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2. Two Main Divisions of Literature Flashcards

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Miriam Defensor-Santiago: The Iron Lady of Asia

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Sacred Fire Creative

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2
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Who said this?

“What is the meaning of life?
This meaning is not for you to
find, but for you to define. The
meaning of life is found in the
purposes that we pursue as we
grow older.”

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Miriam Defensor-Santiago

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She is well-known in Philippine politics for her
intelligence, courage, and memorable quotes.
While she ran twice for president and never won,
she remained a consistent and active figure in
politics who made a lasting mark on the Filipino
people’s hearts and minds.

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Miriam Defensor-Santiago

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Why did Miriam Defensor-Santiago passed away?

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Lung Cancer (Sept 2016)

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Miriam Defensor-Santiago was a popular mainstay in Philippine politics, especially when she spoke openly about

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corruption, injustice, and inefficiences

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is a literary piece which is written in the pattern of ordinary spoken language and within the common flow of conversation.

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Prose

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Prose is derived from the Latin word prosa
which means ‘_________________.’

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straightforward

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refers to those
expressions in verse,
with measures, rhymes,
rhythm, lines, stanzas and
melodious tones.

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Poetry

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Poetry came from the Greek word
____________ which means ‘making’.

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poiesis

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10
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Form of Prose and Poetry

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Prose - in paragraph form
Poetry - in stanza or verse form

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Language of Prose and Poetry

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Prose - expressed in ordinary form
Poetry - expressed in metrical, rhythmical, and figurative language

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Appeal of Prose and Poetry

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Prose - to the intellect
Poetry - to the emotions

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Aim of Prose and Poetry

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Prose - to convince, instruct, imitate, and reflect
Poetry - stir the imagination and set an idea of how life should be

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Forms of Prose

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Prose Drama
Essay
Prose Fiction
Biography
Autobiography
Letter
Diary
Journal

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15
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a drama in prose form. It consists entirely of dialogues in prose and is meant to be acted on stage.

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Prose Drama

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a short literary composition which is expository in nature. The author shares some of their thoughts, feelings, or observations on aspects of life which interest them.

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Essay

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something invented, imagined, or feigned to be true

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Prose Fiction

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18
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2 kinds of Prose Fiction

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Novel
Short Story

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A long fictitious narrative with complicated plot

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Novel

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A fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time, place, and action

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Short Story

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a story of a certain person’s life written by another who knows him (the former) well.

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Biography

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22
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a written account of man’s life written by himself.

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Autobiography

23
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a written message which displays aspects of an author’s physiological make-up not immediately apparent in his more public writings.

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Letter

24
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a daily written record of account of the writer’s own experiences,
thoughts, activities, or observations.

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Diary

25
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a magazine or periodical especially of a serious or learned nature

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Journal

26
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OTHER FORMS OF PROSE

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  1. HISTORICAL PROSE
  2. SCIENTIFIC PROSE
  3. SATIRICAL PROSE
  4. CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
  5. LITERARY CRITICISM
  6. BOOK REVIEW
  7. PHILOSOPHY
  8. TRAVEL
  9. PARODY
  10. ANECDOTE
  11. CHARACTER SKETCH
  12. PARABLE
  13. PAMPHLET
  14. EULOGY
  15. SPEECH (Address, Oration,
    Lecture, Talk)
27
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is derived from Greek work poesis meaning “making or creating”.

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Poetry

28
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remember five things about poetry

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Concentrated Thought
Word-Music
Expresses all senses
Answers our demand for rhythm
Observation plus imagination

29
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Poetry is as _______ as the nature of man—unique in some sense along with man’s eccentricities, yet clings if appreciated or if deeply imbibed by the reader

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varied

30
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tells a story. It is often contrasted with lyric verse and verse drama.

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Narrative Poem

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Examples of Narrative Poem

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Epic
Metrical Romance
Metrical Tale
Ballad
Popular Ballad
Modern or Artistic
Metrical Allegory

32
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a long narrative of a hero with supernatural strength

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Epic

33
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a poem of a “knight on a conquest”

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Metrical Romance

34
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a poem written for a strong purpose in verse form; they do not form a plot

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Metrical Tale

35
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a narrative poem intended to be sung

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Ballad

36
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a ballad telling of adventures, cruelty, passion, or primary instincts of man influenced by the restraint of modern civilization.

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Popular Ballad

37
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a ‘freer’ folk ballad; an imitation

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Modern or Artistic

38
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Types of Poetry

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Narrative Poems
Lyric Poetry

38
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a symbolic extended narrative

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Metrical Allegory

39
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Examples of Lyric Poetry

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Ode
Elegy
Song
Corridos
Sonnet

40
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refers to either poetry that has the form and musical quality of a song, or a usually short poem that expresses personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker.

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Lyric Poetry

41
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written in a spirit of praise of some person/things.

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Ode

42
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a poem written on the death of a friend of a poet

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Elegy

43
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a lyrical poem set to music

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Song

44
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these have measures of eight syllables and recited to a beat

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Corridos

45
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a poem containing 14 lines and a dedicated rhyme

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Sonnet

46
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These divisions and types of literature allow us to view literature this way:

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There is no single way of representing/ creating/ purging out our thoughts to real words.

47
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The Coconut Poem

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Jose Garcia Villa

48
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a Filipino poet, critic, short story writer and painter, is an important person to recognize during Filipino American History
Month.

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Jose Garcia Villa

49
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His early path did not involve poetry. Instead he began a pre-medical course of study at the University of the Philippines, eventually switching to pre-law. After some time, Villa recognized that his true passion was in the creative arts, and his career as a writer began

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Jose Garcia Villa

50
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Jose Villa published a collection of erotic poems called

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Man Songs

51
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Villa was selected for the Best Story of the Year from the Philippine Free Press magazine for his story called

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Mir-I-Nisa

52
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shocked a conservative, heavily Roman Catholic society with its sexual imagery. Considered too erotic, such poems got the novice writer tried and fined by the courts for obscenity and suspended from the state-run University of the Philippines—founded, coincidentally, in 1908, the year of his birth

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The Coconut Poem

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