Analysis Group Activity.

1. How is Manila bay described? What details in the text helped you
visualize the place?
2. What feelings are evoked by the descriptions?
3. To what event could the poem be referring?
4. How does the text end? Who could be Olympia that the author is
pertaining to?

ANSWER:
1.

2.

3.

4.

Question: What constituted the beauty of Manila bay?

The beauty of Manila bay is the result of historical battles that it had undergone.

Task 1. Promote Manila Bay

Visit the land of a thousand smiles! - Hyperbole

Witness a moonlight memory for a lifetime. - Hyperbole

This is NOT your usual walk in the bay. - Litotes

Manila Bay is NOT the typical moonlight experience. - Litotes

A hyperbole is an exaggeration, while a litotes presents an

understatement by using the negative marker not. Litotes emphasize an
idea through negation.

TASK 2. IDENTIFYING EMBEDDED CLAUSES

Embedded Clause
a clause that is fixed within a larger clause or sentence which is called the
matrix clause .
The embedded clause is usually found in the beginning or at the end of
sentences.
Markers commonly accompany or introduce embedded clauses: that,
when, who, where OR gerunds (Example: swimming, eating, etc.)
EXAMPLE:
Manila Bay presents a magnificent sunset experience that will last a
lifetime.
The place is often crowded in the early morning and late afternoon when
people try to get a glimpse of its world-famous sunrise and sunset.
Photographers take pictures of people sitting or walking along the bay
area.

Exercise 2.1 Identify the embedded clause in the following

sentences. Write your answers on a half sheet of paper.
1. Manila Bay is considered the finest harbor in the far east
where the famous "Battle of Manila Bay" was fought.
2. The Bay is also known as a stopover for the Galleon Trade
which lasted for 244 years.
3. The first Filipinos were Indo-Malaya migrants who
established their first settlements along the bay and a nearby
river (now the Pasig River).
4.They named the place Maynila or may nila which
means there is nila here.
5. Nila is a water plant that thrived in the area.

Exercise 2.2 Identify five embedded clauses in the text4 below.

Write these on a sheet of paper.
The long stretch of national highway, from the US Embassy to
a portion just before the Coastal Road to Cavite, offers a
panoramic view of Manila Bay. It is most picturesque in the
afternoon when the dying sun emits golden rays and lends
golden tones especially to the towering hotels and office
buildings nearby. The renovated bay wall is now a touristclass promenade known as Bay Walk Area where stylish
benches are propped up for frolicking and where people
roam around for fresh air or jog in early mornings. Being now
a popular sightseeing destination, it is among the top 5 tourist
spots in Manila-Philippines.