GENERAL EDUCATION MAJORSHIP

OF EDUCATION

KHUENALYN L. RICARDO, LPT

ENGLISH
VOCABULARY:
1. rancor- bitter
2. amorphous-shapeless
3. aplomb- composure
4. impertinent- irrelevant
5. first- rate- excellent
VOCABULARY:
6. loquacious- verbose
7. epistolary- exchange of letters
8. culpable- guilty
9. panorama- entire view
10. carnal- worldly
MASTER WORKS
WHAT ARE THE 12 MOST INFLUENTIAL
BOOKS OF THE WORLD?
1. Bible
2. Analects
3. Quor’an
4. Divine Comedy (Dante Alieghere)
5. Song of Roland
6. Book of the Dead (Egyptians)
7. Book of the Sun
8. Canterbury Tales
9. 1001 Arabian Nights
10.Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet
Beecher Stowe)
11.Iliad and Odyssey (Homer)
12.Mahabharata (longest epic in
India)
Doctor Zhivago by Boris
Paternak

-totalitarianism in Russia
Gilgamesh

-first epic
Psalms of King David

-greatest lyric poem

 Hamlet

-Shakespeare’s longest
play
 Beowulf

-most important work of

Old English literature
 Calligraphy

-Chinese system of writing

 Hieroglyphics

-Egyptian system of
writing
 Cuneiform

-writing first developed by the

ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia 
 Alibata

-Alphabet of Philippines
 Nibelungenlied

-medieval German epic

 Mahabharata

-longest epic of India

 Rig Veda

-collection of Indian sacred

hymn
 Upanishad

-collection of Indian sacred

text
 Gitanjali

-song offerings of
Rabindranath Tagore
 Aesop’s Fable

-collection of animal
stories
 Panchatantra

-collection of Indian
animal stories
 Elizabethan Era

-Shakespearean era
Johannes Guttenberg

-Father of Printing
Leonardo da Vinci

-painter during
Renaissance era
 Francis Bacon

-Father of English essay

 William Shakespeare

-greatest English writer;

Bard of Avon
William Shakespeare

-greatest sonnet writer

 Geoffrey Chaucer

-Father of English
literature; morning star
 Edgar Allan Poe

-Father of Horror stories;

detective
 Balzac

-French novelist and

playwright
 Guy de Maupassant

-foremost French short

story writer; The Necklace
 Matsuo Basho

-greatest Japanese Haiku

writer
 Homer

-mythical geographer
 Cicero

-greatest orator
Rabindranath Tagore

-Indian national poet

 Kalidasa

-Indian Shakespeare
FAMOUS AUTHORS AND THEIR
WORK
 Silas Marner

-Mary Ann Evans/

George Eliot
 Purgatory

-Dante Alieghere
Gettysburg Address

-Abraham Lincoln
 Scarlet Letter

-Nathaniel Hawthorne
Road Not Taken

-Robert Frost
Harry Potter

-J.K. Rowling
 Don Quixote

-Miguel de Cervantes
Antigone

-Sophocles
Paradise Lost

-John Milton
The Little Prince

-Antoine de Saint
Exupery
 Uncle Tom’s Cabin

-Harriet Beecher Stowe

Canterbury Tales

-Geoffrey Chaucer
Analects

-Confucius
Iliad and Odyssey

-Homer
 Annabel Lee

-Edgar Allan Poe

 Adventure of
Huckleberry Fin

-Mark Twain (pn)/

Samuel Clemens (tn)
 The Necklace

-Guy de Maupassant
Pride and Prejudice

-Jane Austen
A Christmas Carol

-Charles Dickens
Chronicles of Narnia

-C. S. Lewis
God Sees the Truth But
Waits

-Leo Tolstoy
 Rubaiyat

-Omar Khayyam /theme:

grasping pleasure while
you can
Aeneid

-Virgil
The Republic

-Plato
Divine Comedy

-Dante Alieghere
FAMOUS PEN NAMES
Ismail Joubert
Samuel Clemens
Matsuo Basho

Mary Ann Evans

 Mark Twain

-Samuel Clemens
Tatamkhulu Africa

-Ismail Joubert
 George Eliot

-Mary Ann Evans

 Sengin

-Matsuo Basho
FILIPINO WRITERS
QUIJANO DE MANILA

OPHELIA DIMALANTA

BIENVENIDO SANTOS
Ophelia Dimalanta

-love sonnet writer

 Quijano de Manila

-Filipino-Spanish culture
Bienvenido Santos

-Filipino-American
culture
WORKS AND THEIR THEMES
MERCHANT OF VENICE
ANNABEL LEE
GITANJALI

