English Flashcards
The author of the Declaration of Philippine Independence.
Ambrosio Bautista
“Two heads are better than one” means that it is better for two people to think of a solution and than just one person. This is a classic example of ______.
Synecdoche
Who wrote “Dead Stars”?
Paz Marquez Benitez
The title “Dead Stars” symbolizes ______.
the love of Alfredo for Julia
What does “lost one” pertain to?
Past lover
“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.” is an example of _____.
Parallel
This occurs when two separate sentences are joined with a comma rather than a period of semicolon.
Comma splice
It is a tool used by writers to hint at larger themes, ideas, and meaning in a story or piece of writing.
Literary device
This is a report on an event that has taken place. It may include a byline, body text, photo and caption.
News article
This poem concerns the natural world, rural life and landscapes.
Pastoral poem
This sentence occurs when you connect two main clauses with no punctuation.
Run-on sentence
“Storm in a teacup” means _____.
Big fuss about a small problem
It is a collection of stories and fables from Arabia, Egypt, India and Persia that were compiled from oral tales that have been passed down through these cultures for generations.
A Thousand and One Nights
This punctuation should be used after an introductory word, phrase or clause.
Comma
indirect, “polite” way of describing something too inappropriate or awkward to address directly
Euphemism
This is a word, phrase or clause that is separated improperly from the word it modifies or describes.
Misplaced modifier
According to this theory, the ancients tend to view things as persons not as mere objects; thus, they describe natural events as active personal god’s , and giving rise to myths.
Personification
This is a word which describes or denotes the qualities of something.
Adjective
It is a literary device used to express large complex ideas in an approachable manner.
Allegory
It describes a series of words in quick succession that all start with the same letter or sound.
Alliteration
Carlos Buludan’s celebrated autobiography
America is in the Heart
It is a popular literary device used to develop characters, frame storylines and help create associations to well-known works.
Allusion
It is used as a substitute for a missing letter or letters in a word, to show the possessive case, and in the plural of letters, some numbers and abbreviations.
Apostrophe
It is an article written by the editorial staff from a specific perspective. It offers the newspaper’s view of an issue.
Editorial
It is a poem that reflects upon death or loss.
Elegy
It is an argument that relies on personal attacks rather than reason or substance.
Ad Hominem
It is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of clauses or sentences.
Anaphora
It is called the Literary Colossus of the Visayas.
Angel Magahum
It was eventually published in 1945, was rejected by a New York publisher stating “it is impossible to sell animal stories in the USA.”
Animal Farm
- the most Greek of all the gods
- Lord of Silver Bow
- Archer-god
Apollo
These are a subclass of determiners, which are noun-marking words. They usually come before the nouns they modify.
Articles
It is the name of the very first library in the world.
Ashurbannipal Library
It is a poetic device where the vowel sound in a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding constants sounds or different.
Assonance
At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen work. The fisherman do not speak the same language, so they communicate using one that has been invented but only for the purpose of trade. This scenario most accurately describe a _____.
Pidgin
- simplified form of language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language.
It is a group of people within hearing; specifically a group of people listening to a performance, speech etc.; the crowd seeing a stage performance.
Audience
It is a poem that is lengthy, narrative work of poetry.
Epic
Norwegian writer best known for his problem/social play like “Ghost.”
August Strindberg
Authors turn to tangible _____ to represent abstract concepts and ideas in their stories.
Symbols
Asian language nearest to Filipino.
Bahasa Malaysia
Filipino poet snubbed by Huseng Sisiw.
Balagtas
Hero of the Maranaw epic Darangen.
Bantugan
Considered the oldest epic in England.
Beowulf
List of sources used in the study.
Bibliography
Poetry written with a precise meter - almost always iambic pentameter - that does not rhyme.
Blank verse
It is the event that mark the first literary demonstration in the Philippines.
Book burning
This contains business profiles and news reports about the state of commerce.
Business section
It is a Latin phrase translated as enjoy the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future.
Carpe diem
Who wrote the novel A Christmas Carol?
Charles Dickens
It is a novel by Charles Dickens about a man who hates Christmas.
A Christmas Carol
Who is the Historian of the Revolution?
Clemente Zulueta
