The document provides an overview of oral presentations, literature, and the key components of literature. It discusses:
1) How to prepare and deliver effective oral presentations, including considering your audience, researching your topic, and using proper paralinguistic cues and prosodic features.
2) The four main categories of literature: prose fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction prose. It also lists several reasons why literature is important.
3) The main components of literature, including the subject, theme, point of view, and other characteristics like perspectives and interiority.
The document provides an overview of oral presentations, literature, and the key components of literature. It discusses:
1) How to prepare and deliver effective oral presentations, including considering your audience, researching your topic, and using proper paralinguistic cues and prosodic features.
2) The four main categories of literature: prose fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction prose. It also lists several reasons why literature is important.
3) The main components of literature, including the subject, theme, point of view, and other characteristics like perspectives and interiority.
The document provides an overview of oral presentations, literature, and the key components of literature. It discusses:
1) How to prepare and deliver effective oral presentations, including considering your audience, researching your topic, and using proper paralinguistic cues and prosodic features.
2) The four main categories of literature: prose fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction prose. It also lists several reasons why literature is important.
3) The main components of literature, including the subject, theme, point of view, and other characteristics like perspectives and interiority.
The document provides an overview of oral presentations, literature, and the key components of literature. It discusses:
1) How to prepare and deliver effective oral presentations, including considering your audience, researching your topic, and using proper paralinguistic cues and prosodic features.
2) The four main categories of literature: prose fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction prose. It also lists several reasons why literature is important.
3) The main components of literature, including the subject, theme, point of view, and other characteristics like perspectives and interiority.
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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 TYPES OF LITERATURE: THE GENRES COMMUNICATION 4 CATEGORIES: LITERATURE DEFINES: 1.) PROSE FICTION Literature can be classified 2.) POETRY according to whether it is fiction or 3.) DRAMA non-fiction, and whether it is poetry 4.) NON-FICTION PROSE or prose. It can be further REASONS WHY LITERATURE IS distinguished according to major IMPORTANT forms such as the novel, short story or drama; and works are often 1. Expanding horizons - expands our categorized according to historical minds periods or their adherence to certain aesthetic features or expectations 2. Building critical thinking skills- learn to (genre). look between the lines. Literature refers to compositions that 3. A leap into the past – History and deal with life experiences. It tells literature are entwined with each other. stories, dramatizes situations, expresses emotions analyzes and 4. Appreciation for other cultures and advocates ideas. belief -provides a method of learning about Literature is important in everyday cultures and beliefs other than our own. life because it connects individuals with larger truths and ideas in a 5. Better writing skills – improves your society. writing skill Literature creates a way for people 6. Addressing Humanity – helps us to record their thoughts and address human nature and conditions which experiences in a way that is affect all people. accessible to others, through fictionalized accounts of the experience. CHARACTERISTICS OF LITERATURE Literature helps us grow, both 1. Literature exhibits perspectives meaning personally and intellectually. comes from the individual’s perspective. It allows us to recognize human 2. Interiority is represented – inner dreams and the struggles of different Psychology, stream of consciousness people and places. 3. Perception of language change – It gives us the knowledge and language is “thick” with multiple perception to appreciate the beauty meaning. of order and arrangement. 4. Emphasis on the experimental – open It enables us to see the worthiness ending. in the aspirations of all people. 5. All theme maybe stated or implied. It exercises our emotions through 6. Theme differs from the subject or topic interest, concern, tension, of a literary work in that it involves a excitement, hope, fear, regret, statement or opinion about the topic. laughter and sympathy. 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.