MACBETH
HAMLET

ROMEO AND JULIET RUBAIYAT

 Macbeth

-ambition for power;

William Shakespeare
 Annabel Lee

-death of his wife; Edgar

Allan Poe
 Hamlet

-indecision; William
Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet

-love story; warring

families; William
Shakespeare
 Rubaiyat

-”CARPE DIEM”;
grasping pleasure (Omar
Khayyam)
Merchant of Venice

-mercy (William
Shakespeare)
 Gitanjali

-harmony of beauty, life

and love (Rabindranath
Tagore)
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
take an active part
state of confusion
skilled/ experienced person
imposible
paubos na
balewala
in the red

-paubos na
 finger in the pie

-take an active part

sixes and sevens

-state of confusion
storm in a teacup

-balewala
 an old hand

-skilled/ experienced
person
suntok sa buwan

-imposible
PROSE AND POETRY
In one word, differentiate
prose from poetry.
 news

-report of everyday
events
 play

-presented on stage,
divided to acts and
genres
 essay

-viewpoint or
opinion
 editorial

-opinion of writer
short story

-one plot
 legend

-narratives about
origin
 anecdote

-product of writer’s
imagination; main aim is
to bring lesson to readers
 fable

-”animals”
 novels

-narrative that is
divided into chapters
 folk tales

-handed down to
generations- orally
 myth

-traditional sacred
stories; gods and
goddesses
 oration

-formal treatment of a
subject intended to be
spoken in public
 biography

-life of a person
 ballad

-narrative poem
intended to be sung
 Corrido

-Filipino; in octo
syllabic; “Ibong
Adarna”
 epic

-extraordinary
characters or heroes
 awit

-Filipino; in dodeca
syllabic; “Florante at
Laura”
 psalms

-collection of sacred
song; for praise and
worship
 elegy

-poem for the dead

 sonnet

-poem with 14 lines

 haiku

-3 lines; 17 syllables
(5-7-5)
 tanka

-5 lines; 31 syllables
(5-7-5-7-7)
 ode

-poem of noble
feeling with dignity
FILIPINO
SEVERINO REYES DEOGRACIAS ROSARIO

SEVERINO REYES
JOSE DELA CRUZ

“SAMPAGUITANG WALANG BANGO”

VALERIANO PEÑA LOPE K. SANTOS

FRANCISCO BALTAZAR
JOSE CORAZON DE JESUS
SALITANG UGAT
AMADO HERNANDEZ
PASCUAL POBLETE
 salitang ugat

-pinakapayak na anyo
ng salita na walang
kahalong lapi
“Sampaguitang Walang
Bango”

