A 2 minutes Letter Search Riddle Game

Read each statement closely, and search for the missing letter as suggested by each statement.

1. I am the second letter of right.

2. I am the biggest letter of Mayon.
3. I am the first letter of the alphabet.
4. You’ll find me twice in geography.
5. You’ll find me in the middle of the sea.
6. I am the initial letter of Rose.
7. I am the center of Mayon.
IMAGERY
EXAMPLES OF IMAGERY
•It was dark and dim in the forest.
The words “dark” and “dim” are visual images.

•The children were screaming and shouting in the fields.

“Screaming” and “shouting” appeal to our sense of hearing, or auditory sense.

•He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.

“Whiff” and “aroma” evoke our sense of smell, or olfactory sense.

•The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric.

The idea of “soft” in this example appeals to our sense of touch, or tactile sense.

•The fresh and juicy orange is very cold and sweet.

“Juicy” and “sweet” – when associated with oranges – have an effect on our sense of
taste, or gustatory sense.
IMAGERY
 is the literary term used for language and description
that appeals to our five senses.

When a writer attempts to describe something so that it

appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or
hearing; he/she has used imagery.

Often, imagery is built on other literary devices, such as

simile or metaphor, as the author uses comparisons to
appeal to our senses.
MAYON VOLCANO
What do you think about Mayon Volcano?

Why do you think people love this tourist destination?

Have you seen Mount Mayon up close? If yes, How did you
react when you saw it for the first time?

Can other events have the same effect on us as a volcanic

erruption? Name some.
Kristian Sendon Cordero

Described as the enfant terrible of Bikol contemporary writings,

Cordero is a widely anthologized writer in the Philippines today.
He has five poetry collections in Filipino and Bikol. His most
recent collections are Canticos: Apat Na Boses (UST Publishing
House, 2013) and Labi (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2013).
In 2011, he published his translation of selected poetry of
Rainier Maria Rilke, “Minatubod Ako Sa Diklom” ( I Have Faith in
the Night) published by Ateneo de Naga University Press.
Recently he received a translation grant from the Ministerio de
Relaciones Exteriores Y Culto of the Republic of Argentina to
translate Jorge Luis Borges’ selected poetry in Bikol and Filipino.
 MAYON
Kristian Sendon Cordero
Camarines Sur

Ayon sa alamat, lason ng pana ni Pagtuga, Sa ilang retrato na ibinebenta ng mga

Ang lumikha sa bulkan – libingan ito bata sa Cagsawa
Ng dalagang namatay sa isang digmaan. Lusaw na tae ang nagliliyab na lava,
dumadaloy pababa.
Ngayon, ano ang tutubo sa paanan ng Mayon Matandang nagnganganga ayon naman
Gayong nagiging malawak na itong sementeryo sa isang makata.
Ng abo, ng tao. Manganganak na kaya ito?
Sa isang lumang postcard na nakita ko sa
Tinitigan ko ang nakangangang bulkan – binalot Antigo Merkado-
Ng ulap at ng sariling usok ang tuktok, gatas sa Kapag sa malayo, isa siyang magandang
labi. sikyung nakatanod,
Handa sa pagkapkap, naghihintay sa
Baka sakali, magpakita, nang may silbi ang iyong pagpasok.
kamera.
 GROUP ACTIVITIES
1. Explain a particular stanza.
2. Identify the various images in the poem.
3. Interpret the poem Mayon literally and
figuratively.

EACH GROUP WILL PRESENT THEIR WORK TO THE CLASS

What are the sisnificance of imagery in a literary
text/pieces?
• Write a short critique/reflection of the poem. (individual )
Assignment

Research and read the poem ‘’THIRD WORLD

GEOGRAPHY’’ by Cirilio F. Bautista(manila).