I. Direction: Answer the following questions.

1.What is literature?

- Literature, in its broadest sense, is any written work. Etymologically, the term derives from Latin litaritura/litteratura “writing
formed with letters,” although some definitions include spoken or sung texts. More restrictively, it is writing that possesses
literary merit. Literature can be classified according to whether it is fiction or non-fiction and whether it is poetry or prose. It
can be further distinguished according to major forms such as the novel, short story or drama, and works are often categorized
according to historical periods or their adherence to certain aesthetic features or expectations (genre).

2. How would you describe the literature in the Philippines?

-Philippine literature reflects a diverse group of works which are mostly grounded on traditional
folktales, socio-political histories, and real-life experiences. Such books have since promoted Filipino
cultural values, told daily struggles of locals, and have instilled a remarkable lesson or two.

3. What is the significance of literature to culture in tradition?

- 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.

II. Direction: Explain the different types of literary genre.

1.Poetry

- poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific

emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm

2. Prose

- Prose in English literature is a very common type of writing - it refers to any writing that follows the
conventions of speech and language. As such, it's grammatically and syntactically correct, and flows like
speech. Most of the writing that you read and produce will probably be prose.

3. Drama

- a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage : play. :
a play, movie, or television production with a serious tone or subject. : dramatic art, literature, or affairs.

4. Non-fiction

- "Nonfiction" refers to literature based in fact. It is the broadest category of literature

5. Media

- a plural of medium. the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, magazines, and
the internet, that reach or influence people widely The media are covering the speech tonight. adjective.
pertaining to or concerned with such means a job in media research