pronoun “he” is compared to the wind beneath his wings without the use of the
words “as” or “like”.
d. Because the sentence gives human attributes to inanimate objects.

2. Which of the following sentences is a perfect example of personification?

a. The wind was so strong that it blew huge trees away.

b. The sun was so hot that it dried up our brains.
c. The trees dance to the breeze of the wind.
d. The birds chirped and danced at the tree.

3. Which literary devices uses the words “as’ and “like” to compare two things or situations?

a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Hyperbole
d. Irony

4. “He is my guardian angel” is an example of:

a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Irony
d. Personification

5. “Batman is as clever as a bat in the night” is an example of:

a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Hyperbole
d. Personification

6. What literary device is primarily associated with the technique of giving human attributes
to inanimate objects?

a. Irony
b. Hyperbole
c. Personification
d. Metaphor

7. Which is an example of verbal irony?

a. A vehicle was parked right in front of the “NO PARKING” sign.

b. The CEO of a big tobacco company said he doesn’t smoke.
c. I like her so much that I so want to stab her with a knife.
d. A marriage counselor files for divorce.
 8. Which is an example of situational irony?

a. My friend’s hand is as soft as a rock.

b. The tree is so healthy I can’t even see a single leaf.
c. It’s so hot that I want to wear more jacket.
d. The student was given “excellent” for getting zero in the exam.

9. “His eyes are so big that they almost pop out of his eyes” is an example of what literary
device and why?

a. Simile because her eyes are compared to big balls.

b. Personification because eyes don’t have the ability to pop out.
c. Hyperbole because it is a deliberate exaggeration of how big the eyes are.
d. Metaphor because the eyes are compared to big balls without the use of the words “as” and
“like”.

10. Are literary devices important to the English language? Why?

a. Yes, because we are obliged by the government to use them.

b. Yes, because they add art to the English language.
c. No, because they just add complexity to the English language.
d. No, because they make the English language more confusing.

Answer Key:

1. C
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. C
10. B

V. Assignment

Write down lines from movies, songs, poems, or stories that contain any of the five literary devices.
Write at least one line for each literary device.