Literature

• literature is from the latin word litera that means?


  letter
• it deals with the ideas, thoughts, feelings and stories of man?

  literature
• it is a person interested in literature

  literati
• two types of general literature?

  prose and poetry
• long narratives, long writings?

  novels
• can be one plot and one single impression?

  short stories
• presented on stage?

  plays
• about origin?

  legend
• deals with inanimate things and animals?

  fables
• product of a writer's imagination?

  anecdote
• expresses opinions and povs of the writer?


  essays
• life of a person?

  biography
• report of everyday events?

  news
• subject intended for the public?


  oration
• poems about heroes?

  epic
• written in verse and classified as ballads or metrical romance?

  metrical tales
• shortest and simplest of them all?

  ballads
• for singing normally?

  lyric poetry
• common theme for this is love?

  folksong
• lyric poems of 14 lines, dealing with emotions, feeling, or an idea?

  elegy
• praising Lord?

  psalms
• measures of 12 syllables?

  song
• measures of 8. longest poetry?

  corridos
• melodrama?

  comedy
• •  Introduced Filipinos the way of speaking poetry, literature and showed the people the beauty of it?

  Francisco Balagtas Y Dela Cruz
• • Also called "Servino Reyes", the father of Philippine Literature and his stories can be heard on radios and TVs too?

  Lolo Basyang
• the only woman given rights to write during the Spanish rule over the Philippines. In short, the mother of Philippine Literature?

  Leona Florentino
• The "prince" of our literature, was known for writing poetry in Spanish?

  Tomas Pinpin
• • Wrote short stories but longer, published some of the best stories?

  Nick Joaquin