balangkas
balangkás with stress marks
outline, plot
Usage Note
Balangkas is used in academic, literary, and planning contexts to mean an outline, framework, or structural plot. Students use it for essay outlines and writers for story plotting, making it a key term in Filipino language arts education.
Examples
" Gumawa ka muna ng balangkas. "
Natural Translation
Make an outline first.
Literal Translation
Make you first of outline.
" Gumawa muna ng balangkas bago sumulat ng sanaysay. "
Natural Translation
Make an outline first before writing the essay.
Literal Translation
Make first of outline before writing of essay.
" Bago niya isinulat ang nobela, gumawa muna siya ng detalyadong balangkas ng bawat kabanata at tauhan. "
Natural Translation
Before he wrote the novel, he first made a detailed outline of every chapter and character.
Literal Translation
Before he wrote the novel, made first he of detailed outline of each chapter and character.
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