21ST CEN LIT

It is a metrical romance written in dodecasyllabic four-line stanzas written by Francisco Balagtas.

Suggestiveness is the quality relevant to literature's emotional power to stir our imagination.

Immersing ourselves in literature helps us enhance our communication and vocabulary skills.

This plot technique flashes back to reveal why a character acts as he or she does.

Its focus is on the author's life, times, and environment and the effects of these on the literary piece.

The branches of literature are prose, poetry, drama, and criticism.

This approach analyzes the issues and conflicts relating to female oppression and male dominance.

Through literary pieces, we can discover the past, which will eventually be relevant in the future.

It is written by Jose Rizal, exposing the Philippines' social injustices during the Spanish Colonial Period.

This literary form expresses hopes and aspirations, the people's lifestyles, and their loved ones.

It refers to the creative use of language to generate an effect.

Literature helps us develop empathy by sharing awareness of the experiences of a certain group of people.

These are the basic building blocks of a story.

Literature as an art is the creation of individuals, and individuals experience it.

It is a poem contributed by the Japanese. It has 3 lines (5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third)

A biography is an example of fiction, while a novella is a non-fiction.

Reading literature builds critical thinking by immersing us in the characters’ roles and how they think.

It is the creative and imaginative use of symbols to represent ideas and qualities.

It uses vivid descriptions that appeal to the senses of the readers to create a bigger and deeper picture of the story.

A literary piece has artistry if it stimulates critical thinking.

It is the first-ever prayer book published in the Philippines during the Spanish Colonial Era.

He is the father of psychoanalysis who came up with a theory of a tri-partite psyche (Id, Ego, and Superego).

Literature allows us to gain awareness of a particular society’s culture, conditions, conflicts, and beliefs.

Literary analysis gives the readers a good foundation for the background of the text, leading to a better connection.

The thesis statement is found in the introduction of the literary analysis.

Not all written works are considered to be literature.

In Marxism, they are the ones who control the world’s economic, natural, and human resources.

This approach analyzes the form and structure of the text.

Authors are known to have a prophetic insight into human life.

Permanence means that a literary piece is long-lasting, endures, and can be read again.