Lesson 1 (part 1) Flashcards
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This covers the ancient folk literature of the various ethnic groups in the Philippines that have changed since the country became a single ethno-political unit.
traditional oral literature
simplest and shortest form of folk literature
Folk speech
Folk speech includes
proverbs and riddles.
They are poetic and contain rhyme, rhythm, and rhetorical figures to suggest different interpretations of words or to stir up emotive reactions.
precolonial poetry forms
Short poems are called
Tanaga
A tanza with 4 lines and a rhyme scheme
Quatrain
A statement that is used to represent another thing and is not literary what it is
Proverb
A tricky question that uses your imagination to answer it
Riddle