2nd Monthly Coverage in English PDF

2 Monthly Coverage nd in English  Learn about It Kōel (around Southeast Asia and the Pacific) This poem is a three-line form written in stanzas, the first and last lines repeat vowel sounds (assonance) and the middle repeats consonants (alliteration). Together, the kōel sounds like bir...

2 Monthly Coverage nd in English  Learn about It Kōel (around Southeast Asia and the Pacific) This poem is a three-line form written in stanzas, the first and last lines repeat vowel sounds (assonance) and the middle repeats consonants (alliteration). Together, the kōel sounds like birdsong.  Learn about It Syair (Malaysia) This is an epic form that tells tales of historical and mythic events, meant to be sung in front of an audience as well as written down. The pattern is four lines with AAAA rhymes.  Learn about It Haiku (Japan) Haiku is a traditional Japanese form about a moment in nature, written in lines of five-seven-five syllables. It is often left untitled. By Kobayashi Issa Winter seclusion - Listening, that time evening, To the rain in pond.  Learn about It Lục bát (Vietnam) This form is based on arrangements of sharp and flat tones using the six tones in Vietnamese as well as end rhymes.  Learn about It Yadu (Myanmar) Also called Burmese climbing rhyme, this type of poem has rhymes that move from the end of the first line to the middle of the next, with a new end rhyme that moves to the middle, and so on. The interlocking rhymes usually refer to the changing seasons.  Learn about It Sijo (Korea) Similar to a haiku, the sijo is a three-line poem with 14–16 syllables per line. The first line introduces the subject, the second line either develops or turns the subject so you look at it from another angle, and the third line provides the final twist.  Learn about It Pantun (Indonesia) This form has four lines of equal length rhyming ABAB. The first two lines are the shadow, usually a proverb, riddle, or question, while the last two lines are the meaning, which gives the literal answer to the riddle.  Learn about It Kural (India and Sri Lanka) This is a type of ancient Tamil poetry with just two lines: four words in the first line, and three in the second line. Darkness fills my world I let go.  Learn about It Environmental poetry (Pacific islands) Several islands in the Pacific were used as nuclear bomb and weapons test sites in WWII, with lasting consequences including unexploded missiles that are still there today.  Learn about It Twin Cinema (Singapore) Invented in 2010, this form is composed in two columns that can be read separately (up and down) or together (side to side). Each reading gives a different meaning to the poem.  Learn about It Found/Fount Sonnets (Singapore) Developed in 2017, this form is a mix of found poetry and formal sonnets. Poets choose a piece of writing (an article, newspaper, novel, etc) and circle every seventh word until the poet has 14 words total. Each line of the fourteen-line sonnet needs to include one of the words circled, in the order it was circled. Typically, these sonnets don’t use a set rhyme or rhythm.  Learn about It Tanaga (Philippines) Tanaga is a traditional poetry form from the Philippines. It is a short form with only four lines and seven syllables for each line. The rhyme scheme mostly depends on the poet, with the most common ones being AAAA, ABAB, AABB, ABBB, and ABBA.  Learn about It Counterclaim the opposite of a claim, which is also provable and supportable by reasons and evidence claims that go against what is originally claimed  Dramatic Irony This occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of.  Examples In Jaws, the audience knows where is the shark but the character doesn’t have any idea.  Examples In Horror movies, it is more often to see Dramatic Irony.  Situational Irony This occurs when the exact opposite of what is expected to happen, happens. This means that both the audience and the characters in the story are unaware of the consequences of the situation.  Examples A rice farmer who does not have anything to eat  Verbal Irony This is saying something that is contradictory to its intended meaning. It occurs when a speaker aims to be understood as meaning the opposite of what he or she is actually saying.  Examples Uttering “That was funny” after hearing a lousy joke.  Sarcasm Intention to mock or insult using satirical or ironic remarks. “I work 40 hours a week to be this poor,” said a construction worker to his wife after seeing their dinner table.  Sarcasm Intention to mock or insult using satirical or ironic remarks.  Exaggeration or Overstatement is a statement that makes something worse, or better than its original status or meaning. I don’t get the papers this afternoon, my boss will kill me  Exaggeration or Overstatement is a statement that makes something worse, or better than its original status or meaning.  Understatement is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. You are out to dinner with a friend who spills food down the front of her white shirt. An understatement would be: "Really, it's hardly noticeable."