Lesson 2: During the Pre-Colonial Period

Question 1

• contains words of wisdom
• a short, traditional saying that shares a common truth or some sort of life advice

Answer 1

PROVERBS

Question 2

• demands an answer
• used to test the wits of those who are listening
• used in a battle of wits, where locals, young and old, join and/or watch to see who is the smartest

Answer 2

RIDDLES

Question 3

What are the 2 TYPES OF RIDDLES?

Answer 3

• ENIGMA
• CONUNDRUM

Question 4

• employs the use of allegorical or metaphorical devices
• puzzling or cryptic statement

Answer 4

ENIGMA

Question 5

relies on the use of puns in order to achieve its desired effect

Answer 5

CONUNDRUM

Question 6

form of folk lyric that speak volumes of the typical rural lives and reflect people’s aspirations and lifestyles

Answer 6

SONGS

Question 7

What are the 3 TYPES OF SONGS?

F L S

Answer 7

• FOLK SONGS (AWIT NG BAYAN)
• LULLABY (UYAYI)
• SERENADE

Question 8

• a song originating among the people of a country or area
• passed by oral tradition from one singer or generation to the next,
• often existing in several versions, and marked generally by simple, modal melody and stanzaic, narrative verse.

Answer 8

FOLK SONGS

Question 9

consists of soothing songs often sung to put babies to sleep.

Answer 9

LULLABY

Question 10

a courtship song used by young men to capture the heart of the girl they love.

Answer 10

SERENADE

Question 11

• used to give respect, excuse, or apology to unseen or other elemental spirits our ancestors believed in to deliver them from danger or harm, or cast a spell or enchantment.
• commonly used in witchrafts

Answer 11

CHANTS

Question 12

long narrative accounts of heroic deeds and adventures

Answer 12

EPIC

Question 13

a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events

Answer 13

MYTH

Question 14

• also known as alamat
• stories that explain the origin of things and phenomena in the surrounding world.

Answer 14

LEGENDS

Question 15

• a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels
• meant to teach a moral or principal.
• use human characters in believable situations so that the reader or listener feels able to relate.

Answer 15

PARABLE

Question 16

• are brief stories for the children of the native Filipinos
• characters are animals
• conveys moral

Answer 16

FABLES