Q1 - 21st Century Tuna 🐟

Question 1

It is a term used to describe written or spoken material.

Answer 1

Literature

Question 2

It is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works, but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.

It is an enduring expression of significant human experience in words well-chosen and arranged.

Answer 2

Literature

Question 3

Literature came from the Latin word ____, which means ____.

Answer 3

litera
letters

Question 4

Define each of the highlighted words

Literature is an enduring expression of significant human experience in words well-chosen and arranged.

Answer 4

• enduring – lasting, not ephemeral
• expression – sharing; a manifestation
• significant – important, necessary, meaningful
• human – people; different human conditions
• experience – the heart of literature

Question 5

Literature is language in use that provides insights and intellectual stimulation to the reader. As one explores literature, he likewise discovers the beauty of language.

Answer 5

The Nature of Literature

Question 6

The function “____ ____”, literature is used to entertain its readers. Literary works are consumed for the sake of one’s enjoyment.

Answer 6

pleasure reading

Question 7

Thus summed up as permanent expressions in words (written or spoken), specially arranged in pleasing accepted patterns or forms. It expresses thoughts, feelings, ideas, or other special aspects of human experiences.

Answer 7

Literature

Question 8

Four (4) R’s of Literature:

Answer 8

• Recreation
• Recognition
• Redemption
• Revelation

Question 9

Literature is a means of reassembling reality. We want to see what we cannot see in reality.

Answer 9

Recreation

Question 10

Literature helps us recognize the people & their contribution.

Answer 10

Recognition

Question 11

Literature is a means of modification of behavior.

Answer 11

Redemption

Question 12

Literature is a means of recording history. It reveals the past, the present, & the future.

Answer 12

Revelation

Question 13

Two (2) Divisions of Literature:

Answer 13

• Prose
• Poetry

Question 14

The word “____” comes from the latin expression ____ ____, which means “straightforward” or “direct speech”

Answer 14

prose
prosa oratio

Question 15

Due to the definition of prose referring to straightforward communication, “____” has come to mean dull & commonplace discourse.

Answer 15

prosaic

Question 16

Poetry came from the ancient Greek ____ meaning “I create”.

Answer 16

poieo

Question 17

Is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional & semantic content.

It consists largely of oral or literary works in which language is used in a manner that is felt by its user & audience to differ from ordinary prose.

Answer 17

Poetry

Question 18

Types of Prose (8):

Answer 18

1. Prose Drama
2. Essay
3. Prose Fiction (Novel & Short Story)
4. Biography
5. Autobiography
6. Letter
7. Diary
8. Journal

Question 19

A drama in prose form. It consists entirely dialogues in prose, & is meant to be act on stage.

Answer 19

Prose Drama

Question 20

A short literary composition which is expository in nature. The author shares his thoughts feelings, experiences, or observations on some aspects of life that has interested him.

Answer 20

Essay

Question 21

Something invented, imagined, or feigned to be true.

Answer 21

Prose Fiction (Novel & Short Story)

Question 22

A long fiction narrative with a complicated plot. It may have one main plot & one or more sub plots that develop with the main plot. It is made up of chapters.

Answer 22

Novel

Question 23

A fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time, place & action. It deals with single character interest, a single emotion or series of emotions called forth by a single. It is distinguished from the novel by its compression.

Answer 23

Short Story

Question 24

A story of a certain person’s life written by another who knows the subject well

Answer 24

Biography

Question 25

A written account of man’s life written by himself.

Answer 25

Autobiography

Question 26

A written message which displays aspects of an author’s physiological make-up not immediately apparent in his more public writings. It is a prose form which by the force of its style & the importance of its statements becomes an object of interest in its own right.

Answer 26

Letter

Question 27

A daily written record of account of the writer’s own experiences, thoughts, activities or observations.

Answer 27

Diary

Question 28

A magazine or periodical especially of serious or learned nature. It is the reflection, opinion of a read material.

Answer 28

Journal

Question 29

Types of Poetry (2):

Answer 29

• Narrative Poetry
• Lyric Poetry

Question 30

A poem that tells a story.

Answer 30

Narrative Poetry

Question 31

Poetry

Types of Narrative Poetry (7):

Answer 31

1. Epic
2. Metrical Poem
3. Metrical Tale
4. Ballad
5. Popular Ballad
6. Modern or Artistic
7. Metrical Allegory

Question 32

A long narrative poem of the largest proportions. It is a tale mainly about a hero concerning the beginning, continuance, & the end of events of great significance on tribal or national significance.

Answer 32

Epic

Question 33

A narrative poem that tells a story of adventure, love & chivalry. The Typical hero is a knight on a quest.

Answer 33

Metrical Poem

Question 34

A knight on a quest

Answer 34

The Typical Hero

Question 35

A narrative poem consisting usually a single series connective events that are simple, & generally do not form a plot.

Examples of these are simple idylls or home tales, love tales, tales of the supernatural or tales written for a strong moral purpose in verse form.

Answer 35

Metrical Tale

Question 36

The simplest type of narrative poetry. It is a short narrative poem telling a single incident in simple meter & stanzas. It is meant to be sung.

Answer 36

Ballad

Question 37

A ballad of wide workman ship telling some simple incidents of adventure, cruelty, passion, or superstition, an incident that shows the primary instincts of man influenced by the restraint of modern civilization.

Answer 37

Popular Ballad

Question 38

Created by poet in imitation of the folk ballad, makes use of many of its devices & conventions.

Answer 38

Modern or Artistic

Question 39

An extended narrative that carries a second meaning along worth the surface story.

Answer 39

Metrical Allegory

Question 40

A poem that is very personal in nature. It expresses the author’s own thoughts, feelings, moods & reflections in musical language. It derived its name from the musical instrument, the lyre.

Answer 40

Lyric Poetry

Question 41

Poetry

Types of Lyric Poetry (4):

Answer 41

1. Ode
2. Elegy
3. Song
4. Sonnet

Question 42

A lyric poem of some length, serious in subject and dignified in style. It is most majestic of the lyric poems. It is written in a spirit of praise of some persons or things.

Answer 42

Ode

Question 43

A poem written on the death of a friend of the poet. The ostensible purpose is to praise the friend. But in the end of the poem, however, we can expect that poet will have come to terms with his grief.

Answer 43

Elegy

Question 44

A lyric poem in a regular metrical pattern set to music. These have twelve syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.

Answer 44

Song

Question 45

A song has ____ syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.

Answer 45

twelve

Question 46

A lyric poem containing four iambic pentameter lines, and a complicated rhyme.

Answer 46

Sonnet