Made by Matthew Rexel C. Dungca
Edited by Gian Carl Lim
Lesson 1
Parallelism - it is the repetition of the same grammatical form in two or more parts of the sentence
Words
Phrases
Clauses
Parallel words - a noun should be grouped with other nouns, an adjective to adjective and so on.
Example (Red parallel) (blue not parallel)
Not parallel
The company is looking for a candidate who is friendly, organized, meticulous, and is going to arrive to work on time.
Parallel
the company is looking for a candidate who is friendly, organized, meticulous, and punctual.
Parallel Phrases - should be used to balance a series of phrases with the same grammatical structure
Example
Not parallel
initial trials showed that exposure to chemicals caused memory problems, intermittent dizziness, and deters sleep.
Parallel
initial trials showed that exposure to chemicals caused memory problems, intermittent dizziness, and insomnia.
Parallel clauses - is applicable to a series of clauses in a sentence
Example
Not parallel
The report card stated that the student often talked in class that he bullied other students, and rarely finished his homework.
Parallel
The report card stated that the student often talked in class that he bullied other students, and that he rarely finished his homework.
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Example
He is neither ornamental nor useful.
Lily likes eating M&Ms and binge-watching series in netflix
Figurative language- language used to convey a complicated meaning.
Simile- it is a comparison of two unlikely things using “like” or “as”
Example
“The poster is as pretty as a bouquet of flowers.”
Metaphor-comparison of two unlikely things that does not include the word “like” or “as”
Example
“The room is an oven”
Personification-human qualities to non human things
Example
“The building can touch the clouds”
Hyperbole-Extreme exaggeration.
Example
“Im so hungry i could eat a horse”
Alliteration-It is when words in a phrase start with same letter or sound
Example
“Mary read a magazine last Monday with Mom at the mall”
Assonance-vowel sounds anywhere in the middle or end of a line or stanza are repeated
Example
“Lake takes the cake”
Onomatopoeia-word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing
Example
“The “boom” of a firework”
Repetition-Literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again
Example
“I have a heart to heart talk with my brother”
Oxymoron- use of words that are exactly the opposite in a line of poetry
Example
“They knew they could feel the joyful sadness on his arrival.”