Science Fiction and Fantasy Lit Terms Final Review

Which technical term best describes the imagery of smell?

An example of a dichotomy could be...

Which of the following is NOT a discussed subgenre of science fiction?

Tolkien termed the "perilous realm of magic and enchantmentt that overlaps with the human sphere" as...

Which of the following is NOT a discussed type of fantasy literature?

Doggerel is...

At some point this semester, I read something I found interesting.

Which of the following best serves as an example of anachronism?

A term referring to the idea a main character is allowed to survive danger because they will still be needed later...

A static character experiences no change and stays relatively the same from beginning to end.

Fantasy, especially its prominence as a trope within children's lit, has a large role in forming what literary concept?

Describes a situation, idea, or societal condition as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society...

An important repeated idea that appears frequently within a narrative is a...

Which of the following is NOT a discussed category of archetypes?

Verisimilitude is...

Which of the following is not a defined type of irony:

The events of "Smith of Wootton Major" could be read as an ___________ of the fantasy reading experience.

The effect of fully subcreating a secondary world means going beyond suspension of disbelief into full...

Which of the following texts would least be likely to be considered part of "the canon"?

This type of character is based on stereotypes, relying heavily on cultural types or names, for personality, etc.

Pastoralism refers to works that idealize what?

An allusion is something imaginary, not really there.

"Do you like Faber as a character and his role in the story?" is an example of what kind of question?

"Slaughter-dew" (for blood), "Sleep of the sword" (death) ," and "whale-road" (sea) are all examples of what term?

_________'s Third Law states that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

"Why do you think Bradbury uses technology as a motif?" is an example of what kind of question?

What kind of minor character is used to show contrast with a main character?

An object or device that serves merely as a trigger for the plot but is unimportant itself...

Which technical terms best describes the imagery of movement?

What does "low fantasy" mean?

Zeitgeist means...

Which of the following is NOT one of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics?

The universal human practice of memorizing and performing stories is known as....

Which of the following is not a genre of speculative fiction?

A key influential text in modern fantasy, Beowulf is an imporant example of what kind of poem...

A story cannot be considered fantasy unless it is set in a secondary world.

Which of the following is NOT a discussed type of monster?

This hypothesis predicts that an entity appearing almost human will risk creating cold, eerie feelings in audiences.

Science Fiction and Fantasy are pretty much the same genre.

Tolkien's idea that all stories and their elements from different ages past blend and boil together is called...

Which of the following is NOT necessarily a common element of totalitarianism...

Soft science fiction has to do with stories that have sentimental, sad, sappy themes.

This term suggests the need of a reader/view to hold back their doubt and skepticism, so as to fully appreciate a tale:

Hard science fiction is carefully based on actual scientific principles from mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology.

During booktalks, I shared that people primarily read for one of four things. Which of the following was NOT one?