Lesson 1 Flashcards
during this era the verses were addressed to the ears rather than the eyes
pre-colonial literary era
a formative past by the various groups of people who inhabited the archipelago
pre-colonial literary era
it is based on oral traditions and crude on ideology and phraseology
pre-colonial literary era
major literary genre
• Prose
• Poetry
• Drama
the smallest functional unit within the writing system
letter
concerned with the content and the form, not only the substance but the way it is written.
literature
a French word meaning “type” or “kind” of literature.
genre
is the ordinary form of written language
prose
it imitates the spoken language
prose
straight writing in paragraph form
prose
a language written with rhythm, figurative language, imagery, sound devices, and emotionally charged language.
poetry
a language written with rhythm, figurative language, imagery, sound devices, and emotionally charged language.
poetry
is a particular arrangement of words on a page for heightened emotional effect.
poetry
major types of poetry
• lyric poetry
• narrative poetry
• concrete poetry
refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings.
lyric poetry
Historically intended to be sung and accompany musical instrumentation
lyric poetry
describes a broad category of non-narrative poetry, including elegies, odes, and sonnets
lyric
describes a broad category of non-narrative poetry, including elegies, odes, and sonnets
lyric
aform of poetrythat is used to tell a story
narrative poetry
The poet combines elements of storytelling—like plot, setting, and characters—with elements of poetry, such as form, meter, rhyme, andpoetic devices
narrative poetry
a type of poetry in which the meaning or effect isconveyedpartly orwhollyby visual means, using patterns of words or letters and othertypographicaldevices.
concrete poetry
a story written to be performed by actors
drama
it is meant to be performed, one can also read the script, or written version, and imagine the action
drama
list of oral literature
• Riddles
• proverbs
• tanaga
