1ST QUARTER FLASHCARDS
It is the longest era in Philippine literary history.
Pre-colonial Literature
What do the settings, characters, and languages in the Pre-colonial literature show?
The Philippines’ cultural identity.
It is a guessing game where the description of objects is stated creatively.
Riddle
It is a narrative poem that tells the adventures of a hero/heroine who has great power or strength.
Epic
It is a lyrical poem that emerged according to region.
Folksong
It is a story of /about gods and/ or goddesses that is narrated in one’s own language.
Myth
It is a story that uses animals with human
qualities as characters and aims to teach values.
Fable
It is a story that explains its origins.
Legend
It says truths or wise sayings.
Proverbs
What are the two forms of proverbs?
Imperative (commands what to do) & Descriptive (implies what should be done)
Started in 1960 and continues to the present. The dominant languages used by the writers in this period are English and Filipino.
Contemporary Literature
Themes in Contemporary Literature
Themes revolve around those in the periphery or the marginalized sectors (workers, peasants, urban poor, women, gays, and ethnic groups).
Canonical literary pieces were written by artists who were awarded:
National Artist for Literature
To be given this award, a writer’s work must be scrutinized based on 4 criteria:
expressive imagination, relevance, artistic value, and theme
The language used in Kapampangan Literature.
Kapampangan
The metaphor that the Kapampangans use to refer to their language.
amanung susuan
The setting of a short story is the _____ and ______ in which it happens.
time and place
It is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work.
Character
It is a struggle between two people or things in a short story.
Dilemma
Another term for dilemma
Conflict
What is a climax?
It is the point, usually near the end of the third act, where the value of the story is tested to its highest degree. As such, it is also the moment in a story with the greatest amount of drama, action, and movement.
What is a falling action?
It is the section of the plot following the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story’s central conflict decreases and the story moves toward its conclusion.
What is a resolution?
It is the conclusion of the story’s plot. It’s where any unanswered questions are answered, or “loose ends are tied.”
Another term for resolution
denouement
Another term for resolution
Denouement
This is the literary genre in poetry that shows/ tells a story.
Narrative Poetry
This element of a poem is about the number of syllables in each line.
Meter
The flow of sound and silence is the concern of this element of a poem.
Rhyme
This is the formal arrangement of rhyme.
Rhyming scheme
This is the formal arrangement of rhyme.
Rhyming scheme
This element appeals to our five senses.
Image
This is the choice of words of the author.
Diction
