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- 1. This is a narrative involving one or more characters, one plot and one single impression.
- 3. These are merely products of the writer’s imagination and the main aims to bring out lessons to the reader.
- 5. Means straightforward. It consists written works within the common flow of conversation presented in a straightforward manner.
- 6. This form usually is light and written with a purpose of amusing, and usually has a happy ending.
- 7. This is a lyric of poem of 14 lines dealing with an emotion, a feeling or an idea.
- 9. It is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices as to evoke emotional response.
- 10. This is an exaggerated comedy. It seeks to arouse mirth by laughable lines; situations are too ridiculous to be true; the characters seem to be caricatures and the motives undignified and absurd.
- 14. This is a poem of a noble feeling, expressed with dignity, with no definite number of syllables or definite number of lines in a stanza.
- 15. These are short poems intended to be sung. The common theme is love, despair, grief, doubt, joy, hope, and sorrow.
- 18. This is presented on a stage, is divided into acts and each act has many scenes.
- 19. This is a lyric poem which expresses feelings of grief and melancholy, and whose theme is death.
- 20. These have measures of eight syllables and recited to a martial beat. The songs are often about oppressions, daily life of peasants, and other socially important information.
- 21. These are fictitious narratives, usually about origins. It provides historical information regarding the culture and views of particular group of people or country.
- 22. Originally, this refers to that kind of poetry meant to be sung to the accompaniment of a lyre, but now, this applies to any type of poetry that expresses emotions and feelings to the poet. They are usually short, simple and easy to understand.
- 24. This is considered as the shortest and simplest of the narrative poems. It has a simple structure and tells of a single incident.
- 25. This is a report of everyday events in society, government, science and industry, accidents etc., happening nationally or not.
Down
- 2. This involves the hero struggling mightily against dynamic forces; he meets death of ruin without success and satisfaction obtained by the protagonist in a comedy.
- 4. This is an emotional piece of literature which includes a story which is recited or sung. Soliloquy and dramatic monologues are the main instruments of this form of poetry.
- 8. This is a formal treatment of a subject and is intended to be spoken in public. It appeals to the intellect, to the will or to the emotions of the audience.
- 11. These have the measures of twelve syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.
- 12. This is a narrative which is written in verse and can be classified either as a ballad or metrical romance.
- 13. This is a long narrative divided into chapters. The events may be taken from true-to- life stories and spans for a long period of time. There are many characters involved.
- 16. A traditional sacred story, typically revolving around the activities of gods and heroes, which aim to explain a natural phenomenon or cultural practice.
- 17. This is usually seen in musical play with the opera. Today, this is related to tragedy just as the farce to comedy. It arouses immediate and intense emotion and is usually sad but there is a happy ending for the principal character,
- 23. This is a song praising God or the Virgin Mary and containing a philosophy of life.