Pre-colonial Literature

Question 1

Includes all literature produced before the Spanish colonization like chants, proverbs, songs, and folk narratives

Answer 1

Pre-colonial literature

Question 2

This is a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and
placeless tale circulated orally among a people.

Answer 2

Folktale

Question 3

This features animal characters or inanimate objects
that behave like people.

Answer 3

Fable

Question 4

are stories about real
people who are famous for doing
something brave or extraordinary.

Answer 4

Legend

Question 5

are traditional
stories occurring in a
timeless past. They
involve supernatural
elements and are beyond
the frontiers of logic.

Answer 5

Myths

Question 6

is narrative poem
celebrates the adventures and
achievements of a hero.

Answer 6

Epic

Question 7

express norms or codes of
behavior, community beliefs or they instill values by
offering nuggets of wisdom in short, rhyming verse.

Answer 7

Proverbs or Aphorisms

Question 8

is a form of folk
lyric which expresses the
hopes and aspirations, the
people’s lifestyles as well
as their loves.

Answer 8

Folk Song

Question 9

are made up of one or more
measured lines with rhymes and may consist
of 4 to 12 syllables.

Answer 9

Riddles