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pangyayari. Ang pang-uri ang nagbibigay katangian sa mga pangngalan at panghalip. Ginagamit
natin ang ating mga pandama sa paglalarawan.
Kaantasan ng Pang-uri[baguhin]
Lantay
Tumutukoy sa tanging katangian ng pangngalan o panghalip.
Halimbawa
Ang bawat pook ay tahimik.
Siya ay maagap.
Pahambing
Nagpapahayag ng magkatulad o magkaiba ang kalagayan ng isang pangngalan o panghalip. Ang pahambing na
pang-uri ay may dalawang kalagayan: magkatulad at di-magkatulad.
Halimbawa
Magkatulad
Kasinghusay ni Lito ang kapatid niya pagdating sa paglililok.
Magkahusay lang ang Kathniel at Lizquen.
Di-magkatulad
Si Mario ay di-gasinong matangkad kaysa kay Pablo.
Mas maganda si Taeyeon kaysa kay Kathrine.
Pinaka magaling ang Girls'Generation kaysa sa 2ne1.
Pasukdol
Nagpapakilala ng nangingibabaw o namumukod na katangian ng pangngalan o panghalip.
Halimbawa
Si Kobe ang pinakaguwapo sa kanilang lahat.
Si Carlo ang Hari ng kabaitan.
Ang anak niya ay ubod ng sipag.
Ang Kathniel ang pinaka sikat na loveteam sa buong Pilipinas.
Si Gng. Joeyce Camara ang pinakamagaling naming guro.
Ang Bangtan Sonyeondan ang pinaka talentadong Kpop Boygroup sa South Korea.
Source: Oyotnas Zeñab Khar Rhen > LET Reviewer Online Philippines
KNOW YOUR BODY:
Some Facts About Human Body
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Number of bones - 206
Number of muscles - 639
Number of kidneys - 2
Number of milk teeth - 20
Number of ribs - 24 (12 pairs)
Number of chambers in the heart - 4
Largest artery - Aorta
Normal Blood pressure - 120 - 80
PH of blood - 7.4
Number of bones in New born body - 300
Number of vertebrae in the spine - 33
Number of vertebrae in the Neck - 7
Number of bones in Face - 14
Number of bones in Skull - 22
Number of bones in Chest - 25
Number of bones in Arms - 6
Number of bones in human foot - 33
Number of bones in each wrist - 8
Number of bones in hand - 27
Number of bones in each human ear - 3
Number of muscles in the human arm - 72
Largest organ - Skin
Largest gland - Liver
Smallest cell - Blood cell
Biggest cell - Egg cell (ovum)
Smallest bone - Stapes
First transplanted organ - Heart
Average length of small intestine - 7 m
Average length of large intestine - 1.5 m
Average weight of new born baby - 2.6 kg.
Pulse rate in one minute - 72 times
Body Temperature - 36.9o C (98.4o F)
Average blood volume - 4 - 5 liters
Average life of RBC - 120 days
Pregnancy period - 280 days
Largest endocrine gland - Thyroid
Largest lymphatic organ - Spleen
Largest cell - Nerve cell
Largest part of brain - Cerebrum
Largest & strongest bone - Femur
Smallest muscle - Stapedius (Middle ear )
Number of chromosomes in human cell - 46 (23pairs)
Largest muscle - Buttock (Gluteus Maximus)
#Knowledge_about_branches_of_science
Study of blood =haematology
Study of liver= Hepatology
Study of fungi = Mycology
Study of Algae= Phycology
Study of virus=Virology
Study of Kidney=Nephrology
Study of Cancers = Oncology
Study of Universe= Cosmology
Study of Fruits= Pomology
Study of birds=Ornithology
Study of bones=Osteology
Study of Egg=Oology
Study of Dream=Oneirology
Study of Hair=Trichology
Study of Eyes=Opthalmology
Study of Soil=Pedology
Study of Air=Aerology
Study of Earth=Geology
Study of insects=Entomology
Study of Heart=Cardiology
* #BASIC #GENERAL #KNOWLEDGE*
Largest Continent *Asia*
Largest Ocean *Pacific*
