PHILIPPINE HISTORY
♣️The first book written in the
Philippines was DOCTRINA
CRISTIANA.
♣️The Father of Ilocano Literature is
PEDRO BUKANEG.
♣️The Father of Tagalog Poetry is
FRANCISCO BALTAZAR.
♣️Lola Basyang is the pen name of
SEVERINO REYES.
♣️The first and longest running komiks
series in the Philippines is
KENKOY(Liwayway Magasin,1929)
♣️The Father of Pampango Literature
who wrote There is no God is JUAN
CRISOSTOMO SOTO.
♣️The oldest existing newspaper in the
Philippines since the 1900 is MANILA
BULLETIN.
♣️The Father of Modern Tagalog Poetry is
ALEJANDRO ABADILLA.
♣️The work of Bonifacio which tells the
history of the Philippines ANG DAPAT
MABATID NG MGA TAGALOG.
♣️He wrote the popular fable The
Monkey and the Turtle - JOSE RIZAL
♣️This is known as Andres Bonifacio's
Ten Commandments of the Katipunan -
THE DECALOGUE.
♣️Rizal's model for Pilosopong Tasyo was
PACIANO RIZAL.
♣️The following characters created by
rizal reflect his own personality except
SIMOUN (El Filibusterismo)
♣️The line 'whoever knows not how to
love his native tongue is worse than any
beast or even smelly fish' TO MY
FELLOW CHILDREN
♣️Rizal's pen name - DIMASALANG,
LAONG-LAAN
♣️Taga-ilog is JUAN LUNA's Pen name.
♣️The first filipino alphabet was called
ALIBATA/BAYBAYIN
♣️the first filipino alphabet consisted of
15 LETTERS
♣️This is a song about love - TALINDAW,
awit ng mga taong hindi naimbetahan
sa kainan (COLADO)
♣️He was known for his `Memoria
Fotografica` - JOSE MA. PANGANIBAN
♣️He is known as the `poet of the
workers or laborers` - AMADO
HERNANDEZ
♣️Ilocano balagtasan is called
BUKANEGAN
♣️Visayan epic about good manners and
right conduct - MARAGTAS
♣️The father of Filipino newspaper is
PASCUAL POBLETE
♣️LUPANG TINUBUAN is considered to
be the best story written during
Japanese Period. The author is
NARCISO REYES
♣️The original title of Ibong Adarna was
CORIDO AT BUHAY NA PINAGDAANAN
NG TATLONH PRINSIPENG ANAC NG
HARING FERNANDO AT REYNA
VALERIANA SA CAHARIANG BERBANIA
♣️PANDEREGLA - first filipino bread
♣️The Great Plebian: ANDRES
BONIFACIO
♣️The Father of the Katipunan: ANDRES
BONIFACIO
♣️Hero of the Tirad Pass Battle:
GREGORIO DEL PILAR
♣️President of the First Philippine
Republic: GENERAL EMILIO
AGUINALDO
♣️Brains of the Philippine Revolution:
APOLINARIO MABINI
♣️Martyred Priests in 1872: GOMBURZA
♣️Brains of the Katipunan: EMILIO
JACINTO
♣️Co-founder of La Independencia:
GENERAL ANTONIO LUNA
♣️Mother of Balintawak: MELCHORA
AQUINO
♣️Greatest Filipino Orator of the
Propaganda Movement: GRACIANO
LOPEZ- JAENA
♣️First Filipino Cannon-maker: PANDAY
PIRA
♣️Managing Editor of La Solidaridad:
MARIANO PONCE
♣️Lakambini of Katipunan: GREGORIA
DE JESUS
♣️Poet of the Revolution: FERNANDO
MA. GUERRERO
♣️Outstanding Diplomat of the First
Philippine Republic: FELIPE
AGONCILLO
♣️First University of the Philippines
President: RAFAEL PALMA
♣️Greatest Filipino Painter: JUAN LUNA
♣️Greatest Journalist of the Propaganda
Movement: MARCELO H. DEL PILAR
♣️First Filipino Poetess: LEONA
FLORENTINO
♣️Peace of the Revolution: PEDRO
PATERNO
♣️Founder of Philippine Socialism:
ISABELO DELOS REYES VIBORRA:
ARTEMIO RICARTE
♣️Author of the Spanish lyrics of the
Philippine National Anthem: JOSE
PALMA
♣️Chief of Tondo: LAKANDOLA
♣️The Last Rajah of Manila: RAJAH
SOLIMAN
♣️Fiancée of Jose Rizal: LEONOR
RIVERA
♣️Maker of the  ★Father of Algebra: *Diophantus*
First Filipino Flag: MARCELA
AGONCILLO
♣️Co-founder of Katipunan: GALICANO
APACIBLE
♣️Leader of the Ilocano Revolt: DIEGO
SILANG
♣️First Filipino Hero: LAPU-LAPU
♣️Leader of the Longest Revolt in Bohol:
FRANCISCO DAGOHOY
♣️The Man of Many Talents: EPIFANIO
DELOS SANTOS
♣️Prince of Tagalog Poets: FRANCISCO
BALTAZAR
♣️Visayan Joan of Arc: TERESA
MAGBANUA
♣️Mother of Biak-na-Bato: TRINIDAD
TECSON
♣️Wife of Artemio Ricarte: AGUEDA
ESTEBAN
♣️Leader of the Tarlac Revolt: GEN.
