Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
The Rule of Names
Fantasy Theory
100
Who is the headmaster at Hogwarts- Minimum first and last name
Albus (Percival Wulfric Brian) Dumbledore
100
Who is the antagonist and protagonist in Lord Of The Rings
Antagonist: Sauron, Protagonist: Frodo Baggins
100
How many children are there?
4: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy
100
what creature is revealed to be Mr. Underhill´s true form?
A Dragon
100
Can you name at least 3 elements used in fantasy?
Magic, potions, wizard, good vs evil, dragons, ancient creatures, secondary-world etc
200
What two odd things did Mr. Dursley notices on his way to work in Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
A cat reading a map and people in cloaks celebrating
200
Who possess the power of the rings in the beginning of the trilogy
Bilbo Baggins
200
What is the climax of the first chapter of the book?
Lucy goes through the wardrobe to the Narnia world
200
Is the language more descriptive or minimalistic “houses with conical, overhanging roofs like the fat red caps of toadstools”
Descriptive
200
Name 3 of the composition parts in a fiction story?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution
300
What genre of fantasy is “Harry Potter”? Give examples
Urban and high fantasy (Because of “The chosen one”, The Wizarding World is a Distinct Society, The Battle of Good vs. Evil and Real-World Locations with a Magical Twist)
300
What type of focalization does the narrator have in the book?
Zero focalization, because the narrator can read all minds
300
What kind of magical animal is described here: “From the waist upwards he was like a man, but his legs were shaped like a goat's (the hair on them was glossy black) and instead of feet he had goat's hoofs.”?
The faun, Mr. Tumnus
300
"You can't never tell your own name to nobody my ma says!"
What effect does it have that we don't know Mr.Underhills true name?
It has a foreshadowing effect and creates suspense.
300
What are common cliches in fantasy? (Name 2)
The Chosen one, Villain Turning Good, Old Powerful Wizard, The evil one want destroy the world, Good vs Evil
400
What type of narration occurs in this excerpt?
Limited third person omniscient
400
What does the ring symbolize?
It symbolizes the corrupting influence of power and the loss of moral integrity
400
What genre of fantasy is it?
Heroic or high fantasy
400
What is the narration and focalization in the story?
Narrator is heterodiegetic and zero focalization
400
Name at least 3 sub-genres
Dark Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, high fantasy, science fiction
500
What kind of rhetorical/stylistic devices are used in this excerpt, and where?
“He looked simply too big to be allowed, and so
wild — long tangles of bushy black hair and beard hid most of his
face, he had hands the size of trash can lids, and his feet in their
leather boots were like baby dolphins.”
Simile “his feet in their leather boots were like baby dolphins” (Comparison by using like or as), alliteration “bushy black hair and beard” (Repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words), descriptive language (The whole excerpt), metaphor “he had hans the size of trash can lids” (A figure of speech where a word or phrase is used to describe something by saying that it is something else to suggest similarity.)
500
When gandalf reads “a record of the fortunes of Balin’s folk”
“…they were written by many different hands, in runes, both of Moria and of Dale, and here and there in Elvish script.”
What effect does the multiple scripts have on the narrative.
the different languages and scripts reflects the layered history of Middle-earth, where different cultures have left their mark. This highlights how Moria was a crossroads of civilizations before its downfall.
500
What kind of narrator does the story have?
A third person omniscient narrator
500
Which composition structure can the story follow?
Freytag pyramid/ five-act structure
500
what separates science fiction from the rest of the fantasy sub-genres?
science fiction is based on scientific principles like futuristic technology, space travel, advanced AI, Science fictions follows logical og theoretical rules. Science fiction is often set in space or futuristic earth or alternative dimensions. magic is replaced with science so instead of a sword of flames it is a lightsaber. Example: Star Wars