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Quarter 3 – Module 1
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Lesson Identifying Figures of Speech That Show

Ms. Niña Romina Galang Navalta
3 Emphasis (Hyperbole and Litotes)
Teacher
What I Need To Know
In this module, you will learn to:

 Identify figures of speech that show emphasis (hyperbole and litotes)

What’s In

Activity 1: Flash Back!

Directions: Figures of speeches are figurative language. This is a quick recap on the
different figures of speech. Identify what figure of speech is reflected by the following sentences.

_______________1. The storm was a monster.

_______________2. The book just begged to be read.
_______________3. The little flowers are dancing.
_______________4. Mang Toni built high walls that can be easily climbed by intruders.
_______________5. She is as fast as cheetah.
 Aside from your answers, is there any figure of speech you have known already? Cite
those figures of speech you are familiar with and give examples for each.

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What is it?
Activity 2: Learn More!

Another figures of speech that we are going to study today are those figures of
speech that shows emphasis, and these are: Litotes and Hyperbole.

Hyperbole and Litotes are two contrasting literary devices. Hyperbole, is a figure of
speech that involves exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. It is derived from a Greek
word meaning “over-casting.” It is a device that we imply in our day-to-day speech. For
instance, you saw an encyclopedia in the library that has been used for a long time, you say,
“This encyclopedia was printed before Jesus Christ was born.” The date of publication was
already written in the book, but the use of the word “before Jesus Christ was born” exaggerates
this statement. This adds emphasis that the encyclopedia is venerable. Therefore, a hyperbole
is an artificial overstatement to emphasize the reality in every situation.
Examples:

 My favorite toy is as old as the cliff.

 She is as heavy as a refrigerator!
 I am dying of shame.

It is important not to confuse hyperbole with simile and metaphor, though, it does make a
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Examples of Hyperbole in Literature:
Example #1: As I Walked One Evening (By W.H. Auden)

“I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you

Till China and Africa meet,

And the river jumps over the mountain

And the salmon sing in the street,

I’ll love you till the ocean

Is folded and hung up to dry.”

The use of hyperbole had been shown in the above lines because it shows
exaggerations and it’s not possible in real life situations.

Example #2: The Heart of Darkness (By Joseph Conrad)

“I had to wait in the station for ten days – an eternity.”

The above examples make clear the use of hyperbole. Sometimes, when we talk to
someone, we use hyperbole just to impress him or her, or to stress out what we really meant to
say. However, in literature it has very serious possible future effects or results. Using hyperbole
as a writer or a poet, we can make natural human feelings unusual or surprising to such an
extent that they will not stay as ordinary or common. In literature, the use of hyperbole develops
disparateness. When one thing is defined with an exaggerations, and the other thing is shown in
an ordinary way, a striking distinctiveness is evolved. This strategy is used to catch the attention
of the readers. ( https://rb.gy/3tgsuh )

Litotes is opposite to hyperbole. It is an understatement in which a positive statement is

expressed into negative statement.
Example 1:

After someone bought your product, you might say, “Thank you, sir,
you won’t regret it.” The negation is an understatement, of course – what you really
mean is that your costumer will be happy with the product he bought from you.

Litotes gives the expression a biting and ironic tone, for example in an ironic
comparison.
Example 2:

If you don’t like someone’s singing in the videoki, you might say “He’s
hardly a Mariah Carey.” Similarly, there’s a whole family of litotes-infused metaphors
for saying that someone is dumb: not the sharpest tool in the shed; not the brightest
crayon in the box; not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Example of Litotes in Literature:

Example 3:

I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them
honoured, and they shall not be small. (Jeremiah 30:19)

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In this line, God is saying that he will restore the tribe of Jacob to greatness, using litotes
to understate the effect of his divine intervention.

Example 4:

I cannot say that I think you are very generous to the ladies; for, whilst
you are proclaiming peace and good-will to men, emancipating all nations, you insist
upon retaining an absolute power over wives. (Abegail Adams, letter to John Adams)

John Adams, one of the founding fathers, had a wife who was a strong believer in
women’s rights. In one of her letters, she condemns her husband’s hypocrisy in touting liberty
while opposing women’s liberation at home. The litotes in her letter thinly veils the sharpness of
her critique – which is pretty biting for a woman of that time! ( https://rb.gy/gsvstj )

What’s more?
Activity 3: Which Is Which?

Directions: Identify the figurative language. Write hyperbole or litotes on the space provided.