FRANCISCO MAKABULOS
♣️Composer of the Philippine National
Anthem: JULIAN FELIPE
♣️Spaniards born in the Philippines:
INSULARES
♣️Leader of Magdalo: BALDOMERO
AGUINALDO
♣️Leader of Magdiwang: MARIANO
ALVAREZ
♣️Founder of La Liga Filipina: JOSE
RIZAL
♣️Painter of the Spolarium: JUAN LUNA
FATHERS OF DIFFERENT FIELDS
★Father of Biology: *Aristotle*
★Father of Physics: *Albert Einstein*
★Father of Chemistry: *Jabir Bin
Hayan*
★Father of Statistics: *Ronald Fisher*
★Father of Zoology: *Aristotle*
★Father of History: *Herodotus*
★Father of Microbiology: *Louis Pasteur*
★Father of Botany: *Theophrastus*
★Father of Blood groups: *Landsteiner*
★Father of Electricity: *Benjamin
Franklin*
★Father of Trigonometry: *Hipparchus*
★Father of Geometry: *Euclid*
★Father of Modern Chemistry: *Antoine
Lavoisier*
★Father of induction motor: NIKOLA
TESLA
★Father of Electronics: RAY
TOMLINSON
★Father of Internet: VINTON CERF
★Father of Economics: ADAM SMITH
★Father of Video game: *THOMAS T.
GOLDSMITH, JR.
★Father of Architecture: IMHOTEP
★Father of Genetics: GREGOR JOHANN
MENDEL
★Father of Nanotechnology: RICHARD
SMALLEY
★Father of Robotics: AL-JAZARI
★Father of C language: DENNIS
RITCHIE
★Father of World Wide Web: TIM
BERNERS-LEE
★Father of Search engine: ALAN
EMTAGE
★Father of Periodic table: DMITRI
MENDELEEV
★Father of Taxonomy: CAROLUS
LINNAEUS
★Father of Surgery (early): SUSHRUTA
★Father of Mathematics: ARCHIMEDES
★Father of Medicine: HIPPOCRATES
★Father of Homeopathy: SAMUEL
HAHNEMANN
★Father of Law: Cicer
LITERATURE
● FOLKLORE - traditionally derived and
orally transmitted literature
● FOLKTALES - reflect the people's
beliefs handed down from generation to
generation by word of mouth
● EPILOGUE - conclusion or final part
of non-dramatic literary work
● GENRE - distinctive type of literary
composition such as epic, tragedy,
comedy & novel
● "QUO VADIS" - means "where are you
going"
● HIEROGLYPHICS - oldest forn of
egyptian writing
● ALLEGORY - narrative whose
meaning is beneath the surface
● ELEGY - a meditated poem of grief
● SONNEt - verse w/14 iambic
pentameter lines
● EPIC - long poem w/c depicts the
adventure of a great hero who reveals
his country's aspirations; narrates
heroic deeds and supernatural
happenings w/local actor in w/c people
sing/chant
● SOLILOQUY - speech made by a
person who reveals his thoughts
● MANUEL ARCILLA - "How my brother
Leon brought home a wife"
● WASHINGTON IRVING - "The Legend
of a Sleepy Hollow"
● FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER -
hypochondriac living in morbid fear
● CYRANO DE BERGERAC - poet &
soldier noted for his Peculiar nose
● "THE ILLIAD OF HOMER" - great epic
poem whose plot centers around the
anger & wrath of Achilles against
agamemnon
● "THE BELLS" - "If eyes are made for
seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for
being"
● CACOPHONY - literary term w/c
means harsh & discordant sounds
introduced for poetic effect
● GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - know for
his excellence of characterization,
swiftness of narrative & clarity of style.
● EDGAR ALLAN POE - greatest
American writer of horror and detective
stories
● RABINDRANATH TAGORE - best
known for his collection of poems called
Gitanjali/song offerings
● ROBERT FROST - ranked as one of
the best modern American poets.
● GEOFFREY CHAUCER - Morning Star
of English Literature
● MARK TWAIN - "Samuel Clemens"
● HARRIET STOWE - "Uncle Tom's
Cabin"
● CHARLES DARWIN - Origin of species
● LAZLO BIRO - invented the ball point
pen
● HARRY POTTER - epic kind of story
VOCABULARY
Emulate 〰 imitate
Vouchsafe 〰 grant
Abeyance 〰 suspended
Denigrate 〰 malign
Furtive 〰 sneaky
Remonstrate 〰protest
Corroborate 〰confirm
Gullible〰easily deceived
Germane〰relevant
Plebeian〰common
Vulpine〰cunning
Spendthrift〰spender
Impolitic〰unwise
Terse〰concise
Parsimonious〰stingy
Stupefy〰make numb
Pariah〰outcast
Wizened〰shrivelled
Dubious〰doubtful
Incriminates〰accuse
Frivolous〰worthless
Susceptible〰inclined
Impertinent〰irrelevant
Ostracized 〰excluded
Conglomeration〰diffusion
Cacophonous〰loud and unpleasant
Carnal 〰worldly
Aplomb 〰composure
Candor 〰honesty
Contemptuous 〰 scornful
Feeble 〰 weak
Inevitable 〰 certain