Long Test in English

• Contemporary Period


  After postwar era and the 1960's Philippine Literature, moved to contemporary period or modern times
• During the contemporary period, the struggles toward democracy and justice became stronger during the martial law years
• President Marcos placed the Philippines under Martial Law. The declaration issued under Proclamation 1081 suspended the civil rights and imposed military authority in the country


  September 21, 1972
• As the world now moves to the 21st century, with the access to mass media and social media, more young writers have begun to get recognized for their writing as well
• In the contemporary era of Literary Writing, writers ventured into NON-FICTION
• Distinguishing features of Philippine Literature writers

  • Writers used Filipino and English in their writings
  • Authors produced the Literature or circumvention or literature which sought to expose and criticize political and social issues
• Essays


  • Generally short pieces of prose that revolve around an already formulated thought
  • Reflect the personal views, reflections, and thoughts of a writer
• Different types of essay

  • Narrative Essay (telling a story)
  • Descriptive Essay (describing with words)
  • Expository Essay (learning more about a topic)
  • Persuasive Essay (convincing the reader)
• Biography


  A written account of one person's life (about the lives of famous or historical figures)
• Dialectical Journal


  Records a dialogue or conversation, between the ideas in the text and the ideas of the reader
• Imperatives


  • Express or give command or request
  • Form of verb used to give directions, instructions, suggestions, request or advice
• Imperatives


  • Obey your parents
  • Go!
  • Listen attentively
• Prepositions


  • Often tell us where one noun is in relation to another
  • Can also indicate more abstract ideas, such as purpose or contrast
• Uses of prepositions


  • Direction (Look to the left and you'll see our destination)
  • Time (We've been working since morning)
  • Location (We saw a movie at the theater)
  • Space (The dog hid under the table)
• On


  • Used to express a surface of something
  • Used to specify days and dates
  • Used to indicate a device such as a phone or computer
  • Used to indicate a part of the body
• In


  • Used for unspecific times during a day, month, season, year, weeks, decades, century
  • Used to indicate a location or place such as country, city, and neighbourhood
  • Used to indicate a shape, size, color
• Between


  Means in or into the space which separates at least two places, people or objects
• Among


  Means in the middle or surrounded by other things. It is used for groups or a mass of at least three
• At


  • Used to point out a specific time and holiday period
  • Used to indicate a specific place or location
• Some phrasal verbs are inherently inseparable, and attempting to separate them is incorrect