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This document contains excerpts from short stories within the ASEAN Literature Midterm. It includes character descriptions, protagonist and antagonist details, and settings.

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ASEAN LITERATURE “Tata Selo” - by Rogelio Sikat PHILIPPINES (STORY 2) “Si Mabuti” CHARACTERS - by Genoveva Edroza-Matute...

ASEAN LITERATURE “Tata Selo” - by Rogelio Sikat PHILIPPINES (STORY 2) “Si Mabuti” CHARACTERS - by Genoveva Edroza-Matute (STORY 1) Primary Character/s: Tata Selo CHARACTERS Secondary Character/s: Kabesang Tano Primary Character/s: Alkalde (Mayor) Si Mabuti Saling Secondary Character/s: Tertiary Character/s: Estudyante (Narrator) The Hepe (Police Chief) The Farmers and Onlookers Tertiary Characters: Little Boy Mga Kamag-aral ng Estudyante Anak ni Mabuti Protagonist: Ama ng Anak ni Mabuti Tata Selo Protagonist: Antagonist: Si Mabuti Kabesang Tano Antagonist (Abstract Concept): SETTING/S: Kalungkutan at mga Lihim The Village and Farmland The Town Hall or Municipal Office SETTING/S: Paaralan Silid-aklatan “Morning in Nagrebcan” VIETNAM - by Manuel E. Arguilla (STORY 3) “The Cherished Daughter” -- Anonymous (c. 1700 AD)— CHARACTERS trans. Nguyen Ngoc Bich Primary Character/s: from World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity Baldo (POEM 1) Secondary Character/s: Ambo (Baldo’s yourger brother) “ A School Boy’s Apology “ Tang Ciaco – (Baldo’s father) - By Le Thanh Huan Nana Elang – (Baldo’s Mother) Ka Ikao – (Baldo’s Neighbor) (POEM 2) Tertiary Characters: TYPES OF POETRY Dogs (Mother dog and her puppies) 1. Lyric Poetry: Expresses personal feelings The Neighbors and Students and emotions, often short and focused on a single subject. Examples: sonnets, odes, haikus. Protagonist: 2. Narrative Poetry: Tells a story with Baldo characters, plot, and setting, similar to a short story but in verse. Examples: epics like The Iliad, ballads like The Rime of the Antagonist (Abstract Concept): Ancient Mariner. Tang Ciaco 3. Descriptive Poetry: Focuses on vivid imagery and sensory details, creating a picture in the reader's mind without deep SETTING/S: emotion or storytelling. Location: SUBTYPES Nagrebcan: A small barrio in the 1. Sonnet: A 14-line poem in a specific Philippines, characterized by its close-knit rhyme scheme, mainly in iambic community and agricultural lifestyle. pentameter. Time: 2. Haiku: A three-line poem with a 5-7-5 Early Morning: The story unfolds at dawn, syllable pattern, often focused on nature. around 5 AM, when the sun is just 3. Elegy: A mournful poem reflecting on loss, beginning to rise, creating a serene often offering consolation, without a fixed atmosphere. rhyme or meter. 4. Limerick: A humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme and a specific beat pattern. 5. Ballad: A narrative poem that tells a story, o Example: "Her smile was as bright usually in quatrains with an ABCB rhyme as the sun." scheme, often about love or tragedy. 2. Metaphor: Direct comparison without "like" 6. Ode: A formal poem celebrating or praising or "as." a person, thing, or event, characterized by o Example: "Time is a thief." rich language and structured stanzas. 3. Personification: Giving human qualities to 7. Epic: A long narrative poem recounting non-human things. heroic deeds or significant events, grand in scale. Examples: The Iliad, The Odyssey. o Example: "The wind whispered through the trees." SOUND DEVICES 4. Irony: Saying one thing but meaning 1. Alliteration: Repetition of consonant another, highlighting contrasts. sounds at the beginning of words. 5. Metonymy: Substituting one term with o Example: "Peter Piper picked a another closely related. peck of pickled peppers." o Example: "The pen is mightier 2. Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds than the sword." within words. 6. Synecdoche: Using a part to represent the o Example: "The early bird catches whole, or vice versa. the worm." o Example: "All hands on deck." 3. Consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words. o Example: "The lumpy, bumpy road." 4. Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds. o Example: "Buzz," "sizzle," "clang." 5. Rhyme: Repetition of similar sounds at line ends. o Types: ▪ End rhyme: Rhymes at the end of lines. ▪ Internal rhyme: Rhymes within a single line. ▪ Example: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star..." 6. Rhythm: The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. FIGURATIVE DEVICES 1. Simile: Comparison using "like" or "as." BRUNEI MYANMAR “The Oilfield Labourers” “The Kindergarten Teacher” Translated by Siti Badriyah biti Haji Md Yusuf - by Aung Thinn Editor: Hajah Sharifah Khadijah Husien Alkaff (STORY 1) CHARACTERS CHARACTERS Primary Character/s: Primary Character/s: U Nyan Sien Yazid Secondary Character/s: Secondary Character/s: Narrator (Aung Thinn) The Crying Boy Adam The boy's grandmother Jamal Ghani Tertiary Characters: William Other Kindergarten Students Tertiary Characters: Protagonist: The Old Man U Nyan Sien The Co-worker Who Fell Antagonist (Abstract Concept): Protagonist: Emotional struggles, doubts, or moral Yazid dilemmas Antagonist (Abstract Concept): SETTING/S: Death and Loss: The primary school Shwe In Taung pagoda The museum SETTING/S: Kampong Umbi Graveyard Oilfield and Derrick “ The Wedding Reception ” THAILAND - by Nyi Pu Lay (STORY 2) “ Boatman’s Love Song?” (POEM 1) CHARACTERS Primary Character/s: “ Three Line Poem “ Sein Hla (The groom) Uten Mahamid Translated by: Mui Poopoksakul Secondary Character/s: (POEM 2) Mar Mar Tin (The bride) Kywet Thoe (Sein Hla’s best man) Uten Mahamid writes a lot of Thai haiku, which are Sein Sein Aye popular amongst young Thai writers. Compared to Tertiary Characters: Japanese haiku, it has no real strictures beyond the number of lines. Uncle Than Sein and Grand Uncle Win Maung: Older relatives who represent the elder generation at the wedding. The Guests Protagonist: Sein Hla (The groom) Antagonist (Abstract Concept): SETTING/S: neighborhood in Mandalay, Myanmar BASAHIN ANG MGA STORY AT POEM, WALA DITO ANG LAHAT NG SAGOT SA EXAM!

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