Lit Exam

Cards (131)

  • Longest period of literature?
    pre-colonial
  • writing system of Filipinos during the pre-colonial?
    baybayin
  • what were the materials used that led to it being lost and disposed?
    leaves and barks
  • how was precolonial literature passed?
    oral tradition
  • what is spontaneous in nature?
    precolonial literature
  • what were the word choice in precolonial literature?
    simple
  • what was precolonial literature about?
    experiences
  • how many common literary forms were there during the precolonial period?
    8
  • a traditional verbal expression, with 1 or more elements, which have to be guessed?
    riddles (bugtong)
  • "Bumbong kung liwanag, kung gabi ay dagat"?
    riddle
  • passages on laws or good behaviour?
    proverbs (saliwikain)
  • how are proverbs shared?
    allegories and parables
  • essential feature of proverbs?
    didacticism, conciseness
  • ability to instruct through literature?
    didacticism
  • "Mayaman ka man sa sabi, dukha ka rin sa sarili"?
    proverbs(salawikain)
  • how many lines and syllables are there in short poems?
    quartrain, heptasyllabic
  • referred to as AMBAHAN in mindoro?
    short poem
  • where was short poems known as tanaga?
    Sanlucar, Noceda's Vocalubario de la lengua tagala (1854)
  • "Sa gybat na madawag, tala'y mababanaag, iyon ang tanging hangad, buhay ma'y igagawad"?
    short poem
  • used in witchcraft and enchantment?
    chants (bulong)
  • what is chants similar to?
    fairtytale spells
  • form of folk lyric?
    folk songs (awiting bayan)
  • what does folk songs express?
    hope, aspirations, lifestyle
  • one of the oldest forms of philippine literature?
    folk songs (awiting bayan)
  • what did folk songs mirror?
    early forms of literature
  • songs of love?
    kundiman
  • songs of wars?
    kumintang o tagumpay
  • songs for visayan gods?
    ang dalit o imno
  • songs for wedding?
    diona
  • lullaby?
    oyayi o hele
  • songs for fishing?
    talindaw
  • songs for the dead?
    panambitan o tagulaylay
  • how many prose narrative are there?
    4
  • theme revolving around supernatural beings?
    myths (mito)
  • why does myths have religious undertones?
    aminism
  • shows appreciation to various philippine mythical creatures?
    myths (mito)
  • similar to myths, historical but cant be proven?
    legends (alamat)
  • what are the themes of legends?
    world, lesson
  • derive lessons about life?
    folktales (kwentong bayan)
  • what evaluates, influence, and improve our perspective in life?
    folktales (kwentong bayan)