Stylistics Journalism Task1

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

ILOILO STATE COLLEGE OF FISHERIES


College of Education
San Enrique, Iloilo
5036 Philippines
Contact No.: (+63) 917-624-6100/ (033) 323-2058
Website: www.iscof.edu.ph / Email: iscofpresident2016@gmail.com/sanenriquecampus@gmail.com

ELECTIVE 2
STYLISTICS

TASK: Do a stylistic analysis of the line below by answering the guide questions on a
short-sized bond paper. Pass your output on Saturday, March 11, 2023.

“Hope is the thing with feathers.”

1. Are the words mainly slang, informal (colloquial), or formal (scholarly)?


What impact does this have? Give examples.
2. Are the words mainly denotative (containing an exact meaning), e.g. dress, or connotative
(containing a suggested meaning), e.g. gown? Give examples. What impact does this have?
3. Does the author use simple, complex, compound, or compound-complex sentence? What
impact does this have?
4. What figure of speech was used by the author? Cite example and explain the impact that this
had.
5. Explain what the statement means by focusing on the language used.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
ILOILO STATE COLLEGE OF FISHERIES
College of Education
San Enrique, Iloilo
5036 Philippines
Contact No.: (+63) 917-624-6100/ (033) 323-2058
Website: www.iscof.edu.ph / Email: iscofpresident2016@gmail.com/sanenriquecampus@gmail.com

MAJOR 19
CAMPUS JOURNALISM

TASK: Write a straight news using the data below on a short-sized bond paper. Pass your
output on Saturday, March 11, 2023.

- The Philippines is now the world’s top exporter of labor.”


- Said Labor Secretary Antonio Brion before the House Committee justifying his proposed P6.2
billion budget for 2023 on September 5
- The budget is 800 million higher than the current P5.4 billion allocation
- He said to congressmen: “We are now the No. 1 labor-sending country simply because
Filipinos are desired everywhere.”
- “If we are not that productive, we will not be that desired,” he added
- In Saudi Arabia alone, he said, the demand for Filipino nurses falls short of 2,000
- The Secretary also said the Philippines is sending one million Filipino workers overseas every
year and totaled them to 7.9 million.
- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is aiming to get the
highest increase from P2.5 million to P3.1 million among all agencies attached to the
Department of Labor and Employment.

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