UNDERSTANDING YOUNG ADULTS AND YA LITERATURE
LEARNING ABOUT BOOKS
REALISTIC FICTION
MODERN FANTASY
CHICKEN SOUP
100
LITERATURE WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 11 TO 18 AND BOOKS MARKETED TO THEM BY A PUBLISHER
What is YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
100
THIS TYPE OF CONFLICT OCCURS WHEN THE CHARACTER STRUGGLES AGAINST INNER DRIVES AND PERSONAL TENDENCIES
What is PERSON-AGAINST-SELF
100
STORIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE PRESENT TIME AND PORTRAY ATTITUDES AND MORES OF THE PRESENT CULTURE
What is CONTEMPORARY REALISM
100
ENTIRE BODY OF STORIES PASSED DOWN FROM ANCIENT TIMES BY ORAL TRADITIONS
What are FOLKTALES/TRADITIONAL FANTASY
100
NARRATOR CAN SEE INTO THE MINDS OF ALL CHARACTERS AND BE MANY PLACES AT THE SAME TIME
What is OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW
200
NAME ONE OF THE BOOKS READ AND ENJOYED BY YOUNG PEOPLE LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A BODY OF LITERATURE LABELED "YOUNG ADULT"
What is WUTHERING HEIGHTS or GREAT EXPECTATIONS or GULLIVER'S TRAVELS or JOURNEY TO CENTER OF THE EARTH or ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER/HUCK FINN
200
THIS TYPE OF PLOT TIES TOGETHER SEPARATE SHORT STORIES
What is EPISODIC PLOT
200
STORIES ABOUT CHANGES IN PRETEEN AND TEEN YEARS THAT CENTER AROUND A SHIFT TOWARD SELF-DISCOVERY AND INDEPENDENCE
What are COMING-OF-AGE STORIES
200
A BLEND OF FANTASY AND REALISM
What is MAGICAL REALISM
200
STORIES WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY THAT COULD HAPPEN TO REAL PEOPLE
What is REALISTIC FICTION
300
THE PRIMARY BENEFIT DERIVED FROM READING EXCELLENT WORKS OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
What is ENJOYMENT
300
THE WAY AN AUTHOR HELPS THE READER TO KNOW A CHARACTER
What is CHARACTERIZATION
300
THESE STORIES FEATURE PROTAGONISHTS WHO MUST RELY ON WILL AND INGENUITY TO SURVIVE LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS
What is ADVENTURE AND SURVIVAL
300
STORIES HAVING MANY ORIGINS
What is POLYGENESIS
300
UNDERLYING MEANING OR SIGNIFICANCE OF A STORY
What is THEME
400
TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS WHO ARE _____ AND ______ WITH ya LITERATURE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO SUGGEST BOOKS THAT WILL BE OF INTEREST TO THEIR STUDENTS
What is WELL-READ and CURRENT
400
REFERS TO CHANGES, GOOD OR BAD, THAT THE CHARACTER UNDERGOES DURING THE COURSE OF EVENTS IN THE STORY
What is CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
400
AUNTS, UNCLES, GRANDPARENTS, AND COUSINS ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THIS TOPIC/CATEGORY OF REALISTIC FICTION
What is EXTENDED FAMILIES
400
STORIES WITH A SEARCH MOTIF
What is QUEST ADVENTURES
400
ACCORDING TO ROSENBLATT'S THEORY, THIS TYPE OF READING ALLOWS THE READER TO TAKE KNOWLEDGE FROM THE TEXT
What is EFFERENT READING
500
ACCORDING TO THIS THEORY, WHAT THE READER BRINGS TO THE READING IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT THE AUTHOR WRITES
What is READER RESPONSE THEORY/TRANSACTIONAL VIEW
500
IN THIS TYPE, THE STORY COULD NOT BE THE SAME IF IT WERE PLACED ANYWHERE ELSE
What is INTEGRAL SETTING
500
THE APPEARANCE OF BELIEVABLE FEELINGS AND RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHARACTERS
What is EMOTIONAL REALISM
500
CHARACTERS WHO DO NOT SEEM TO BELONG AND FEEL LIKE MISFITS CAN BE FOUND IN STORIES IN WHICH THE PROTAGONIST IS THIS
What is HALF-HUMAN AND HALF-PIXIE
500
GHOSTS, VAMPIRES, WITCHES, WIZARDS, GOBLINS, ELVES, TROLLS, WEREWOLVES, ETC. ARE ALL THIS TYPE OF CHARACTER
What is SUPERNATURAL
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