Literary Devices
This device compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
Simile
A common theme in 21st-century Philippine literature that reflects financial struggle.
Poverty
A poetic form derived from text messaging combined with tula.
Textula
It gives human qualities to non-human objects.
Personification
This theme explores the unequal treatment of sexes.
Gender Inequality
A modern version of balagtasan infused with hip-hop.
FlipTop
When an author hints at future events in the story.
Foreshadowing
A theme often about Filipinos abroad missing home.
Homesickness
Exaggeration used for emphasis.
Hyperbole
The dove is a symbol of this concept.
Peace
Use of words that imitate sounds, like 'buzz' or 'hiss'.
Onomatopoeia
The rise of this modern theme is due to the digital age.
Technology/Information Age