English Reviewer:

Table of contents:

1. Pre-Colonial literature
2. Legends, Myths, Folks Songs, Proverbs, and riddles
3. All reading stories
4. Colloquial and slang language
5. Concept maps
6. SvA
7. Idiomatic expression and non linear text (Like Metaphor, Hyperbole, Irony etc)
8. Paragraphs, Elements of narratives
9. Sensory images

Pre-Colonial Literature:

They are based on oral tradition, Crude on Ideology and Phraseology.

Expresses Hopes and aspirations, People’s lifestyle as well as their love.

Explains how the world was created.

Tribal Filipinos have different kinds of Literature: (1565)

1. Epic – Where the Main Character is heroic and has powers

2. Tales
3. Songs – Philippine folk songs
4. Riddles
5. Proverbs
6. Myths

Slang is used between people who belong to the same social group. Meanwhile, colloquial language is
the informal language used by people in everyday speech.

Ex:

What’s up?, How's it going with ‘ya? Wat'cha doin' this week?

The difference between slang and colloquial language are colloquial is more accepted and used
generally by most people.

Writing purposes:

1. Expressing – The writer's purpose or goal is to put thoughts and feelings on the page.
2. Entertaining – Is often used with some other purpose – To explain, Argue, or inform in a
humorous way.
3. Informing – is to inform the most common form of this is journalistic writing.
4. Explaining – The writer's purpose is to gather facts or opinions and combine it with his or her
own knowledge.
5. Arguing – Attempts to convince it’s audience to believe or influence them to act in a certain way.
There are several key features:
• A focus on one or more of the four types of claims, claim of fact, claim of cause and effect, claim of
policy, and claim of value.

• A fair representation of opposing arguments combined with arguments against the opposition and
for the overall claim.

• An argument based on evidence presented in a reasonable tone.

6. Persuading – it ignores rules and try any strategy that might work. The best form of persuading
is advertisement. The main reason is to influence weather it’s real or not.
7. Evaluating – writing to evaluate a person etc.
8. Problem solving – Problem solving is a special kind of arguing essay.