Subject: 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

Summative Test
Name: ____________________________ Date:_______ Score: ___/60

Chapter 1: Doing Philosophy.

Lesson 1. Various Dimensions of Philippine literary history from Pre-colonial to Contemporary;
A. Instruction: Identify the following title of Philippine folk narratives as Folktale, Legend,
Myth, Epic and Fable.

__________________1. The Monkey and the Crocodile

__________________2. The Creation
__________________3. Juan Pusong and His Father’s Cows
__________________4. Biag ni Lam-ang’
__________________5. The Flood Story
B. Instruction: Identify the following definition as Folktale, Legend, Myth, Epic and Fable.

__________________6. This is a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale

circulated orally among a people.
__________________7. This features animal characters or inanimate objects that behave like
people.
__________________8. This is presented as history but is unlikely to be true.
__________________9. This is told to explain a belief, a practice, or a natural phenomenon.
__________________10. This narrative poem celebrates the adventures and achievements of a
hero.

Lesson 2. Spanish Occupation

Instruction:Match column a with column B. Write the letter only.
.
Column A Column B
(Filipino Writers) (Literary works)

1. Fernando Bagongbanta a. “Salamat nang walang hanga”

2. Francisco Baltazar b. “Naangaw a Cablaw” (Good Greetings)
3. Pedro Paterno c. Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa
4. Jose Rizal d. Florante at Laura
5. Andres Bonifacio e. Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo
6. Leona Florentino f. Sampaguitas y poesias varias
g. “Ang Mahal na Passion ni Jesu Christong Panginoon
7. Gaspar Aquino de Belen
natin na tola”

Lesson 3. American and Japanese Occupation

A. American Occupation
Instruction: Identify the following.
___1. He was elected as the president of the Philippine Commonwealth.
___2. The medium of instruction used for communication during American time.
___3. It was the first collection of poetry in English and edited by Rodolfo Dato.
___4. The title of a short story written by Paz Marquez Benitez and considered as the first
Filipino modern short story in English.
___5. The title of the first Filipino novel in English written by Zoilo M. Galang.
B. Japanese Occupation
___6. The date of Japanese attack in Manila.
___7. On October 1943, it was the word declared by the Japanese officials to the Philippines.
___8. He was elected as the President during this time.
___9. It was the official language used by the Japanese during the colonizing period in the
Philippines together with the Nihonggo Japanese dialect.
___10. It was the title of the story written by Narciso G. Reyes, a first in rank and one of the 4
top stories won a contest sponsored by the Japanese.
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Lesson 4. Post War and Contemporary Period

A. Post War. Fill in the blanks.
1. After World War II, the Philippines had to deal with the economy and the need for
________and ________of infrastructures.
2. Filipino writers got their inspiration from _____________and were able to learn their
techniques, which also helped in mastering the English language.
3. Writers wrote______that focused on courageous deeds as well as the sacrifices and suffering in
the lives of Filipinos.
4._____________literature flourished even more during the postwar and contemporary period.
5. Common for writers to write about the _________ of the Filipino people under the Spanish and
American rule and the Japanese Occupation.

B. Contemporary Period
Instruction:Match column A with column B. Write the letter only.
Column A
( Definition) Column B
6. use of magic realism. (literary works)
7. pre-Hispanic society and the people’s struggle a) Without Seeing the Dawn
for moral order. b) History and Philippine Culture
8. a sentimental piece that talks about life in old c) The Return
age. d) We Filipinos Are Mild Drinkers
9. focuses on the drinking habits and culture of e) Waywaya
Filipinos and Americans. f) May Day Eve
10. emphasizes the importance of understanding
and presenting a nation’s culture.

Lesson 5. Canonical Authors

Column A Column B
(Literary Works) (Canonical Authors)
1. "FOOTNOTE TO YOUTH“ a. Carlos P.Romulo
2. “I AM A FILIPINO” b. Jose Garcia Villa
3. “The Mat” c. Nestor V. Madali Gonzalez
4. "Children of the Ash-Covered Loam” d. Francisco Arcellana
5. "The Return “ e. Bienvenido Lumbera
6. “The God’s Stealer” f. Edith L. Tiempo
7. “High Society” g. Francisco Sionil Jose
8. “My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken” h. Alejandro R. Roces
9. “A Eulogy of Roaches(1965)” i. Virgilio S. Almario

Lesson 6. Figure of Speech

Figures of Relationship:
Simile Metaphor Metonymy Synecdoche

1. It refers to using a thing or idea that is not referred to by its own name but by a different one,
a name of something with which it is closely associated.
Example:
I’m mighty glad Georgia waited till after Christmas before it seceded or it would have ruined the
Christmas parties. –from Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

2. It compares two unlike things with a common quality. It uses a word such as like or as.
Example:
O my Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; –from "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert
Burns

Figures of Emphasis:
Hyperbole Oxymoron Paradox
3. It uses intentional exaggeration to achieve emphasis or produce a comic effect.
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Example:
I had to wait in the station for ten days–an eternity. –from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

4. It is a word or a combination of words with contradictory meanings, as in bittersweet and open

secret.
Example:
Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything, of nothing first create!
–from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Figures of Sound:
Alliteration Onomatopoeia

5. It refers to the use of closely spaced words that have the same initial sounds.
Example:
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before –from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan
Poe

Identify the Literary Elements.

Plot Theme Setting Conflict Climax

1. A struggle between opposing forces.

2. The turning point of a story.
3. The time and place in which a story takes place.
4. The sequence of events in a story.
5. A main idea or central message in a literary work.

Literary Techniques
Anaphora Juxtaposition Foreshadowing Stream of consciousness Hamartia

1. It is a technique commonly found in Greek tragedies. It refers to the tragic hero’s error in judgment, which leads
to his or her downfall.
2. It is a technique authors use in their works to compare two different things, or two contrasting ideas to be able
to emphasize their differences, such as good and evil, life and death, truth and lies, among others.
3. It refers to lines or dialogues in a story which give the reader an idea of what is about to happen without
spoiling or explicitly stating the plot’s entirety.
4. It is a literary technique that is usually associated with Modern writers.
5. It refers to the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence to create an artistic or heightened
effect.

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