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Midterm For 21st Century Literature PDF
Midterm For 21st Century Literature PDF
Midterm For 21st Century Literature PDF
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21 CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD
I. Fill in the blanks. Choose the correct answer from the box below.
________________1. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another
thing of a different kind.
________________2. An annual document that all government workers in the Philippines must
complete and submit.
Match column A with column B. Write the letter of the correct answer. No erasures.
Justice
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2. Why are symbols important in the life of a nation? What do people get from the symbols of a
nation?
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3. What does the simile, ‘right or wrong can be shuffled like cards” mean? What does this mean
when it comes to any of the following; politics and politicians, the police and justice system?
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Turban Legend
4. When the narrator notes the Filipino-ness of the balikbayan boxes, what does he fell toward
his fellow Filipinos?
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5. The title “Turban Legend” is a play on words on the phrase ‘Urban Legend”. What does
‘urban legend mean? Why was it changed to “turban legend”?
Preludes:
6. What does Nenita feel for her husband? Why do you think she feels that way?
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7. What is the importance of the dried purple leaves? Do you think that these this were used in
the story? How?
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