MARIANO UNTAL HIGH SCHOOL

BAGONTAPAY, MLANG COTABATO

21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World –11
MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: _____________________________________________ Grade & Section: ______________

Teacher: Cherry Mae I. Lampukan, RND Score:

Direction: Read the sentence carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer from the given choices
inside the box; write the CAPITAL letter of your answer on the space provided before the number.

a. literature b. prose c. poetry

__________1. It is the verbal expression, oral or written, of the experiences of the people as influenced by
history.
__________2. It is derived from a Latin word which means “straightforward”.
__________3. It is usually written in a paragraph form.
__________4. It refers to those expressions in verse, rhymes, lines and stanzas.

Direction: Read the sentence carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer from the given choices
inside the box; write the letter of your answer on the space provided before the number.

a. fairy tale b. comedy c. fable d. myth e. legend

f. melodrama g. novel h. short stories i. prose drama

__________5. A long narrative divided into chapters.

__________6. A narrative involving one or more characters, one plot and one single impression.
__________7. A simple narrative dealing with super natural being such as fairies and others.
__________8. It contains improbable events, scenes and personages.
__________9. It talks about an origin of something.
__________10. It usually involves the supernatural and serves to explain natural phenomena or cultural
practices.
__________11.The characters are usually animals talking like human beings but keeping their animal traits
or characteristics.
__________12. A literary work written in a dialogue and intended for presentation of actors.
__________13. The protagonist suffers from the hand of the villains but in the end, the protagonist will win.
__________14. A type of drama which aims primarily to amuse and make the audience laugh.
__________15. Its essence is to make believe by which an actor impersonates a character of a play.

a. ode b. awit or song c. sonnet d. lyric poetry e. elegy f. narrative poetry

g. dramatic poetry h. biography i. autobiography j. diary k. essay

l. letter m. epic n. ballad o. metrical romance

__________16. A poem distinguished by its exact form of fourteen lines.

__________17. A kind of a poetry that follows an order of events.
__________18. A kind of poetry meant to be sung.
__________19. The most majestic type that expresses enthusiasms.
__________20. It can be distinguished by its subject, that is DEATH .
__________21. It is a short lyric poem intended to be sung and with melodious quality.
__________22. It is a selection about a real person’s life that is written by another person.
__________23. It is a story about a person’s life and is written by the person who lived it.
__________24. A records of events, transactions or observations kept daily or at frequent intervals.
__________25. A brief work of nonfiction that deals with single subject.
__________26. A personal written message to another person.
__________27. It portrays life and character through action in powerful and emotions.
__________28. A story rich in imaginative and rhythmical language or the product of oral tradition.
__________29. A long, majestic narrative poem which tells the adventure of a traditional hero.
__________30. It has the elements that are closely related to drama because it is written in dramatic
technique.
__________31. A long rambling love story in verse which is centered on the adventures during the age of
chivalry.

a. Universality b. style c. artistry d. intellectual value

e. permanence f. spiritual value g. suggestiveness

__________32. It says that great literature is timeless or timely.

__________33. It can be read and read again and each reading gives fresh delight and new insights.
__________34. It is a peculiar way in which writers sees life forms his ideas and expresses them.
__________35. The capacity to inspire by bringing out moral values which makes a better person.
__________36. It is the quality that appeals to our sense of beauty.
__________37. A literary work that stimulates thought.
__________38. It says forever relevant and it appeals to one, all, anytime, anywhere.
__________39. Associated with emotional power of literature.
__________40. It moves up deeply and stirs our feeling and imagination, giving and evoking visions.

Direction: Identify the period where the following words belongs to. Choose your answer from the
choices given inside the box. Write your answer on the space provided.

a. pre-colonial b. Japanese c. American d. Spanish e. Contemporary f. revolution

__________41. Oral literature

__________42. Short stories
__________43. Senakulo
__________44. Tanaga
__________45. Pasyon
__________46. Haiku
__________47. Spoken Poetry
__________48. Riddles
__________49. La Solidaridad
__________50. La liga Filipina