-pagtataksil sa asawa;
Inigo Regalado
Deogracias Rosario

-Ama ng Maikling
Kwento
 Severino Reyes

-Ama ng Sarswelang
Tagalog
 Lope K. Santos

-Ama ng Balarilang
Filipino
Francisco Baltazar

-Ama ng Panulaang
Filipino
 Pascual Poblete

-Ama ng Pahayagang
Tagalog
Amado Hernandez

-Makata ng
Manggagawang
Pilipino
 Valeriano Peña

-Ama ng Nobelang
Tagalog
Severino Reyes

-Lola Basyang
Jose Corazon de Jesus

-Huseng Batute
Jose dela Cruz

-Huseng Sisiw
DULA AT AWITING BAYAN
 Panunuluyan

-paghahanap ng lugar
panganakan ni Hesus
Panubong/ Salubong

-pagsasalubong ni
Birheng Maria at
Hesukristo
 Senakulo

-buhay at kamatayan
ni Hesukristo
 Tibag

-paghahanap ng krus
 Moro-moro

-pag-aaway ng
Kristyano at Muslim
 Karagatan

-prinsesang nahulog
ang singsing sa dagat
 Duplo

-pumalit sa karagatan
 Balagtasan

-pumalit sa duplo
 Sarswela

-dulang musikal;
masidhing damdamin
 Bodabil

-pumalit sa sarswela
 Parsa

-katatawan sa
manonood
 Karilyo

-mga tauhan na mula

sa karton
 Balitaw

-awit pag-iibigan sa
Bisaya
 Oyayi/Hele

-pagpapatulog sa bata
 Diona

-awit sa pagpapakasal
 Umbay

-awit sa paglibing
 Talindaw

-pamamangka
 Soliranin

-awit paggawa
 Dalit/ Imno

-awit sa diyos at
diyos-diyosan
 Kundiman

-pag-iibigan ng
Tagalog
 Kumintang

-awit ng tagumpay
STRUKTURA NG WIKA
SEMANTIKA PRAGMATIKA

ETIMOLOHIYA PONOLOHIYA

MORPEMA SINTAKS

ORTOGRAPIYA MORPOLOHIYA
Ponolohiya

-mga tunog
 Morpema

-pinakamaliit na unit
ng salita
Morpolohiya

-pag-aaral ng
morpema
 Semantika

-kahulugan ng salita
 Sintaks

-grammar
 Pragmatika

-gamit ng salita
Ortograpiya

-spelling
 Etimolohiya

-pinagmulan ng salita
MGA ANTAS
Tuldok

.
Pananong

?
Padamdam

!
Kuwit

,
Kudlit

‘
Gitling

-
Tutuldok

:
Tutuldok- Kuwit

;
Panipi

“”
Panaklong

()
Tutuldok-tutuldok o
Elipsis

....
Palugit

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SCIENCE
PART 1
 Ribosomes

-site of protein
synthesis
 Amino Acid

-smallest unit of
protein
Monosaccharide

-smallest unit of
sugar
 Glycerol

-smallest unit of
lipids
 Nucleotide

-smallest unit of
nucleic acid
 Mitochondria

-powerhouse of cell
 Capsid

-protein shell of virus

 cillia

-hair-like structure
 flagella

-whip-like structure
 epiglottis

-flap-like structure
 villi

-finger-like structure
 pseudopods

-false-feet structure
 Gregor Mendel

-Father of Genetics
 mutation

-damage to DNA
Down’s Syndrome

-Trisomy 21
Jacob’s Syndrome

-extra Y chromosome
Klinefelter’s Syndrome

-extra X chromosome
Turner’s Syndrome

-missing X
chromosome
 Trisomy X

-three X
chromosome
 Charles Darwin

-Father of Evolution
 Spencer

-survival of the fittest

 Homologous Structure

-same origin, different

functions- bat’s wings and
seal’s flippers
Analogous Structure

-different origin, same

function
 Vestigial Structure

-no purpose in the

current form of organism
Alexander Fleming

-discovered Penicillin
PART 2
 serendipidity

-discovery by chance/
accident
 melting

-solid to liquid
 freezing

-liquid to solid
evaporation

-liquid to gas
condensation

-gas to liquid
sublimation

-solid to gas
deposition

-gas to solid
Law of Inertia

-law of motion
behind seatbelt
 Igneous Rock

-type of rock that is

formed by cooling
magma
 Sedimentary Rock

-type of rock found

on seabed; sediments
 Metamorphic Rock

-type of rock formed

under heat and pressure
 Lignite

-lowest rank of coal

 Anthracite

-highest rank of coal

 Walrus

-animal in Arctic
 mollusks

-poisonous for
human consumption
 hypertonic

-type of solution;
shrink
 hypotonic

-type of solution;
swell
 isotonic

-type of solution;
neutral
Sexual reproduction

-reproduction that
involves sex
Asexual reproduction

-reproduction that
does not involve sex
Binomial Nomenclature

-scientific names
 herbivores

-consumes plants
 carnivores

-consumes meat
 omnivores

-consumes both
plants and meat
hemodialyzer

-artificial kidney
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Umalohokan

