Group 1

Gutang
Limbo
Nido
How My Brother Leon Brought
Home A Wife

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By: Manuel E. Arguilla
Elements found in the story
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Protagonist Setting
Antagonist Climax
Conflict Theme
Resolution Mood
Plot Narrator
 Protagonist
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Leon/Noel
Maria
Labang
 Antagonist
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 Leon’s Father is the antagonist in the story, because
he tested Maria by using Labang and a Waig as a
mode of transportation instead of the castano and
calesa.
 Narrator
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 The Narrator is Baldo
 Plot
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 Letting Maria meet Leon’s family and introducing
her as his wife.
 Theme
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 One must preserve, even though certain sacrifices, in
order to reach one's goal.
 Setting
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 The setting of the story is Nagrebcan, Leon’s
hometown.
 Mood
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 The mood of the story is somewhat romantic.
 Climax
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 The climax occurs when the couple started singing
Sky Sown with Stars.
 Conflict
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 Maria is scared that Leon’s father might not like her
because of how Leon often describes him like an
ogre.
 Resolution

 Leon assured Maria that it’ll be alright and that his
father is a kind man.
Nalpay Na Namnama
(Blasted Hope)

By: Leona Florentino
Elements Found in the Poem
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 Rhyme  Rhythm
 Tone  Figurative
 Stanza  Type of Poetry
 Stanza
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 It has 14 stanzas in both Ilokano and translated
version.
 Type of Poetry
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 A Dramatic Poetry about her unfortunate love life.
 Rhyme
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 Rhyming is present in the Ilokano version but is lost
in the translated one.
 Tone
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 Melancholic
 Rhythm
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 There are proper rhythm where strong emotions are
portrayed
 Figurative Language
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 There are some metonymy present in the translated
version of the poem. There are also some rhetorical
questions present in the poem.