ENGLISH 6
LESSON:
Figures of Speech such as
Onomatopoeia, Alliteration,
Assonance, Consonance
Share your experiences last vacation.
•What specific occasion is celebrated during
the month of May?
•Describe what happens during barrio fiesta?
•Why do we celebrate barrio fiesta?
Guess the word through the help of the picture
festive
a r m o n y
It is the combination of simultaneously
sounded musical notes to produce chords
having a pleasing effect.
m e l l o w
Pleasantly smooth or soft, free
from harshness
Guess the word through the help of the picture
lyre
Here are the activities that people do during barrio fiesta. Look at them. Tell
something about each activity.
Which among these activities do you also do during summer vacation with
your family?
Motive Question
Why is the barrio fiesta
one of the happiest times during
the month of May?
Barrio Fiesta
By: Soledz Joyster
In a lively little Libjo barrio
Feeling of excitement filled the town
Noisy band came on the way
And various sounds can be heard
The clang, clang, clang of cymbals
With the boom, boom,boom of drums
And the ting, ting, ting of lyres
These sounds filled the air
Hear the mellow festive bells
What a world of happiness
The harmony foretells
Barrio fiesta brings joy to everyone
Questions
1. What is the author’s view about the barrio fiesta?
2. How did she describe it? What are the activities done during a
fiesta?
3. Do you consider it one of the happiest times in your life? Why?
Why not?
4. How will you accept guests or invited friends during barrio
fiesta?
5. If you were the barangay captain of your barrio/barangay will
you still continue to celebrate barrio fiesta? Why? Why not?
Activity
From the poem “Barrio Fiesta” pick
and write the different sounds of
instruments mentioned.
Practice Exercise
A. Underline the onomatopoeic words in the following sentences.
1. Baby Onyok cried when he heard the toot, toot, toot of horns.
2. Mayor Beverly Dimacuha heard the hoot, hoot, hoot of the owl
when she visited the tunnel in Soro-soro Ilaya.
3. Vilma tried to focus on the final exam but the ticking of the
clock, tick, tock, tick, tock distracted her.
4. The wang, wang, wang of the fire truck alarms the community.
5. John Chester crossed in the wrong lane that’s why he heard
the prrrt, prrrt, prrrt of the policeman.
B. Read the first word. Create assonance by circling the appropriate word
from each line.
Example: pipe wipe kid gift
1. steel stare wheel step
2. chuckle grave battle supper
3. bought phone not ugly
4. dead door yellow eat
5. slope balloon bar boat
C. Which of the following is alliteration? Write the
letter of the correct answer.
a. World Wide Web
b. fleet feet sweep by sleeping Greeks
c. Santa’s short suit shrunk
d. The moo, moo, moo of the cow
e. she sells seashells, down by the seashore
Generalizations
What are the three sound devices that we have studied today?
Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate sounds. Examples: Splash,
tinkle
Alliteration is the repetition of vowel sounds in words with different
consonants in a line. Example: Time tells the tales; tinkle, tinkle, tinkle
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words with different
consonants in a line. Example: Hear the mellow wedding bells. Golden
bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!
EVALUATION
Analyze the sound devices use in the following sentences or
verses. Write onomatopoeia, alliteration or assonance.
1. Peter piper picked a pack of pickled pepper
2. The wings flapped and flapped
3. Ring, ring, ring goes the telephone
4. Hear the lark and harden to the barking of the dark
5. Perfect pieces of pizza for party people to pass around
6. It beats…. as it sweeps…. as it cleans.
ASSIGNMENT
Write a 4-line one stanza poem about your
favorite place in Batangas City using
different literary sound devices.