-town crier
 Imam

-prayer leader ng
mga Muslim
 Sulu

-first sultanate
 Ruma Bichara

-councillor of sultan
Secessionist Movement

-aims to segregate
Mindanao from central
government
 Mt. Mayon

-perfect cone; found

in Bicol
Benigno Aquino

-”The Filipino is
worth dying for.”
 Philippines

-Pacific Ring of Fire

 Cagayan River

-longest river in the

Philippines
 Palawan

-longest province in
the Philippines
 Batanes

-smallest province in
the Philippines
 Cavite

-cradle of Philippine
Revolution
 Cebu

-oldest city in the

Philippines
Zamboanga City

-Asia’s Latin City

 Quezon City

-most populous city

 Palayan

-least populous city

Puerto Princesa

-most sparsely
populated
 Davao

-largest land area

 San Juan City

-smallest land area

 impeachment

-lost of public trust

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS
EMILIO RAMON JOSEPH ESTRADA
AGUINALDO MAGSAYSAY
MANUEL QUEZON CARLOS GARCIA GLORIA ARROYO
JOSE LAUREL DIOSDADO BENIGNO AQUINO
MACAPAGAL III
SERGIO OSMEÑA FERDINAND RODRIGO
MARCOS DUTERTE
MANUEL ROXAS CORAZON
AQUINO
ELPIDIO QUIRINO FIDEL RAMOS
 Emilio Aguinaldo

-1 president of the first

ST

republic; youngest president

at 30; not elected
 Manuel Quezon

-1 Philippine
st

Commonwealth President
 Manuel Quezon

-Father of Philippine
Language
 Jose Laurel

-puppet government; served

3 branches of government
 Sergio Osmeña

-2 Philippine
nd

Commonwealth President
 Sergio Osmeña

-1 Visayan President
st
 Manuel Roxas

-3 and last Philippine

rd

Commonwealth President
 Manuel Roxas

-President after WW2; 1 st

President of the 3 rd

Republic
 Elpidio Quirino

-first Ilocano President;

barrio teacher
 Ramon Magsaysay

-”Man of Masses”; opened

Malacañang to the poor; Rizal
Law
 Carlos Garcia

-Filipino first policy;

Austerity program
 Diosdado Macapagal

-Father of Philippine Land

Reform; changed Philippine
Independence from July 4 to
June 12
 Ferdinand Marcos

-longest to serve; built

extensive infrastructure
Corazon de Aquino

-1 female President
st
Corazon de Aquino

-Icon of Philippine
Democracy; 1987
Constitution
Fidel V. Ramos

-Philippines 2000
Joseph Estrada

-EDSA 2; Father of
Masses
 Gloria Arroyo

-”Strong Republic”
Benigno Aquino III

-tuwid na daan; K-12

 Rodrigo Duterte

-War on drugs; Ambisyon

Natin 2040; Build! Build!
Build!
SPANISH REGIME
 Enrique of Malacca

-Magellan’s personal slave

 Sebastian Elcano

-circumnavigated the world

Polo y Servicios

-forced labor
Cabeceras

-town center
 falla

-exemption tax for forced

labor
 Frailocracia

-hidden control of Spanish

friars; coined by Marcelo H.
Del Pilar
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

-first governor general

 Diego de los Rios

-last governor general

 Jose Basco

-tobacco monopoly
Narciso Claveria

-Spanish surnames
 Rafael Izquierdo

-ordered execution of
GOMBURZA; Cavite Mutiny
Rafael Izquierdo

-Iron Fist governor

 Eulogio Despujol

-ordered banishment of
Rizal
 Camilo Polavieja

-ordered execution of Rizal

Camilo Polavieja

-Messiah of Friars
Union Obrera Democratica

-first labor union

RIZAL
RA 1425

-Rizal Law
Calamba Laguna

-birthplace of Rizal
Noli Me Tangere

- ”Social Cancer”
El Filibusterismo

-”Reign of Greed”
Consummatum est.

-last word of Rizal

 firing squad

-how did Rizal died

 Dapitan

-saan pinatapon si Rizal

 A La Juventud Filipina

-crowning glory of Rizal as a

poet
 Pahimakas

-Ang Huling Paalam

Rev. Pedro Casañas

-Godfather of Rizal