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Lesson 1 How Others See Me

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Hoping to glimpse, a fraction<br />

of sunrise on their faces.<br />

Hoping to catch a glance,<br />

a smile perhaps that could warm<br />

his cold heart and maybe bring<br />

some kind of fulfilment<br />

on this empty morning.<br />

- Early Mornings by Ramon Alessandro; 2 July 2011; http://definitelyfilipino.com<br />

Where would you most likely imagine the place for the text you have listened to?<br />

Explain your answer.<br />

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Task 4. Say What?<br />

―O, miserable abundance, O, beggarly riches!‖<br />

-John Donne, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions<br />

Have you ever heard those expressions? Why would abundance be miserable?<br />

Why would someone who has riches be beggarly? These expressions are<br />

apparent contradictions. It is called an OXYMORON.<br />

Here are some more oxymoronic expressions: act naturally, random order,<br />

original copy, found missing, old news, peace force, deafening silence.<br />

Look for the oxymoronic expressions from the statements below. Then specify<br />

the meaning of the expression based from the given context. Write your answer on a<br />

one-fourth sheet of paper.<br />

1. "Ralph, if you're gonna be a phony, you might as well be a real phony."<br />

- Richard Yates, "Saying Goodbye to Sally." The Collected Stories of Richard Yates. Picador, 2002<br />

<strong>Me</strong>aning: ____________________________________________________<br />

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Grade 7 English Learning Package 47

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