Talago, Georgette G.

BSTM 2A

LIT 1

Self-assessment 1 B

The Prominence of Literature

Literature is essential to us people; literature helps us to be knowledgeable in many things like the culture
of the other country, their language, their norms and traditions, their way of politics, their history and so
on. Literature makes the world better and connected to one other.

According to a website www.findcourses.co.uk, Literature allows a person to step back in time and learn
about life on Earth from the ones who walked before us. We can gather a better understanding of culture
and have a greater appreciation of them. We learn through the ways history is recorded, in the forms of
manuscripts and through speech itself. 

Literature acts as a form of expression for each individual author. Some books mirror society and allow
us to better understand the world we live in.  

We are easily connected to the psyche of authors through their stories. However, literature also reiterates
the need to understand modern day issues like human conflict.

Literature is a reflection of humanity and a way for us to understand each other. By listening to the voice
of another person we can begin to figure out how that individual thinks. I believe that literature is
important because of its purpose and in a society, which is becoming increasing detached from human
interaction, novels create a conversation.
Talago, Georgette G.

BSTM 2A

LIT 1

Self-assessment 2

A. Direction: Explain each quality of a good character. Answers must be not least done of 30 words.

1. Credible- is one of the most important characters that one should possess. Being credible can
help you to be better, and achieve the goals easily. Credibility can make us more effective and
good in everything we do.
2. Sympathetic- being sympathetic to your fellow friends can make them feel that they are not
alone; there is you who can help them in overcoming the problems there into.
3. Vital- if someone makes you feel important or you are important to them then you’re considering
as vital to them. It seems that they see you as a good person to them, for them you like a hero
who is always there to help them.
4. Properly Motivated- if you have this kind of attitude or character then you can understand things
or situation and can easily accomplish all of them. If you’re motivated to do something then
there’s nothing who can stop you in doing the things that you want.

B. Direction: Give situations or circumstances what will exemplify the following conflicts.

1. Man vs. Himself- your arguing to yourself whether to drink a coffee or tea in the morning.
2. Man vs. Circumstances- always got rejected by the chances of applying a work.
3. Man vs. Nature- a farmer who was waiting the day of harvest but tornado unexpectedly came and
destroys all the crops.
4. Man vs. Society- a President and the people on rally because of some government issue.
Talago, Georgette G.

BSTM 2A

LIT 1

Self-assessment 3

Direction: discuss the differences in connotation between these pairs of words. Tell whether each word
has positive (P), negative (N), or neutral (NT) connotation. You may give an example or situation to
exemplify your idea.

1. Anger and range

 Anger - imply deep and strong feelings aroused by injury (N)
 Rage- intense anger felt. (N)
2. Shy and timid
 Shy- being nervous or reserved around other people (NT)
 Timid- easily frightened (NT)
3. Cheap and inexpensive
 Cheap- frugal and miserly (N)
 Inexpensive- Skinny implies that someone is too thin (NT)
4. Cheated and misled
 Cheated - victimize refer to the use of fraud (N)
 Misled- made you believe something which is not true (N)
5. Childish and childlike
 Childish- who acts like a kid (NT)
 Childlike- having good qualities associated with a child (NT)
6. Close and intimate
 Close- someone that has a relationship or connected to someone. (P)
 Intimate- a close friend or associate. (P)
7. Comment and criticize
 Comment- an opinion that you want say on someone or something (P)
 Criticize- giving a judgment or rating on someone or something. (NT)
8. Commitment and dedication
 Commitment- engaging oneself onto something, obligation (P)
 Dedication- willingness to do or achieve something. (P)
9. Cooperate and collaborate
 Cooperate- to extend an effort on helping or joining someone in doing something. (P)
 Collaboration- has a partnership with someone to achieve same goal. (P)
10. Cozy and comfortable
 Cozy- being comfortable and warm onto something (P)
 Comfortable- when you are having a good time with someone you trust then you can be
yourself. (P)
11. Decline and reject
 Decline- not accepting on something that has offered to you. (NT)
 Reject- refusing something or someone. ( NT)
12. Follow and chase
  Follow- to move along after someone or something (P)
 Chase- something or someone is after you. (NT)

13. Friend and corny

 Friend- someone who has a mutual affection. (P)
 Corny-
14. Generous and extravagant
 Generous- someone that is willing to spend time or money to you. (P)
 Extravagant- something that is too much that you can’t control. (NT)
15. House and home
 Home- a place where you live permanently. (P)
 House- place where someone stays. (P)
16. Identical and analogous
 Identical- something that is exactly alike (P)
 Analogous- a state that something comparable. (NT)
17. Job and drudgery
 Job- where can earn money by exerting effort and doing the things you like. (P)
 Drudgery- a thing that doesn’t keep you productive or dull works. (N)
18. Old and dilapidated
 Old- having lived or existed for a long time. (NT)
 Dilapidated- something that has been neglected for a long time. (NT)
19. Pity and sympathy
 Pity- you feel what other people feel. (P)
 Sympathy- feel sorry for someone's situation. (P)
20. Praise and flattery
 Praise- admiration to someone. (P)
 Flattery- giving excessive praise to someone. (NT)
Talago, Georgette G.

BSTM 2A

LIT 1

Activity 3

A. Poetry at the time of COVID-19

Direction: using any language you are comfortable with, write thoughts, feelings and experiences on
the COVID-19 in verse form. Create a graphics in your poem, may it be in a form of drawing or a
picture.

COVID-19

Hindi ko alam kung paano to sisimulan

Tulad ng covid-19 na di inaasahan
Dumating sa ating buhay ng biglaan
Ni hindi alam kung paano ito wakasan

Maraming tao’y nahihirapan na

Maraming buhay ang nasayang na
Maraming mga tao’y nag-aalala
Dahil sa sakit dulot ng Corona

Sini nga ba ang hindi mangangamba diba?

Eh halos sandamakmak na ang positibo at laganap na ang tagsalat
Ang hirap na ng situasyon
Dinagdagan pa ng matinding kalungkutan at deprsyon

Halos mabasag ang dibdib sa kabog ng pusong takot

Halos mapapaluha ka na lng dahil marami na ang kasangkot
Marami na ang namatay ng walang laban
Marami ang nagdurusa at yung iba’y sinusukuan

Hindi masakit yung iniwan ka tapos pinagpalit

Mas masakit yung nakikita mong kahit inosenteng bata ay nagkakasakit
Hindi masakit yung hindi ka pinaglaban,
Mas masakit pa rin yung maraming namamatay dahil sa COVID na
Walang kalaban-laban

Hindi masakit yung iniwan ka ng walang dahilan

Dahil mas masakit yung mapuno ka ng pangamba
At takot nab aka mas marami pa ang maaapektuhan

Kaya wala kang karapatan magreklamo

Tumingin ka sa paligid mo
Wala na ang sigla na dating nakasanayan mo
 Hindi masakit kung iniwan ka ng jowa mo
Mas maskait nung tinanggal ng COVID ang iyong toga
Ilang buwan mong pinagsumikapan makaakyat ka sa entablado
Tapos icacancel lang ng COVID na to.

Pero wag kang mag-alala

Tla isang hamon ito na isipin mo naman siya
Isipin mong may DIYOS ka pa
Isipin mong may laban ka pa

Dasal ang kailangan natin, wag kang matakot dahil siya ang bahala sa atin.
Magdasal ka, wag kang mag-alala
Manalig ka, wag kang mangamba
Magtiwala ka, takot mo’y tanggalin na

Dahil JESUS is bigger than COVID-19 diba?

Walang rason para di ka manalig sa kanya.