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BRACING FOR
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BALIKBAYANS
 Conrado de Quiros
He was a Filipino journalist, columnist, and writer
who covered Philippine politics from the 1980s to
the early decades of the 21st century.

De Quiros’ command of words is par excellence.

His prose is crisp and sharp, wit, sarcasm, and
humor blending seamlessly. He elevated opinion
writing to the level of art.

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BALIKBAYAN Means
What is Balikbayan?

A Filipino citizen visiting or returning to

the Philippines after a period of living
in another country.

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QUESTIONS
Must be answered:
01 What is the main idea of the text?
02 What supporting details are presented in the text?
03
What important knowledge or concept were you able to
get from the given text?
04 Analyze what pattern of paragraph development is
exemplified by the text?
05 What evidence or proofs support your claim about
this pattern?
06 What techniques or devices are used by the author
in writing the text?
 Answer
NO. 1
WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THE TEXT?

The main situations or ideas that Conrado de Quiros talks

about in 'Bracing for Balikbayans' are primarily centered
around the concept of Balikbayans, or returning Filipino
migrants. These concepts manifest themselves in different
aspects of Filipino society, including the impact on the
economy, socio-cultural perceptions, and individual or
family experiences. It shows how balikbayans change when
they work or migrate to other countries.

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AnswerNO. 2
WHAT SUPPORTING DETAILS ARE PRESENTED IN THE TEXT?

The supporting details presented in the text are that

someone who has worked outside of their home
nation may experience several adjustments as they
must adapt to the culture and system in place.
When they arrive, unaware that we are equal and
unaffected by social reality, we, the family closest
to them, know everything about them. When the
new culture is accepted, the value of nationalism
changes.

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 Answer
NO. 3
WHAT IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE OR CONCEPT WERE YOU ABLE TO GET
FROM THE GIVEN TEXT?

The important knowledge or concept is that it opens the minds of

people to their differences from what they idolize so much and the
way they think of themselves as Filipinos. This is an opening for us
in the sense of nationalism and of embracing what we don’t have
and being content.

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 Answer
NO. 4 & NO.5
WHAT EVIDENCE OR PROOFS SUPPORT
YOUR CLAIM ABOUT THIS PATTERN?

ANALYZE WHAT PATTERN OF PARAGRAPH

DEVELOPMENT IS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE
TEXT?
The pattern exemplified in
the text are narration, and
comparison & contrast.
The evidence or proofs support the claim
about the patterns used in the text. First,
narration shows the revisiting of the word of
the author’s memory, and we can see it in the
intro of the text and the line, “It’s a time of
year when balikbayans descend upon us in
droves to remind us of how benighted we
are." And lastly, comparison and contrast,
because it shows how different Filipino and
American cultures are and how they see
things.

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 AnswerNO. 6
WHAT TECHNIQUES OR DEVICES ARE USED BY THE
AUTHOR IN WRITING THE TEXT?

The techniques or devices used in the text are

anecdote and analogy. Anecdote because it
indicates the brief narratives from the writer’s
memory of the text, and analogy because it
demonstrates a comparison and contrast in
the text about bracing for balikbayans.

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THANK
You

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