EMC110: SURVEY IN PHIL LITERATURE

OVERVIEW: PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
LITERARY GENRES
Ms. Tricia A.
Paras
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 Expository Essays
• The introduction of an
expository essay states •
your topic and
provides some general
background.
• the body presents the •
details, and
• the conclusion
summarizes the
information presented.
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 Descriptive Essays
Test your ability to use •
language creatively,
making striking word
choices to convey a
memorable picture of •
what you’re
describing.
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 Character Setting
A character is a person, or The setting of a short story is
sometimes even an animal, the time and place in which it
who takes part in the action happens.
of a short story or other -descriptions of landscape,
literary work. scenery, buildings, seasons
or weather
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 Plot Theme
A plot is a series of events The theme is the
and character actions that central idea or belief
relate to the central in a short story.
conflict.

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 Conflict
The conflict is a struggle
between two people or
things in a short story. The
main character is usually on
one side of the central
conflict.
The Story of Hanukkah
On the other side, the main
character may struggle
against another important
character, against the forces
of nature, against society, or
even against something
inside himself or herself
(feelings, emotions, illness).
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