21ST CEN ANSWER KEY

Chapter 1

Exercise 1.1
1. Basahanon
2. Bukidnon
3. Free verse
4. dictum
5. Awit/korido
6. Awit/korido
7. balagtas
8. modernism
9. Novenas/catechisms
10. Novenas/catechisms

Exercise 1.2
16-20. The folk narratives, i.e. epics and folk tales are varied, exotic and magical.
They explain how the world was created, how certain animals possess certain
characteristics, why some places have waterfalls, volcanoes, mountains, flora or
fauna and, in the case of legends, an explanation of the origins of things. Fables are
about animals and these teach moral lessons.

Exercise 2
1. Virgilio S. Almario
2. Cirilo F. Bautista
3. Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
4. 1963
5. Joaquinisque
6-10. The Pretenders; Tree, My Brother, My Executioner; Mass, and Po-on

Exercise 4.2
A.
1-5. Shonen, Shojo, Seinin, Josei, Kodomo
6. 50 %
7-10. book, movie/video, and internet website
B.
1. Science fiction
2. Innovations
3. Ameri-manga
4. Style
5. story
6. Humorous
7. Literary/narrative
8. Literary/narrative
9. Chick lit or chick literature
10. womanhood
Exercise 7.1
1. Setting- Time: All Soul’s Day, Place: Family Ancestral Home
2. Characters- Main character/Protagonist: Saling Antagonist: None Supporting
Characters: Lolo Cholo Lola Ninay Tito Pascualito Paquito
3. Plot- All Soul’s Day means the family will be over to partake of the family feast of
favorites. The whole family gathers and spends their time in their old ancestral home
were the family members cook and serve their specialty dish. Saling hurries to finish
the food she’s cooking before finally calling her family members to dine in and enjoy
the food she prepared with love.
4. Conflict- Man versus self Saling is very busy preparing the foods for the family
feast but she had a few hours left to get her cooking done.
5. Theme- Familial Love “Love can be expressed in different ways.”
“The love and time you spend to your love one’s will never fade in their memory.”
6. Point of View- Third Person

Exercise 8.1

1. 300 million plus

2. 4 out of 5 people; 58.8 million daily users and 86.1 million monthly users
3. 1 billion dollars
4. Google Play
5. 13 full time employees

Exercise 10.2

1. Cumulative
2. Added
3. Main character
4. Creates
5. Events
6. Characters
7. complex
8. Episodic
9. Episodic
10. Individually