Largest River *Amazon*
Largest River Basin
*Amazon*
Largest Lake (salt water)
*Caspian sea*
Largest Lake (fresh water)
*Lake Superior*
Largest Bay *Hudson Bay*
Largest Gulf *Gulf of Mexico*
Largest Sea *South China Sea*
Largest peninsula *Arabia*
Largest Island *Greenland*
Largest Country (in Area) *Russia*
Largest Country (in population) *China*
Largest Airport *King Khalid International Airport at Riyaz*
Largest Mosque *Shah Faisal Mosque*
Largest Embassy *Russian Embassy*
Largest Church *St.Peter's (Rome)*
Largest Desert *Sahara (Africa)*
Largest Library *US library of Congress*
Largest Animal *Bhue Whale*
Largest Land Animal *The African Elephant*
Largest Democracy *India*
Largest palace *Imperical Palace (Beijing)*
Largest Dam *Three Gorges (China)*
Largest Park *Wood Buffalo National Park Canada*
Largest Zoo *Krugal National Park S.Africa*
Largest Island Sea *Mediterranean Sea*
Largest City (population) *Tokyo/Japan*
Largest Wall *The great Wall of China*
Largest Railway station *Grand Central Terminal (New York*
Largest University Building *University of Riyadh*
Largest Steel Plant *Nippon Steel Plant Japan*
Largest planet *Jupiter*
Largest Bird *Ostrich*
Largest Sea Bird *Albatross*
Largest Parliament *The National People's Congress of People Republic China*
Largest Cold Desert *Gobi Mangolia*
Largest Plateau *Pamir Tibet*
Largest Mountain Range *Hamalaya*
Largest statue *Statue of Liberty*
Statue of Liberty *New York*
Largest Bank *World Bank Washington DC*
Largest Navy *USA*
Largest Army *China*
Largest Airforce *USA*
Largest Cricket Stadium *Melbourne Australia*
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Smallest World
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Smallest Continent *Australia*
Smallest Ocean *Arctic*
Smallest Colony *Gibraltar*
Smallest State *Vatican*
Smallest Bird *Humming bird*
Smallest flowering plant *Wolfia*
Smallest planet *Mercury*
World's Smallest Measum *Arizona US*
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Highest World
_______________________
Highest Mountain peak *Mt Everest Nepal*
Highest Mountain *Himalaya*
Highest Plateau *Tibet*
Highest Continent *Antarctica*
Highest waterfall *Angel falls Venezuela*
Highest Airport *Lhasa Airport Tibet*
Highest Railway station *Condor Station*
Highest River Bridge *Royal Gorge Colorado*
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Longest River *Nile Egypt*
Largest Road *Pan American Highway*
Largest Dam *Hirakud Orissa*
Largest Ship canal *Suez Canal*
Largest Bridge *Second Lake Pontchartrain causeway*
Largest Wall *Wall of China*
Largest English Dictionary *Oxford English Dictionary*
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1: Simmer Down:
To become calm and quiet after period of anger or excitement.
2: August==dignified , respectable
3: Endurance==tolerance
4: mollify ==to keep people calm down
5: Quench--satisfy
6: scatterbrain==forgetful or reliable person
7: chronic==lasting a long time
8: lunatic==crazy
9: oblivious==not paying attention
10: Blood sport = killing of animals
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Ameliorate = To improve
Expostulate = Complain
Surmise = To Estimate or Guess
Exhort = Attract
LURK = To wait secretly i.e for Lover etc
Ogle= to stare i.e looking at girls
Grope= search with hands i.e when the some switch off bulb you find things by moving your hands
