Unit 1. Short Stories: Window for Cultural Literacy (Quiz 1) Flashcards
Pertains to the people’s comprehension of the traditions, origins, races, history of humanity
Cultural Literacy
The way people live, elaborates the language, beliefs, sciences, practices, knowledge about everything and the understanding of the nature and environment
Culture
Any written works that a person can able to understand and even the billboards are known to be like this
Literature
Realities about life and the world are captured by authors through the _______
Short Stories
Reveal how similar humans are in terms of struggles, experiences and triumphs despite differences in religion, race, appearance, beliefs, age, gender, etc.
Short Stories
Characterized by happiness, hope, wonder, fear, struggle, and perseverance.
Human life
has the power to immortalize cultures, personalities, advocacies, tragedies and life lessons.
Written language
Helps us to express our thoughts and emotions, engage in collaborative, maintain relationships and participate in social activities.
Spoken language
Is about the Angeles family whose patriarch frequently travels for work. Despite being away from his family, he makes sure to keep his lines of communication with open. One day, he comes home at his family with a very special treat, _____
The Mats
Francisco “Franz” Arcellana was Filipino what? Give 5 examples
Writer, essayist, journalist, poet and educator
timeline of Francisco Arcellana
1916-2001
He is one of the forerunners of the modern filipino short story
Francisco “Franz” Arcellana
Majority of Arcellana works are
English stories
Arcellana works are translated to what 5 languages?
Tagalog, Malaysian, Russian, Italian and German
A short story which won second prize
The Flowers of May
The flowers of may won in what place
second prize
The flowers of may won second prize in what year and what is the title of the prize?
In year 1951 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature
a short story which won second prize in the Philippines Free Press literary contest in 1953
Wing of Madness
The Wing of Madness won in what place? State the name of the contest and year.
Won in second place, in the Philippines Free Press Literary Contest in 1953
He became a national artist of the Philippines in Literature in year
1990
Arcellena became a national artist of the Philippines in Literature in 1990 proclaimed by the late___________
President Corazon C. Aquino
Labored: Determine which one is the antonym
strained, endeavored, struggle, realistic
realistic
Labored: Determine which one is the synonym
strained, dillydallied, broke, realistic
strained
Consummate: Determine which one is the antonym
complete, abandon, finish, perfect
abandon
Consummate: Determine which one is the synonym
amateur, unskilled, perfect, unseasoned
perfect
Petered out: Determine which one is the antonym
faded, evaporated, emerged, compressed
emerged
Petered out: Determine which one is the synonym
showed up, built, emerged, compressed
compressed
Ponderous: Determine which one is the antonym
outsize, airy, massive, weighty
airy
The author of the “The Mats”
Francisco Arcellana
The wife of Mr. Angeles
Nana Emilia
Who are the deceased children of Mr. Angeles
Josefina, Victoria, Conception
The fundamental idea that the author wants to convey to the readers. It is what the story is all about
Theme
Refers to the time and location in which it takes place. Also refer to weather conditions, social order and culture describe in the story.
Setting
The main contributors tot the action in a story.
Characters
One central character that dominates in a story
Protagonist
The chronological events that develop the theme of a story. It describe what happened in the beginning. middle, and end of the story.
Plot
The struggle or opposition between two people or things. The intrinsic irreconcilability between the ideals of two or more characters.
Conflict
Used to compare and contrast two or more sets of characteristics.
Venn diagram
Are pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence.
Reflexive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns can be used as
DO, IO, AND OP
Are pronoun to intensifies or emphasizes the subject of the sentence; has the appositive purpose and closely related to the subject.
Intensive pronouns
The general definiton
operational definition
The definition is based on how the object is being used; based on its function or purpose
technical definition
any noun/pronoun to which the pronoun pertains to
antecedents
meaning of ECL
English for Cultural Literacy
literary genre that incorporates elements of fantasy and magic into an otherwise realistic setting
magic realism
