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Chapter 1 - Preactivity - Introduction To Literature Module

This document provides an introduction to literature by asking questions to assess baseline knowledge. It defines literature as written works and describes Philippine literature as reflecting diverse folktales, histories, and real-life experiences. It notes literature allows understanding of past cultures by traveling back in time. The document then explains different literary genres like poetry using aesthetics and rhythm, prose using natural language and sentences over lines, drama depicting life through action and conflict, non-fiction based on facts about real events and people, and media as a recent genre.

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Chapter 1 - Preactivity - Introduction To Literature Module

This document provides an introduction to literature by asking questions to assess baseline knowledge. It defines literature as written works and describes Philippine literature as reflecting diverse folktales, histories, and real-life experiences. It notes literature allows understanding of past cultures by traveling back in time. The document then explains different literary genres like poetry using aesthetics and rhythm, prose using natural language and sentences over lines, drama depicting life through action and conflict, non-fiction based on facts about real events and people, and media as a recent genre.

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This is a primary activity administered to determine your baseline

knowledge and preparedness for the lesson.

Activity: Introduction to Literature


I. Direction: Answer the following questions.

1. What is literature?
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Literature generally can be written works
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2. How would you describe the literature in the Philippines?


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Philippine literature reflects a diverse range of works, the majority of which are
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based on traditional folktales, sociopolitical histories, and real-life experiences
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3. What is the significance of literature to culture in tradition?


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Literature allows us to travel back in time and learn about life on Earth from those
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who have gone before us. We can gain a better understanding of cultures and
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appreciate them more. We learn from the ways history is recorded, such as
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manuscripts and oral history.
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II. Direction: Explain the different types of literary genre.

1. Poetry
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Poetry is a type of literary art that employs aesthetics
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and rhythmic qualities of language in order to elicit meanings in
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in addition to or instead of mundane ostensible meaning.
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2. Prose
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Prose is a type of language that contains rather than rhythmic syntax and natural
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speech structure in this regard, as well as its measurement in
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It differs from poetry in that it uses sentences rather than lines.
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3. Drama
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Drama is a verse or prose composition intended to depict life or a character or to tell
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a story usually involving conflicts and emotions via action.
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4. Non-fiction
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Non-fiction is a piece of writing based on facts, real events, and real people, such as
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a biography or history
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5. Media
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Media literature is the most recent type of literature to be designated as a distinct
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genre.
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Chapter I: Introduction to Literature

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