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Subject Code: Subject 21st Century Literature from the

Description: Philippines and the World
A.Y.: 2020-2021 Semester: SECOND Term: 1st

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I. [Multiple Choice] Directions: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. It is a story that is entirely made up and is not true.

a. Character c. Fiction
b. Symbolism d. Novel

2. It is a short story that may use a character, object, or event to signify something else from its
original meaning.
a. Symbolism c. Fiction
b. Character d. Novel

3. This is the one you relate with the story, converse with, or listen to the thoughts of.
a. Fiction c. Character
b. Symbolism d. Novel

4. It is the event with the greatest tension in the story.

a. Rising action c. Falling action
b. Climax d. Denouement

5. This is a small events and telltale signs that tell you that the conflict is about to begin
a. Inciting incident c. Falling action
b. Climax d. Denouement

6. This is a French term that means the “ending”.

a. Inciting incident c. Falling action
b. Climax d. Denouement

7. It is the beginning of the story.

a. Inciting incident c. Falling action
b. Exposition d. Denouement

8. It is the stories of origin for certain places, their names, and their creation.
a. Folksongs c. Tales
b. Proverbs d. Riddles

9. These are long-winded poems about a hero and his adventures and misadventures.
a. Folksongs c. Epics
b. Proverbs d. Riddles

10. It is a practical observations and philosophy of everyday life that are written usually in a
rhyming scheme.
a. Folksongs c. Epics
b. Riddles d. Proverbs

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II. [Completion] Directions: From the list of words, choose the one that will complete the poem
below. Write the correct answer on the space provided.

rock-stones forfeited
consistency heart
vital tide
shores salt
restlessness grey
seascape

The battering 11. _______________ of the sea

Insists a tidal fury upon the beach
At Gabu, and its pure 12. __________________
Havocs the wasteland hard within its reach.

Brutal the daylong bashing of its 13. __________

Against the seascape where, for miles around,

Farther than sight itself, the 14. ____________ part

And drop into the elemental wound.

The waste of centuries is 15. _______ and dead

And neutral where the sea has beached its brine,
Where the split 16. ______ of its heart lies spread
Among the dark habiliments of Time.

The 17. ________ splendor misses. For here, here

At Gabu where the ageless 18. _______ recurs
All things 19. ___________ are most loved and dear.

It is the sea pursues a habit of 20. ___________.

III. [Matching Type] Directions: Match column A with the correct answer on column B, write only
the letter of answer on the blank before each number.

Column A Column B

____21. A narrative poem about the life of Jesus a. Riddles

Christ, beginning from his birth up to his death.
____22. These are the beautiful songs that are informal expressions b. senses and images
of our ancestors’ experiences in life.
____23. Like proverbs with one main difference: they c. structure
demand an answer and are used to test the wits of
those who are listening to them.
____24. It is one of the most famous forms of d. Pasyon
entertainment back in the Spanish era.
____25. It is what the writer wants you to smell e. Close Reading of a
Poetry

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____26. It is used by the writer to describe their impressions f. Zarzuela

of their topic or writing
____27. Denotative and connotative meaning of the words g. Marjorie Evasco
in a sentence, phrase, paragraph, or poem.

____28. Arrangement of words and lines, either together or h. Carlos Angeles

apart; the way the interdependent parts of it are organized
to form a whole poem.
____29. A way for you to analyze the poem by carefully reading i. olfactory imagery
and rereading a text until you have found its interpretation.
____30. She is currently a professor emeritus of De La Salle j. diction
University-Manila. k. Folksongs

IV. [True/False] Directions: Read each statement below carefully. Place a T on the line if you think
a statement it TRUE. Place an F on the line if you think the statement is FALSE.

_________31. Heto na si Kaka, bubuka-bukaka is an example of proverbs.

_________32. Word order is either the natural or unnatural arrangement of words in a poem.
_________33. Auditory imagery is what the writer wants you to feel.
_________34. Gustatory imagery is what the writer wants you to taste.
_________35. In the early 1900s, Filipinos celebrated romanticism, and several poems about love
flourished.
_________36. “Gabu”, one of the most widely read local poems in English by Carlos Angeles
_________37. Moro-moro is a play that uses shadows as its main spectacle.
_________38. St. Helena is the mother of Constantine and is oftentimes credited to have influenced her
son to be the great Christian leader he is known for today.
_________39. Carlo Angeles born on October 25, 1921 in Tacloban City, Leyte.
_________40. Epics also known as myths and legends.

IV. [Enumeration]

The Plot Structure of Fiction

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Forms of Literature
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