Fill in the blanks.

1. The word literature is derived from the Latin term litera

2. Which means letter?

3-6 In PANITIKING PILIPINO it says that “true literature is a piece of written work which is undying.
It expresses the feelings and emotions of people in response to his everyday efforts to live, to be happy n
his environment and, after struggles, to reach his Creator.” Written by Atienza, Ramos, Salazar and
Nazal.

7. Our written literature, which is about four hundred years old, is one of slow and evolutionary growth.

8. History is made up of events that really happened

9. Lyric Poetry this refers to that kind of poetry meant to be sung to the accompaniment of a lyre, but
now, this applies to any type of poetry that expresses emotions and feelings of the poet. They are usually
short, simple and easy to understand.

10. Ode is a poem of a noble feeling, expressed with dignity, with no definite number of syllables or
definite number of lines in a stanza.

11. Psalms is a song praising God or the Virgin Mary and containing a philosophy of life.

12. The word comedy comes from the Greek term “komos” meaning festivity or revelry.

13. News is a report of everyday events in society, government, science and industry, and accidents,
happening nationally or not.

14. Essay expresses the viewpoint or opinion of the writer about a particular problem or event.

15. Epic is an extended narrative about heroic exploits often under supernatural control.

Enumeration.

16. Two General types of Literature

17-19 Atleast 3 types of Prose

20-22. Atleast 3 types of Poetry

23-24. Atleast 2 different varieties of Dramatic Poetry.

25 Newspaper and Magazines that were re-opened during Rebirth Freedom

Answer the ff. questions.

26. What do you call the figments of the imagination or events devoid of truth that have been written
down? (History)
27. During what period when Filipinos were still adjusting the idea of democracy? (Period of Re
Orientation)

28. During Japanese Period almost all newspaper were stopped by the Japanese. What is the name of the
writer started to use Filipino in writing because of strict prohibitions? (Juan Laya)

29. During what period when they tried to stop pornography or those writings may have bad influence on
the moral of people? (Period of New Society)

30. What did Ferdinand Marcos our former president call The Period of Third Republic? (The New
Republic of the Phillipines)

31. It is written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. (Prose)

32. These are merely products of the writer’s imagination and the main aim is to bring out lessons to the
reader. (Anecdotes)

33. This deals with the life of a person which may be about himself, his autobiography or that of others.
(Biography)

34. This is a lyric poem of 14 lines dealing with an emotion, a feeling, or an idea. (Sonnets)

35. These have measures of eight syllables and recited to a martial beat. (Corridors)

36. This involves the hero struggling mightily against dynamic forces; he meets death or ruin without
success and satisfaction obtained by the protagonist in a comedy (Tragedy)

37. It has a simple structure and tells of a single incident. There are also variations of these. (Ballads)

38. It seeks to arouse mirth by laughable lines; situations are too ridiculous to be true. (Farce)

39. This form is either purely comic or tragic and it pictures the life of today. (Social Poems)

40. This form describes important events in life either real or imaginary. (Narrative Poetry)

Define the ff.

41. Period of Self Discovery

42. Freedom

43. Activism

44. Poetry

45. Literature

46. Period of Imitation

47. Period of Activism

48-50. Why we need to study Philippine Literature?