LITERATURE

• • Folk Tales (kwentong bayan) - stories that can derive lesson. 
• Epic (epiko) -  long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements
• • FolkSongs (awiting bayan) - mirrors the early forms of culture
• Geometric Origin- refers to the place where a piece of literature came from
• • Oral Literature- form of art that delivered by mouth
• • Riddles (bugtong)- puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed. 
• Proverbs (salawikain)- are wise sayings that contain metaphor.
• • Tanaga- consists of four lines with seven syllables each
• Myths (Mitolohiya)- tungkol sa mga diyos diyosan atbp.
• • Legends(alamat)-explain the origin of things.
• Fables(pabula)- use animal characters and allegory.
• • Fantasy Stories- a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements
• • Epics (epiko)-  long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements
• Religious Literature-  Spanish and Tagalog were included in early catechism and were used to teach Filipinos the Spanish language.
• • Pasyon (Pabasa)- long narrative poem about the passion and death of Christ.
• • Senakulo- dramatization of the pasyon. It shows the passion and death of Christ.
• • Awit- The awit is a form of Filipino poetry consisting of 12-syllable quatrains.
• • Korido- metrical tale written (a line of verse with 8 syllables)
• • Prose Narratives- written to prescribe proper decorum (kagandahang asal).
• • Political Essay- written to attack and expose the evils of Spanish rule.

  Example: La Solidaridad
• • Political Novels- employs narrative to comment on political events, systems and theories

  Example: Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo
• • Japanese Occupation- During this time, Tagalog poets broke away from the Balagtas tradition and instead wrote in simple language and free verse. 
• Rebirth of Freedom- Newspaper is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news. Medium for recording information in the form of writing or images. A piece of writing that uses imaginative words to share ideas, emotions or a story with the readers (Poems).
• • Poetry- type of writing that uses language to express imaginative and emotional qualities 
• • Drama- A literary composition involving conflict, action that acted by players
• • Fiction- created from imagination
• • Nonfiction- based on facts
• • Illustrated novels- extended narrative with multiple images.
• • Digi Fiction- combine three media, book, movie.
• • Graphic Novel- books that are written and illustrated.
• Manga- Japanese term of comics
• • Doodle Fiction- doodle writing and drawings and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font.
• • Text Talk Novel- Stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network/media exchanges.
• • Chick Literature- genre fiction which addresses the issue of woman hood.
• • Hyper Poetry- digital poetry that uses links
• • Flash Fiction- traditional short stories, flash fiction as short as a few words
• • Six Word Flash Fiction- use 6 words only
• • Creative Nonfiction- personal writings, travel writings
• • Science Ficiton- it talks about science and technology
• • Blog- short articles