lesson 1 pre fi Flashcards

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a poet, librettist, and scholar. he introduced to Tagalog literature

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bienvenido lumbera

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also known as Rio Alma, is a poet, literary historian and critic. He has also redefined how the Filipino poetry

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virgilio almario

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is a poet, fictionist and essayist . Major works: Summer Suns (1963), Words and Battlefields (1998), The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus (2001), Galaw ng Asoge (2003)

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cirilo bautista

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F. Sionil Jose is also a publisher, lecturer on cultural issues, and the founder of the Philippine chapter of the international organization PEN.

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f sionil jose

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is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase.It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words

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figure of speech

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a comparison is made between two objects of different kinds which have, however, one point in common

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simile

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is an implied simile. It does not, like the simile, state that one thing is like another or acts as another, but takes that for granted and proceeds as if the two things were one

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metaphor

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inanimate objects and abstract notions are spoken of as having life and intelligence. Personification occurs when the author or speaker gives human characteristics to non- human objects

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personification

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is a direct address to the dead, to the absent, or to a personified object or idea. This figure is a special form oF Personification

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apostrophe

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a statement is made emphatic by overstatement

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hyperbole

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consists in the description of a disagreeable thing by an agreeable name.

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euphism

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a striking opposition or contrast of words or sentiments is made in the same sentence. It is employed to secure emphasis.

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antithesis

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is a special form of Antithesis, whereby two contradictory qualities are predicted at once of the same thing..

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oxymoron

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is a brief pointed saying frequently introducing antithetical ideas which excite surprise and arrest attention.

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epigram

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Irony is a mode of speech in which the real meaning is exactly the opposite of that which is literally conveyed.

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irony

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In Metonymy (literally, a change of name), an object is designated to be the name of something else which is generally associated with it.

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metonomy

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In Synecdoche, a part is used to designate the whole or the whole to designate a part.

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dynecdoche

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an affirmative is conveyed by negation of the opposite, the effect being to suggest a strong expression by means of a weaker. It is the opposite of Hyperbole

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litotes

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Climax is the arrangement of a series of ideas in the order of increasing importance.

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climax

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is the opposite of Climax— a sudden descent from higher to lower. It is chiefly used for the purpose of satire or ridicule

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anticlimax

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Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

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onomatopeia

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is the name given to the earliest recorded stage of the English language

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old english

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were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country near the North Sea coast of northern Germania, in what is now Germany

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saxon

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were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period

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angle

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English Saxons, today referred to in English as Anglo-Saxons, became a single nation bringing together migrant Germanic peoples.

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anglo saxons

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Few surviving texts with little in common.
Language closer to modern German than modern English.

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land of angels

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an epic poem, is an example of an Anglo-Saxon hero tale. the earliest literature, the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon, one striking features - the use of alliteration

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beowulf

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first true king of the Britons

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king alfred

30
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tells the story of the Scandinavian hero Beowulf, who gains fame as a young man by vanquishing the monster Grendel and Grendel’s mother

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beowulf

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The protagonist of the epic, Beowulf is a Geatish hero who fights the monster Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a fire-breathing dragon

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beowulf

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The king of the Danes

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king hrothgar

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A demon descended from Cain, Grendel preys on Hrothgar’s warriors in the king’s mead-hall, Heorot

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grendel

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An unnamed swamp-hag

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grendels mother

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An ancient, powerful serpent

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dragon

36
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The legendary Danish king

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shield sheafson

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The father of Hrothgar

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halfdane

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Hrothgar’s wife

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wealhtheow

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  • A Danish warrior who is jealous of Beowulf
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unferth

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primarily in what is known today as Denmark and Sweden

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early 6th century scandivania

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where King Hrothgar has a splendid mead hall

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denmark

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the homeland of Beowulf

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geatland

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courage, good versus evil, loyalty, generosity, reputation, and the heroic code

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beowulf theme

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Beowulf illustrates three important morals of its time: bravery, honor, and loyalty.

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beowulf mora;