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Worksheets21st Century Literature Summative #1
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
This story is passed down from generation to generation, and it becomes part of a tradition of a community. What do you call this narrative?
epic
folktale
legend
myth
This story is told to explain a belief, a practice, or a natural phenomenon. What do you call this narrative?
epic
fable
legend
myth
This story is presented as history but is unlikely to be true. What do you call this narrative?
epic
fable
legend
myth
It is a Filipino love song traditionally sung by a man wooing the woman of his dreams.
Harana
sonata
kundiman
sarumbanggi
Which of the following statements is not true about the precolonial literature of the Philippines?
Precolonial literature includes chants, proverbs, and songs.
Precolonial literature includes folk narratives like folktales, epics, and myths.
Precolonial literature includes literature that were passed on from generation to generation through the word of mouth.
Precolonial literature depicts the livelihood, customs, and traditions of the Filipinos during the Spanish occupation.
Published in 1605, this book contains basic Catholic doctrines. What is the title of this book?
Noli Me Tangere
Gracias de sin sempiternas
Memorial de la vida cristiana en lengua tagala
Sampaguitas y poesias varias
Which of the following years are not considered as part of the postwar and contemporary period?
1900-1930
1947-1960
1960-1975
1975-199
Complete the following analogy: Jose Rizal : Noli Me Tangere : : Pedro Paterno : _______________
El Filibusterismo
Gracias de sin sempiternas
Ninay
Sampaguitas y poesias varias
What was the medium of instruction in public schools during the American occupation of the Philippines?
English
Filipino
Nihonggo
Tagalog
What is considered to be the first modern Filipino short story?
Dead Stars
His Native Soil
A Child of Sorrow
Lupang Tinubuan
What poetry is written and read on a mobile phone?
Rhyme
hypertext
lyric poetry
textula
All pairs of words form end rhymes except one. Which pair of words is it?
earth - birth
leaf - grief
try - fully
man - can
All pairs of words form 'tugmang patinig' except one. Which pair of words is it?
wala - tama
napapako - mapaso
makibaka - binabata
panalangin - paghiling
What literary devices are used on purpose by a writer in his work to convey its meaning?
literary characters
literary elements
literary meaning
literary techniques
Which literary device is not inherent in a short story?
characters
conflict
dialogue
setting
Which is not an element of a drama?
characters
events
plot
stage direction
Which refers to the conversation between the characters in a drama?
dialogue
scenes
stage direction
talks
What do you call the statements that tell the actors how they should look, move, and speak in a drama?
stage actions
stage directions
stage instructions
stage music
Which of these statements is not true about creative nonfiction?
It tells a real story.
It tells a realistic story.
It is a major genre of literature.
It uses a literary style of writing.
Supposed a woman writes about her own life from her birth up to the present. What do you call her work?
autobiography
biography
diary
memoir
Which of these is not a literary genre?
fiction
graphic novel
motif
nonfiction
Brevity is the main characteristic of this genre of fiction. What genre is it?
flash fiction
magic realism
metafiction
slipstream
What is referred to as the background of the text including biographical, linguistic, and sociocultural factors surrounding it?
atmosphere
context
setting
theme
All of these kinds of electronic literature are of the same genre except one. Which one is it?
hyperfiction
hyperpoetry
photo poem
textula
Which of these works is written in Middle English?
The Canterbury Tales
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Merchant of Venice
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Words or phrases that express meanings in a nonliteral way are referred to as figurative language or __________________.
figures of speech
figures of sound
figures of emphasis
figures of relationship
Onomatopoeia and alliteration are classified as ___________________.
figures of sound
figures of emphasis
figures of relationship
figures of reference
Which of the following correctly states why literary writers use figures of speech?
Literary writers use figures of speech to puzzle the readers.
Literary writers use figures of speech to make their works popular.
Literary writers use figures of speech to enhance the artistic quality of their works.
Literary writers use figures of speech to lengthen their works.
Which of the following best completes the given analogy? metonymy : relationship :: ______________: ______________________
emphasis : oxymoron
paradox : emphasis
sound : alliteration
metaphor : sound
Which of the following figures of speech is used in the sentence below? The bubbly baby babbled busily as Bobby bustled about his bassinet.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
synecdoche
These are essential to a story as writers utilize these components to serve as the structure of and to develop a story.
literary techniques
literary elements
foreshadowing
catharsis
Which of the following sets of words refers to literary elements?
plot, catharsis, setting
characters, cliff-hanger, hamartia
setting, theme, characters
anaphora, dialogue, setting
It is derived from a Greek word which means 'purgation' or 'purification.'
hamartia
epanaphora
catharsis
tragedy
The following are reasons for reading literature except for___________?
pleasure
relaxation
changing history
acquiring knowledge
Characterized by beauty of expression and form and by the universality of intellectual and emotional appeal is_________.
Literature
story
poem
prose
Which among the following deals with the analysis of the theme?
analytic
thematic
historical
universal
Which quality of literature appeals to our sense of beauty?
style
artistry
universality
intellectual value
Which discourse uses sentences usually forming paragraph to express ideas, feeling and actions?
poetry
literature
prose
novel
What do we call the quality of literature associated with the emotional power of literature?
suggestiveness
style
artistry
permanence
What rhythmic imaginative language expressing the invention, thought, imagination, passion and insight of the human soul?
prose
poetry
literature
fiction
The drama that has a tragic ending just like the death of the main character is called__________.
monologue
comedy
masque
tragedy
Which short simple narrative poem is composed to be sung?
song
ballad
ode
sonnet
A Filipino poet known for introducing the reversed consonance rhyme scheme is __________.
Jose Moreno Palma
Jose Garcia Palma
Jose Garcia Villa
Jose Villa Palma
An example of a fable is _____________.
Juan Pusong and his father's cows
The Monkey and the Crocodile
The Flood story
The Life of Rizal
Which among the following is an example of a legend?
Juan Pusong and his father's cows
The Monkey and the Crocodile
The Flood story
The Life of Rizal
Which among the following is a folktale?
Juan Pusong and his father's cows
The Monkey and the Crocodile
The Flood story
The Life of Rizal
Who authored Lupang Tinubuan?
Jose Garcia Villa
Andres Bonifacio
Jose Rizal
Narciso G. Reyes
Who wrote Ang Tigang na Lupa?
Jose Garcia Villa
Andres Bonifacio
Liwayway Arceo
Narciso G. Reyes
