Science Fiction or Fantasy?
Often set in the real world and characterized by the presence of futuristic technology.
Science Fiction
The ending of the story, where conflict is--in some way--resolved.
Resolution
The reason an author would use chronological order text structure.
To explain events in the order they happened.
Editing involves fixing mistakes in writing conventions such as spelling, grammar, punctuation, spacing, and capitalization. That said, what is revising?
Revising involves bigger-picture changes like reordering or replacing arguments or statements in the text.
(25) It’s difficult to say weather anybody else will ever contribute to the world of music in quite the same way as Beethoven did.
13. How should sentence 25 be changed?
A. Change It’s to Its
B. Change weather to whether
C. Change contribute to contributes
D. Change did to does
B. Change weather to whether
because "weather" is what's happening outside.
Could be set in the real world or an original setting. Characterized by some sort of magic and the suspension of disbelief.
Fantasy
The message or moral of a story, included to teach the reader something about life.
Theme
While there are absolutely stories that aim to persuade readers using allegories and themes, the main purpose of fiction is most often to do this.
Entertain
How could the following thesis statement be revised for clarity and purpose?
Middle school students should be allowed recess.
Adding "because" with some supportive reasons would make this a clearer, stronger claim.
Middle school students should be allowed recess because teenagers need to get energy out just like younger children and all students could use a daily break from their difficult classes.
21) As long as all the movies about distant planets that mirror ancient Egypt continues, the deadly curse is likely to live on in our imaginations.
A. Insert a comma after movies
B. Change mirror to miror
C. Change continues to continue
D. Delete the comma before the
C. Change continues to continue
because we are talking about movies. A plural noun needs the 's' at the end of the verb.
A character wakes up and realizes everyone else is still asleep, unable to wake. Outside, snow is falling, despite it being summer when the character went to sleep. He's been transported to a new setting.
Is this Science Fiction or Fantasy?
Fantasy because the character was mysteriously transported, others won't wake up, the weather has inexplicably changed, etc.
While this includes where and when a story takes place, it also includes the ways they affect characters and plot.
Setting
The purpose of headers in informational texts.
To organize information by topic or show relationships between ideas.
(13) Male patients scoffed. (14) She had trouble finding patients who accepted a female doctor.
What is the most effective way to combine sentences 13 and 14?
A. Male patients scoffed, and she had trouble finding patients who accepted a female doctor.
B. Male patients scoffed simply she had trouble finding patients who accepted a female doctor.
C. Male patients scoffed but she had trouble finding patients who accepted a female doctor.
D. Male patients scoffed, although she had trouble finding patients who they accepted a female doctor.
A. Male patients scoffed, and she had trouble finding patients who accepted a female doctor.
(12) In reality, most of the 26 people present when the tomb was opened went on to lives long lives.
How should sentence 12 be changed?
A. Change reality to realty
B. Change on to to onto
C. Change lives to live
D. Make no change
C. Change lives to live
because we're talking about multiple people, we need the singular verb.
In the aftermath of nuclear war, nearly eighty years in the future, humanity has been wiped out. The last remaining house in California continues operating as normal, fully automated, despite the instant death of its previous occupants.
Is this Science Fiction or Fantasy?
Science Fiction because of the futuristic timeline and advanced technology in a real-world location.
The turning point in the story where action turns from rising to falling. This is the apex, or highest point, of the plot diagram.
Climax
Actually, the idea that plants can think is not a new one. In the late 1800s, Charles Darwin had already theorized that plants could process information in their root system, similar to an upside-down animal with its “brain” underground. In fact, Darwin showed that a plant’s root system could sense light, moisture, and other important environmental factors.
The author mentions Charles Darwin’s work in paragraph 2 most likely to —
A. put the more recent work of evolutionary biologists in context
B. explain how difficult it is to prove that plants behave like animals
C. indicate that the ideas presented in the article are not new
D. show the reader how knowledgeable he is about plant biology
C. indicate that the ideas presented in the article are not new
(1) The myths of Ancient Greece are exciting and fantastic. (2) They feature epic battles, angry gods, and legendary creatures.
What is the most effective way to combine sentences 1 and 2?
A. Featuring epic battles, angry gods, and legendary creatures, the myths of Ancient Greece are exciting and fantastic.
B. They feature epic battles, angry gods, and legendary creatures because the myths of Ancient Greece are exciting and fantastic.
C. The myths of Ancient Greece feature exciting and fantastic epic battles, angry gods, and legendary creatures.
D. Epic battles, angry gods, and legendary creatures, which are featured in the myths of Ancient Greece, are exciting and fantastic.
A. Featuring epic battles, angry gods, and legendary creatures, the myths of Ancient Greece are exciting and fantastic.
(3) Therefore, especially when pharaohs died, they’re bodies were prepared as mummies for a glorious afterlife.
What change should be made in sentence 3?
A. Delete the comma after Therefore
B. Change they’re to their
C. Change were to was
D. Sentence 3 does not need to be changed.
B. Change they’re to their
because the author is showing ownership of the dead bodies. The bodies belong to the pharaohs.
This genre is characterized by tropes such as "The Hero's Journey," "The Chosen One," and "The Dark Lord."
Is this Science Fiction or Fantasy?
Fantasy
The beginning of the story, where characters, setting, and conflict are introduced.
Exposition
The first thing Billy noticed was that there was snow all over the ground and a large, friendly-looking but nonetheless very furry cat in a tree who seemed to be trying to get his attention. Billy swatted his hand in front of his face like he was batting at a mosquito, and he started to look around.
Why does the author write that Billy “swatted his hand in front of his face like he was batting at a mosquito” in paragraph 3?
A. To reveal that Billy was annoyed
B. To show that Billy thought it was summer
C. To suggest that Billy had gone through a portal
D. To indicate that Billy would not find his way home
A. To reveal that Billy was annoyed
(27) Because of that, you have a painting that is not only beautiful and highly original,” Mr. Harris said.
What is the correct way to write sentence 27?
A. “Because of that, you have a painting that is either beautiful and highly original,” Mr. Harris said.
B. “Because of that, you have a painting that is not beautiful but highly original,” Mr. Harris said.
C. “Because of that, you have a painting that is not only beautiful or highly original,” Mr. Harris said.
D. “Because of that, you have a painting that is both beautiful and highly original,” Mr. Harris said.
D. “Because of that, you have a painting that is both beautiful and highly original,” Mr. Harris said.
(7) That nasty curse is supposedly the plague of treasure hunters, but you may ask “Is it based in fact?
What is the correct way to write sentence 7?
A. That nasty curse is supposedly the plague of treasure hunters, but you may ask Is it based in fact?
B. That nasty curse is supposedly the plague of treasure hunters, but you may ask, Is it based in fact?
C. That nasty curse is supposedly the plague of treasure hunters, but you may ask: Is it based in fact”?
D. That nasty curse is supposedly the plague of treasure hunters, but you may ask, “Is it based in fact?”
D. That nasty curse is supposedly the plague of treasure hunters, but you may ask, “Is it based in fact?”
because the author is quoting what people might ask, we need quotation marks.