LITERATURE - 3RD QUARTER: EXAM

Epics

Narrative that recounts the adventures

of tribal heroes based on oral traditions

revolving around supernatural events or

heroic deeds.

Folk Tales

- Stories passed down orally through

generations

• Myths

• Legends

• Fables

• Fantastic Stories

Folk Songs

- songs that originated among the

people of a country or region and was

passed down orally from one generation

to another

• Hele or Oyayi

• Ambahon

• Kalusan

Oral Literature

- represented through sayings and

narrations which are performed and

passed down through generations.

• riddles - rhyming couplets

• proverbs - rhyming couplets

• tanaga - heptasyllabic quatrain

Textula

- is tanaga shared through texting,

digital means.

Tanaga

- consists of four lines with seven

syllables each.

- rhyme scheme may vary (basic AAAA,

enclosed ABBA, alternate ABAB, or

AABB)

Prose

- straightforward language

- written in sentences and paragraphs

- does not use patterns and rhyme

schemes

- easy to understand

- may or may not be written artistically

Poetry

- written in lines and stanzas

- inclusion of patterns, rhythm, and

rhyme schemes

- requires analysis and dissection of the

words

- written artistically and creatively

Marxist Criticism

- examines the literature to understand

how dominant groups (influential or

wealthy) exploit the subordinate group

(poor or minority)

- evaluates how people become

alienated from one another through

power, money, and politics

Coup De Grace

- mercy killing, or the act of putting to

death to a person or animal who was

severely injured and unlikely to recover

(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

- first published in SSC’s journal of

creative works

- french term Literal translation: Stroke

of Grace or Blow of Mercy.

Flash

- short, concise

- 50-1000 words only

Dagli

- filipino counterpart of flash fiction

Tapestry

- a complex combination of things or

sequence of events

Narrative

- tells a story through a sequence of

events or actions, presented

chronologically

- a day in a life, process of

making/cooking, following a person,

transformation photos

Thematic

- presents photos focused on a central

theme

- tends to be about one type or aspect of

many places, things, or people (pets,

plants, fruits, students, etc.)

Caption

- text accompanying pictures, artworks,

or illustrations.

- mini story that answers questions

about the photo