These express norms or codes of behavior, community beliefs, or instill values by offering nuggets of wisdom in short, rhyming words.

Stories in oral tradition, or tales that people tell each other out loud, rather than stories in written form.

Lam-ang (Ilocano), Hinilawod (Sulod), Kudaman (Palawan), and Darangen (Maranao) are examples of ______________.

Literature in this period may be classified as religious prose and poetry and secular prose and poetry.

This period brought about the romantic tradition that gave birth to metrical romance, specifically the awit and korido in Tagalog.

Philippine literary production during this period in the Philippines was spurred by two significant developments in education and culture.

It was during this period when the experimental stages happened with the use of free verse while the traditional rhyme and meter were retained.

During this period, Filipino writers have became more conscious of their art with the proliferation of writer workshops here and abroad and the bulk of literature available to them via the mass media including the internet.

During the pre-colonial period, these serve as a form of folk speech and are about the battle of the wits.