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1
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Literature comes from which Latin word?

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litera

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2
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Literature was discovered in Europe in what year?

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1940

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3
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Who is the first person who called “literature”?

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Goet

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4
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According to (blank), literature means it is a performance in words

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ROBERT FROST

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4
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According to (blank), literature means it is an imagination of nature and man

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ARISTOTLE

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5
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According to (blank), literature means writings that interprets the meaning of life

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HENRY BITCHOLYV

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6
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According to (blank), literature is life

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SANIATAN

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7
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2 Major Forms of Literature

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Prose and Poetry

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8
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consists of those with sentences and paragraphs

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Prose

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9
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consists of those of lines and stanzas

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Poetry

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10
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2 Forms of Prose

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Fiction Prose and Non-Fiction Prose

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11
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any written work that is not real

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Fiction Prose

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12
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comes from real life and is all based in real world experiences

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Non-Fiction Prose

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13
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Purpose of Literature

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  1. It gives us awareness of what we already knew.
  2. It tells us of what we do not already know.
  3. It moves our feelings.
  4. It gives us pleasure.
  5. It puts us in another world
  6. It uses language in special powerful ways.
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14
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This is a long narrative divided into chapters.

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Novel

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15
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This is a narrative involving one or more character, one plot and one single impression.

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Short Story

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16
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This is presented on a stage, is divided into acts and each act has many scenes.

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Plays

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17
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These are fictitious and they deal with animals and inanimate things who speak and act.

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Fables

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17
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These are fictitious narratives, usually about origins.

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Legends

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18
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These are merely products of writer’s imagination and the main aim is to bring out lessons to the reader.

19
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This expresses the viewpoint or opinion of the writer about a particular problem or event.

20
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This deals with the life of a person which may be about himself, his autobiographies or that of others.

21
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This is a report of everyday events in society, government, science and industry, and accidents, happening nationally or not.

22
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This is a formal treatment of a subject and is intended to be spoken in public.

23
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This form describes important events in life either real or imaginary.

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Narrative Poetry

24
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This is an extended narrative about heroic exploits often under supernatural control.

25
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This is a narrative which is written in verse and can be classified either as a ballad or a metrical romance.

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Metrical Tale

26
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Of the narrative poems, this is considered the shortest and simplest; it has a simple structure and tells a single incident.

27
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Originally, this refers to that kind of poetry meant to be sung to the accompaniment of a lyre.

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Lyric Poetry

28
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These are short poems intended to be sung. The common theme is love, despair, grief, doubt, joy, hope and sorrow.

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Folksongs (Awiting Bayan)

29
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This is a lyric poem of 14 lines dealing with an emotion, a feeling, or an idea.

30
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This is a lyric poem which expresses feelings of grief and melancholy, and whose theme is death.

31
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2 Types of Sonnets

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Italian and Shakespearean

32
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This is a poem of a noble feeling, expressed with dignity, with no definite number of syllables or definite number of lines in a stanza.

33
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This is a song praising God or the Virgin Mary and containing a philosophy of life.

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Psalms (Dali)

34
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These have measures of twelve syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.

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Song (Awit)

35
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Other word for twelve syllables

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Dodecasyllabic

36
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These have measures of eight syllables and recited to a martial beat.

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Corridos (Kuridos)

37
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Other word for eight syllables

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Octosyllabic

38
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Example of Corridos

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Ibong Adarna

39
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Example of Awit

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Florante at Laura by Francisco Balagtas

40
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A form of poetry that is written in verse and meant to be recited in public or acted out.

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Dramatic Poetry

41
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The word comedy comes from the greek term (blank) meaning festivity or revelry.

42
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A storytelling genre that uses laughter and humor in order to entertain and amuse.

43
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This is usually used in musical plays with the opera. Today, this is related to tragedy just as the farce is to comedy.

44
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This involves the hero struggling mightily against dynamic forces; he meets death or ruin without success and satisfaction obtained by the protagonist in a comedy.

45
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This is exaggerated comedy.

46
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This form is either purely comic or tragic and it pictures the life of today. It may aim to bring changes in the social conditions.

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Social Poems

Class 1st Quarter G10 (15 decks)

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