Obscure = Unclear
Creel = Basket for keeping fish
Tiller = Wooden Stick used to drive boat
Rattled = Gabble or Speak very fast and in Hurry
Hush = Silence or Make Quiet
Puberty= Age of Maturity
Elopement= Run away with Lover
Abeyance = Suspension
Chuckle = To laugh quietly
Wive = To marry or Provide wife
Indigent = Poor Person, City or Country
Truculent = Cruel or savage
Trench = to cut
Noxious = Harmful
Novelty = New and Fresh
Nomad = Homeless Person
Sporadic = irregular or random
Agitate= Disturb
Mitigate=Normal, Reducing the Intensity
Quiver= Shiver or Shake
De Jure = According to Law
Blazing= Extremely hot or full of emotions
Witty = Skillful or clever
Ravishing = Charming or fascinating
Skirmish = Short Argument
Taboo=Forbidden
Cosy= Comfortable
Puberty= Age of Maturity
Tryst= A secret meeting between two lovers
Glib=Easy
Drowsy=Sleepy
Demsel=Unmarried Girl
Mite=Small amount
Grumble=Complain
Stigma=Disgrace
important
English Literary Terms
1. Auto-Biography: -is the history of one’s life written by one self.
2. Act: - is the major division of a drama.
3. Antithesis: -is contrast or polarity in meaning.
4. Allusion: -is a reference to an idea, place, person or text existing outside the literary work.
5. Allegory: - is a literary work that has an implied meaning.
6. Alliteration:-the repetition of a consonant in two or more words.
7. Ballad: -is a song which tells a story.
8. Biography: -is the history of a person’s life by one else.
9. Blank Verse: -Verses written in iambic pentameter without any rhyme pattern are called blank
verse.
10. Comedy:-is a play written to entertain its audience, ends happily.
11. Classical:-means any writing that conforms to the rules and modes of old Greek and Latin
writings.
12. Canto:-is a sub-division of an epic or a narrative poem comparable to a chapter in a novel.
13. Chorus:-is a group of singers who stand alongside the stage in a drama.
14. Catharsis:-is emotional release of pity and fear that the tragic incidences in a tragedy arouse to
an audience.
15. Comic relief:-a humorous scene in a tragedy to eliminate the tragic effect from audience.
16. Couplet:-Two lines of the same material length usually found in Shakespearean sonnets.
17. Catastrophe:-Catastrophe is the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy.
18. Didactic:-is a literary work which aims at teaching and instructing its readers.
19. Dirge:-is a short functional term.
20. Diction:-is the selection of words in literary work.
21. Dialect:-is the language of particular district; class or a group of people.
22. Drammatical Monologue:-In a poem when a single person speaks along with or without an
audience is called drammatical monologue. Example “My last Duchess”-----Br
owning.
23. Difference between drama and novel:-A drama is meant to be performed whereas a novel is
meant to be read.
24. Difference between stanza and paragraph:-A stanza contains verses whereas a paragraph
contains prosaic lines.
25. Epic:-is a long narrative poem composed on a grand scale and is exalted style. Example
“Paradise Lost”-------Milton.
26. Epilogue:-is the concluding part of a longer poem or a novel or a drama.
27. Fable:-is a brief story illustrating a moral.
28. Farce:-A form of low comedy designed to provoke laughter.
29. Foot:-A basic unit of meter.
30. Fiction:-A fiction is an imaginative narrative in prose e.g.
Lord of the fly—by Golding.
31. Elegy:- is a poem mourning to the death of an individual or a lament for a tragic event.
32. Genre:-means category or types of literature-epic, ode, ballad etc.
33. Hyperbole:-An overstatement or exaggeration.
34. Image:-is the mental picture connected with metaphor, smile and symbol.
35. Limerick:-is a short poem of a five-line stanza rhyming aaba.
36. Lyric:-A lyric is a short poem expressing a simple mood. It is usually personal and musical e.g.
Keats’s odes.
37. Linguistic:-is the scientific and systematic study of language.
38. Melodrama:-A highly sensational drama with happy ending.
Example ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ –Kyd.
39. Metaphysical Poetry:-Meta means beyond and physical is related to body . . . . . . . . .
40. Mock-epic:-It is a long satirical poem dealing with a trivial theme. Example: “The rape of the
lock”-Alexander Pope.
41. Metaphor:-A metaphor is an implicit comparison between two different things.
42. Metre:-The recurrence of similar stress pattern in some lines of a poem.
43. Novel:-is a long prose narrative fiction with plot, characters, etc.
44. Novelette:-is longer than a short story and shorter than a novel.
45. Ode:-is a long narrative poem of varying, line length dealing with serious subject matter.
46. Objectivity:-We have objectivity in a literary piece when the author focuses on an object from
broadened point of view.
47. Octave:-is the firs part of Italian sonnet.
48. Oxymoron:-is apparently a physical contrast which oddly makes sense on a deeper level.
49. Prologue:-is the beginning part of a novel or a play or a novel.
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