______________1. It takes forever uploading pictures using your laptop.

______________2. Sometimes his jokes are so corny though I still laugh at them.

______________3. I’d go crazy listening to her speech.

______________4. Alma is truly a genius that she eats rice with soup with her hands.

______________5. Marvin eats like a 300-pound man.

______________6. Mrs. Cruz received a million texts from her husband.

______________7. Your answer is so right as Teacher Bio did not add it to your score.

______________8. My wife exploded when she saw the bump on our car.

______________9. He is so concerned of you that he just left you there standing in the rain.

______________10. The deafening silence in the room kills me.

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Lesson
Lesso Predicting the Gist of the Material
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4 Viewed Based on the Title, Pictures,

and Excerpts

What I Need to Know

Have you experienced reading the lines of your palm and predicting your future? Would
you believe a fortune teller predicting your future reading the images of her/his cards? Did you
go to a bookstore and buy a book because you lie the cover and the title?

Most of the time, a reader sees the title of a text, looks at a picture on the cover, or reads
the first line, prior knowledge from what they've learned and/or from life experiences is used to
make predictions. Predicting is an ongoing process that keeps the reader engaged as he or she
tries to figure out what is coming next by making new predictions. He or she is also revising old
predictions as more information is gathered. From beginning readers to adults who've been
reading the majority of their lives, predictions help keep readers focused and motivated, and it
shows that they understand what they are reading.

Making predictions when reading is an important reading comprehension strategy it

could hasten learners thinking skills. In this lesson, we will predict the gist of the material viewed
based on the title, pictures, and excerpts.

What’s New
More advanced readers make predictions very naturally before and during the reading
process, much like when someone watches a movie and keeps interrupting it to say what they
think will happen next. Now, let’s warm up by doing the activity below.

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ACTIVITY 1: NAME IT

Directions: Look at the picture in column A and try to match the title and the passage in column
B.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. "I don't want to survive. I want to live." —

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in 12
Years a Slave.

A.
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https://bit.ly/37Zdk05

2. "You is kind. You is smart. You is

important." —Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark
in The Help.

B.
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https://bit.ly/37Zdk05_

3. "Just keep swimming." —Ellen DeGeneres

as Dory in Finding Nemo.

C.
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https://bit.ly/37Zdk05

4. "Houston, we have a problem." —Kevin

Bacon as Jack Swigert in Apollo 13.

D. ____________________________
____________________________ 5. "I wish I knew how to quit you." —Jake
https://bit.ly/37Zdk05 Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist in Brokeback
Mountain.
source: https://bit.ly/37Zdk05

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E.
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https://bit.ly/37Zdk05

What Is It
Predicting is an important reading strategy. It allows students to use information from the
text, such as titles, headings, pictures and diagrams to anticipate what will happen in the story
(Bailey, 2015).

Effective readers use pictures, titles, headings, and text—as well as personal
experiences—to make predictions before they begin to read. Predicting involves thinking ahead
while reading and anticipating information and events in the text. After making predictions,
students can read through the text and refine, revise, and verify their predictions.

What’s New
In this activity, you are going to predict what happen in the story.

ACTIVITY 2: TELL ME!

Directions: Based on the title and pictures, predict the happenings in the story and the main
point of the material viewed.

Title: Outwitting a Crocodile

Text from the story:

"Thank you, Sang Buaya for helping me to cross the river. This is my new home."
"What do you mean? You tricked us to help you cross the river?" shouted Sang Buaya. He was
shocked. "There isn't any feast, is there?"

https://bit.ly/2Vh8W7z

https://bit.ly/2Vh8W7z

MY PREDICTION
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What Is It
Making predictions is also a valuable strategy to improve reading comprehension. Good
readers scan the text and make predictions before they read in order to get a sense of what the
reading is about.

Here are some steps in making predictions:

Step 1: Read the title and make some predictions about the main idea.

Step 2: Scan the text, visuals, vocabulary words, and other aids. Make a few more predictions
about the main idea.

Step 3: Read the first and the last paragraphs and make some new predictions.

Step 4: Give your predictions on what the whole text is all about.

What is the main idea?

The main idea is the point the author is making about a topic.

We can identify and locate the main idea in writing or in visual images, such as pictures.

Example:

The photo shows a very massive magnitude 9 earthquake

and from the title itself it happens in San Andrea California.

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This movie showed how

Ely struggled with grief
because of Celine and met
someone who was trying to
win his love.
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2. What I Can Do
We can predict outcome by using the events that happened in the story or situation. We
may also use the information from our experiences. Now, what you are going to do is to look for
magazines, books, newspaper or any reading materials. Post here the title, the picture or text
and make your prediction about it.
Activity 3: Post It!

Example:

Health and Home 2019

My Prediction Clue Used

They were frightened so they run to get away from the dog. The title and the picture.

Post It Here!

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My Prediction Clue Used

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