TAGANITO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Taganito, Claver, Surigao del Norte

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: __________________________________________________________ Score: ___________________________
Grade & Section: __________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________
SUBJECT: Contemporary Philipine Arts from the Region____________________________________________________
Type of Activity: Concept Notes and Exercises_____________________________________________________________
Activity Title: Contemporary Art Forms Based on the Elements and Principles of Literature Activity Number: Six
(6)
Learning Target: a) Categorize and identify the forms of literary art.
Reference: Title Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Region Textbook_____________________________________
Author Jesus Z. Menoy, Ph. D._________________________________ Pages 38-46____________________

LITERATURE
- is a collection of writings in prose or verse, especially writings having excellence of form or expression
and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest.

2 Divisions of Literature:
 Poetry – broad genre of literature that is written in stanza form. It is characterized by a regular rhythmic
pattern, rhyme, horizontal and/ or vertical measure, imagery, symbolism and figurative language.
 Prose – broad genre of literature that is written in paragraph form. It is an expression that does not
have measure and rhyme and rhythm.

Elements of Poetry
1. Measure
2. Sound and Rhythm
3. Rhyme
4. Imagery
5. Figures of Speech/ Figurative Language
6. Symbolism
7. Meaning
Elements of Essay (Prose)
1. Theme or content
2. Style
3. Form and structure
Elements of short story or novel (Prose)
1. Setting
2. Character
3. Plot or story line
4. Conflict
5. Point of view
6. Theme
7. Language and style
8. Tone
9. Atmosphere

TRADITIONS AND FORMS OF PHILIPPINE POETRY

  Ethnic Tradition (Epic, Folk song, Proverbs, Riddles, Short Poems, Poetic jousts)
 Spanish Colonial Tradition (Metrical Romance, Pasyon)
 American Colonial Tradition and Contemporary Tradition
FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY PROSE IN THE PHILIPPINES
1. Folk Narrative
2. Myth
3. Legend
 Heroic
 Religious
 Supernatural
 Toponymic
 Other Legends
4. Folktales
5. Essay
 Formal Essay
 Informal Essay
6. Novel
 Didactic Tradition
 Romantic Tradition
 Realistic Tradition
 Radical Tradition
7. Short Story
8. Komiks

Exercise 1. Categorize the following literary forms according to the type of literature. Write each literary form under the
appropriate column.
Ambahan Fable Proverb
Awit Legend Riddle
Balitao Myth Short Story
Epic Novel Tanaga
Essay Pasyon Tigsik
PROSE POETRY

Exercise II. Read the following statements carefully. Identify what is being described in the statement and write your
answer on the space provided before the number.
______________________ 1. This form of poetry refers to a short statement that teaches ideas on morality and
tradition.
______________________ 2. This form of poetry, which tells the life of Jesus Christ, is written in a 5-line stanza with 8
syllables per line.
______________________ 3. This classification of legend explains the origin of the names of places.
______________________ 4. This classification of prose may be considered as any story based on actual or fictional
events in the past told among the people in a cultural group or community.
______________________ 5. In this tradition of Philippine prose, change in the political and social system is being
promoted in the content.