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32 Cards in this Set
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Long narrative divided into chapters
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novel
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Long narrative divided into chapters. Shorter than novel
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novelette
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narrative involving one or more characters, one plot, one single impression
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short story
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presented on stage. divided into acts, each act has many scenes
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play
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fictitious narrative about origins
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legend
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deals with animals and inanimate tales
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fable
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merely a product of the writer's imagination and the main aim is to bring out lessons to the reader
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anecdote
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expresses the viewpoint or opinion of the writer
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essay
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deals with the life of a person
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biography
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report of everyday events
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news
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formal treatment of a subject and is intended to be spoken in public
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oration
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extended narrative about heroic exploits
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epic
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narrative written in verse and may be classified as either a ballad or metrical romance
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metrical tales
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belongs to the narrative poems. considered the shortest and simplest
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ballad
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short poem intended to be sung
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folksong
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lyric poem of 14 lines. there are 2 types: italian and shakespearean
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sonnet
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lyric poem which expresses feelings of grief and melancholy, in w/c the theme is death
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elegy
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a poem of noble feeling, expressed with dignity
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ode
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a song praising God or the Virgin Mary
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Psalm
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has a measure of 12 syllables (dodecasyllabic)
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awit
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has a measure of 8 syllables (octosyllabic)
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corrido
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comes from the greek term Komos meaning festivity or revelry. this form is usually light and is written with the purpose of amusing, and usually has a happy ending
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comedy
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usually used in musical plays with the opera. Today, this is related to tragedy just as farce is to comedy. It arouses immediate and intense emotions and is usually sad. but there is a happy ending for the principal character
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melodrama
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this involves the hero struggling mightily against dynamic forces. He meets death or ruin without success or satisfaction
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tragedy
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an exaggerated comedy
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farce
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This form is usually purely comic or tragic and it pictures the life of today. It may aim to bring out changes in the social conditions
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social poem
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customarily used and served as laws or rules on good behavior
Example: Aanhin pa ang damo... |
Epigram (Salawikain)
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made up of one or more measured lines with a rhyme. It may consist of 4 to 12 syllables.
Exampel: Ito na si Kaka... |
Riddle or Bugtong
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used in witchcraft or enchantment
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Chant
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some of this type are rhyming couplets with verse of 5, 6 or 8 syllables
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Maxim
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this is often used in teasing
example: putak, putak |
Saying (kasabihan)
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saying with no hidden meaning
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sawikain
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