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Unit 1. Short Stories: Window for Cultural Literacy (Quiz 1) Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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Pertains to the people’s comprehension of the traditions, origins, races, history of humanity

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Cultural Literacy

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The way people live, elaborates the language, beliefs, sciences, practices, knowledge about everything and the understanding of the nature and environment

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Culture

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3
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Any written works that a person can able to understand and even the billboards are known to be like this

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Literature

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4
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Realities about life and the world are captured by authors through the _______

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Short Stories

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5
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Reveal how similar humans are in terms of struggles, experiences and triumphs despite differences in religion, race, appearance, beliefs, age, gender, etc.

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Short Stories

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6
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Characterized by happiness, hope, wonder, fear, struggle, and perseverance.

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Human life

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has the power to immortalize cultures, personalities, advocacies, tragedies and life lessons.

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Written language

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Helps us to express our thoughts and emotions, engage in collaborative, maintain relationships and participate in social activities.

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Spoken language

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9
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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, _____

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The Mats

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10
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Francisco “Franz” Arcellana was Filipino what? Give 5 examples

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Writer, essayist, journalist, poet and educator

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11
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timeline of Francisco Arcellana

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1916-2001

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He is one of the forerunners of the modern filipino short story

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Francisco “Franz” Arcellana

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13
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Majority of Arcellana works are

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English stories

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14
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Arcellana works are translated to what 5 languages?

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Tagalog, Malaysian, Russian, Italian and German

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15
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A short story which won second prize

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The Flowers of May

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16
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The flowers of may won in what place

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second prize

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17
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The flowers of may won second prize in what year and what is the title of the prize?

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In year 1951 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature

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18
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a short story which won second prize in the Philippines Free Press literary contest in 1953

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Wing of Madness

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The Wing of Madness won in what place? State the name of the contest and year.

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Won in second place, in the Philippines Free Press Literary Contest in 1953

20
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He became a national artist of the Philippines in Literature in year

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1990

21
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Arcellena became a national artist of the Philippines in Literature in 1990 proclaimed by the late___________

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President Corazon C. Aquino

22
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Labored: Determine which one is the antonym

strained, endeavored, struggle, realistic

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realistic

23
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Labored: Determine which one is the synonym

strained, dillydallied, broke, realistic

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strained

24
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Consummate: Determine which one is the antonym

complete, abandon, finish, perfect

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abandon

25
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Consummate: Determine which one is the synonym

amateur, unskilled, perfect, unseasoned

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perfect

26
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Petered out: Determine which one is the antonym

faded, evaporated, emerged, compressed

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emerged

27
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Petered out: Determine which one is the synonym

showed up, built, emerged, compressed

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compressed

28
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Ponderous: Determine which one is the antonym

outsize, airy, massive, weighty

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airy

29
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The author of the “The Mats”

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Francisco Arcellana

30
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The wife of Mr. Angeles

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Nana Emilia

31
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Who are the deceased children of Mr. Angeles

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Josefina, Victoria, Conception

32
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The fundamental idea that the author wants to convey to the readers. It is what the story is all about

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Theme

33
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Refers to the time and location in which it takes place. Also refer to weather conditions, social order and culture describe in the story.

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Setting

34
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The main contributors tot the action in a story.

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Characters

35
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One central character that dominates in a story

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Protagonist

36
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The chronological events that develop the theme of a story. It describe what happened in the beginning. middle, and end of the story.

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Plot

37
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The struggle or opposition between two people or things. The intrinsic irreconcilability between the ideals of two or more characters.

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Conflict

38
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Used to compare and contrast two or more sets of characteristics.

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Venn diagram

39
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Are pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence.

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Reflexive pronouns

40
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Reflexive pronouns can be used as

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DO, IO, AND OP

41
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Are pronoun to intensifies or emphasizes the subject of the sentence; has the appositive purpose and closely related to the subject.

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Intensive pronouns

42
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The general definiton

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operational definition

43
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The definition is based on how the object is being used; based on its function or purpose

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technical definition

44
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any noun/pronoun to which the pronoun pertains to

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antecedents

45
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meaning of ECL

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English for Cultural Literacy

46
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literary genre that incorporates elements of fantasy and magic into an otherwise realistic setting

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magic realism

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