CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS THIRD CONDITIONAL

- Used to speculate things that could - Explaining how present

happen, might have happened, and circumstances would be different if
wish would happen. something different had happened in
- It is composed of an antecedent if the past or regrets.
statement or condition and a
consequent or Then Examples:
statement/result. 1. If we had left earlier, we would have
arrived on time.
ZERO CONDITIONAL 2. If you had told me how you felt, I
- Talking about general truths or wouldn’t have pursued her.
scientifically proven cause-effect
relationships. USING METER AND FOOT
- Discussing general habits Syllable - It is a unit of pronunciation having
one vowel sound
Examples: Stress - a syllable uttered in a higher pitch
1. If you heat water to 100°, it boils. or with greater emphasis than others
2. When they go to the province, they Rhythm - refers to the flow of sound
stay in their family’s ancestral home. Foot - It is a unit of stressed and unstressed
syllables in a line of poetry
FIRST CONDITIONAL Meter - The pattern and combination of feet
- Talking about a realistic situation in within a line of verse
the present or future.
- Give imperatives or commands. RHYME: ARRANGEMENTS OF
SYLLABLES
Examples: - Poetry's origins and much of its
1. If you leave now, you will make it on power lies in how it is performed or
time. read aloud. This includes how its
2. If you’re tired, you should take a sound contributes to its impact on
break. listeners; and this is accomplished
through the use of rhythm.
SECOND CONDITIONAL - Rhythm or meter is always present
- Talking about situations that are in poetry, to varying degrees. This is
completely unrealistic or will not because the words used in poetry
likely happen in the present or contain stressed and unstressed
future. syllables. The arrangement of words
- Giving advice in lines of verse can create patterns
of rhythm using those syllables.
Examples:
1. If I had an electric guitar, I could join
a band.
2. If I were you, I would ask for a
refund.
RHYME: ARRANGEMENTS OF Example:
SYLLABLES /-/-/--
- Rhythm and meter are present in all Twinkle twinkle little star,
poetic structures. While they may be /-/-/--
a bit loose or not as frequently used How I wonder what you are
in free verse poetry, traditional - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Jane Taylor
poetry requires meter to be
measured in feet or a group of SPONDEE
stressed and unstressed syllables. - It is composed of two stressed
syllables (DUM DUM DUM). This
There are different kinds of meter draws attention to what is being said
depending on the number of syllables in in the line and creates heightened
a foot: emotion.
● Feet with paired syllables (iamb, - e.g. words like FAITHFUL,
trochee, spondee) SUNSHINE, DOORWAY
● Feet with 3 syllables (dactyl, Example:
anapest) And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
IAMBIC -“Break, break, break” by Alfred, Lord
- It is composed of one unstressed Tennyson
and one stressed syllable. (da DUM,
da DUM, da DUM, da DUM, da DACTYL
DUM) - It is composed of one stressed
- e.g. words like beGIN, deTER, and followed by two unstressed syllables
toDAY; phrases with one-syllable (DUM da da DUM da da DUM da
words like I AM, will YOU da). These were once used in
Example: elegiac (serious, reflective, even
-/-/-/-/- mourning) verse.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, - e.g. words like BITterness, ENTropy
-/-/-/-/- Example:
And sorry I could not travel both Just for a handful of silver he left us,
- The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Just for a riband to stick in his coat—
-The Lost Leader by Robert Browning
TROCHEE
- It is composed of one stressed ANAPEST
followed by one unstressed syllable. - It is composed of two unstressed
(DA dum, DA dum, DA dum). The syllables followed by one stressed
falling rhythm makes it appropriate syllable (da da DUM da da DUM). It
for unsettling or dark topics. But the has a light, comfortable and
easy to remember rhythm makes it common stress pattern, and is used
useful for children's rhymes as well. in light or comic poetry.
- e.g. words like MIDnight, ALways, - e.g. words like underSTAND,
BETter contraDICT
Example: TEXT-TO-WORLD CONNECTIONS
‘Twas the Night before Christmas, when all - When you use proper knowledge to
through the house understand a text, you are making a
Not a creature was stirring, not even a connection. A text-to-world
mouse; connection involves relating a text to
-‘Twas the Night before Christmas by real-life situations and what you
Clement Clarke Moore already know about the world. It
goes beyond your personal
METER experience.
● one foot = monometer.
● two feet = dimeter. Making text-to-world connections helps
● three feet = trimeter. readers:
● four feet = tetrameter. ● Gain insight into the text by
● five feet = pentameter. connecting it to prior knowledge
● six feet = hexameter. ● Make a text more memorable by
● seven feet = heptameter. building on information from a
● eight feet = octameter. variety of fields
● Assess how a text relates to real-life
JOHN MILTON situations
(Dec. 9, 1608 - Nov. 8, 1674)
- An English poet, pamphleteer and
historian best known for Paradise
Lost, a 12 book epic poem about the
fall of mankind and considered as
the greatest epic poem in English.
- He advocated for and was a strong
supporter of Oliver Cromwell’s
Puritan Reformation of the Church of
England. However, Milton went
completely blind shortly after the
Puritan’s rise to power.

SOCIAL ISSUES
- These are problems that prevent a
society or community from
functioning at its best. They affect
many and are often caused by
circumstances outside a person’s
control. They can sometimes be
resolved by new laws, forming
charities, or public education.

Notes Owner: Julienne Amular