Pre-colonial Philippine Literature

These are indirect presentation of an object, by stating its characteristic features or peculiarities.

• Riddles

• Proverbs

• Salawikain

• Epic

The following are examples of literary forms of pre-colonial Philippine Literature except:

• Folk Tales

• Folk Songs

• Folk Trivia

• Folk Narattives

Answer explanation

3 Literary forms are:

Oral Literatures

Folk Tales/Narrative

Folk Songs

Pre-colonial literature is characterized by oral tradition, ideology and phraseology.

• True

• False

It is a 7-syllable per line poem that are mentions about social entertainment. and human relationships.

These are work songs that depict the livelihood of the people.

This folk song is used to serenade.

• kundiman

• tagay

• harana

• subli

This folk narrative explains the origin of things.

• epic

• legend

• fable

• myth

A narrative that sustained a length based on supernatural events or heroic deeds.

• Fantastic stories

• myth

• epic

• legend

This contains statements of wisdom and sayings of norms, rules and of proper behavior in the community.

Epic is an example of a fantastic story.

• True

• False