Exploring Culture and History through Poetry

Let's have check your knowledge on figurative language.

Read the following expressions from the poem

“I am Proud to be a Filipino” and indicate whether it is

a simile, metaphor, or personification.

Multiple Choice

Mighty rivers are furrowing the earth.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

My house is my land.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Trees rise as temples.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Girdling my loins is blood rich as a milk.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Trees grapple with winds.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Life is a dream.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

The white mares of the moon rush along the sky.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

The wind tapped like a tired man.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

His speech is like a whisper of a thousand bees.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

He is a lion in a fight.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Imagery is another element

that we can use in poems.

Give the appropriate sensory experience for the images given.

Multiple Select

Days are green fires and nights are warm

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Taste

• Smell

Multiple Select

Blood rich as milk

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Taste

• Motion

Multiple Select

Rains, mighty rivers, furrowing the earth

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Motion

• Smell

Multiple Choice

Birds builds patiently twig by twig

• Sight

• Motion

• Touch

• Taste

• Smell

Multiple Select

The warm, brown circle of its nest

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Taste

• Smell

Multiple Choice

Verdant and sprawling mountains, hills, valleys, plains

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Taste

• Smell

Exploring Culture and History through Poetry

Q3 English - Week 4

Open Ended

How about you? How do your love for our country?

Let's read the poem,

I Am Proud to be A Filipino

by Toribia A. Mano

Then, we'll answer the questions that will follow.

Open Ended

How are “islands” described in the poem?

Open Ended

What are the Filipinos doing for a living according to the poem?

Open Ended

What is the cure for the ills of man according to the poem?

Open Ended

Do you think it is our duty to be proud of being Filipino?

Open Ended

Which Filipino trait or values described in the poem still hold true today?

Poll

Lakes, waterfalls, rivers, sunsets, beaches and a generous sea

• Sight

• Motion

• Sound

• Taste

• Smell

Poll

Planting rice, husking coconuts, throwing nets far into the Pacific.

• Sight

• Motion

• Touch

• Taste

• Smell

Poll

My bones sleep quietly as a bride

• Sight

• Motion

• Touch

• Sound

• Smell

Poll

Heroes who fought to sing the poetry of freedom

• Sight

• Motion

• Touch

• Taste

• Smell