What is Fantasy?
Origins
Characteristics
Subgenres
Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror
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Fantasy is ___ of literature that contains magical elements.

What is a genre?

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This was the first commercially successful work of fantasy.

What is The Lord of the Rings.

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This legendary mythological creature is often depicted as fire-breathing.

What is a dragon?

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This subgenre is intended for children.

What are fairy tales?

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This genre includes implausible supernatural and/or magical elements.

What is fantasy?

200

Fantasy is not tied to reality or ___.

What is scientific fact?

200

Fantasy elements can be found in these stories of ancient civilizations.

What is mythology?

200

This common character often provides guidance to the protagonist.

Who is the mentor or teacher?

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This subgenre is set in a magical world that has its own rules and physical laws.

What is high fantasy?

200

This genre features technology that is currently possible or may become possible in the future.

What is science fiction?

300

Fantasy often features a final epic battle as the ___ of the plot.

What is the climax?

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Fantasy's roots can be traced back to ___, the earliest form of storytelling.

What is the oral tradition?

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This characteristic is often the main plot element in fantasy.

What is magic?

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This subgenre is related to high fantasy, but it focuses on sword-wielding heroes battling witches, demons, and wizards.

What is sword and sorcery?
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This genre is primarily aimed at creating an unsettling atmosphere that creates a sense of fear and dread.

What is horror?

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Often writers of fantasy devote a ___ of books to the same world or characters.

What is a series?

400

Modern fantasy began in this century.

What is the nineteenth century?

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Fantasy authors utilize this characteristic to create characters, situations, and settings that may not be possible in reality.

What is worldbuilding?

400

This subgenre is set in the real world, but it includes unexpected magical elements.

What is low fantasy?

400

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is an example of this genre.

What is fantasy?

500

Fantasy stories often contain elements of ___, such as castles, knights, magical swords, and ancient spells.

What is Medievalism?

500

Elements of fantasy can be found throughout ancient religious texts such as this Sumerian text.

What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?

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The protagonist often goes through this common cycle or pattern of stages.

What is the heroic journey or epic journey?

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This subgenre is similar to low fantasy, but the characters accept fantastical elements as a normal part of their realistic world.

What is magical realism?

500

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is an example of this genre.

What is science fiction?