ENGL 112W EXAM SET WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
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Name 4 elements of YA fiction. - Accurate Answers 1. Teenage protagonist
2. Centred around young characters (adult characters are less sympathetic)
3. Focused on dialogue/events and not descriptions/ideas
4. Presents emotional truths
What is literary realism? - Accurate Answers Literary reali...
ENGL 112W EXAM SET
ENGL 112W EXAM SET WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Name 4 elements of YA fiction. - Accurate Answers✔✔✔ 1. Teenage
protagonist
2. Centred around young characters (adult characters are less
sympathetic)
3. Focused on dialogue/events and not descriptions/ideas
4. Presents emotional truths
What is literary realism? - Accurate Answers✔✔✔ Literary realism is
the literary movement where writers portray life as truthfully as possible.
What are the 3 characteristics of good fantasy? - Accurate
Answers✔✔✔ 1. The magic in the story is taken seriously.
2. Aspects of the story are consistent and believable.
,3. Rules of the "normal world" can be broken, but not rules of the
"second world."
Does the fantasy in AMC align with these characteristics? Support your
answer with evidence. - Accurate Answers✔✔✔ Yes -- by treating the
fantastical elements of his story as logical, rule-following phenomena,
Ness suspends his readers' disbelief in magic. For example, Ness
establishes magical laws, such as the monster must only appear at 12:07.
What is low fantasy? - Accurate Answers✔✔✔ Low fantasy takes a
fantasy element and treats it like a disruption of reality or a one-time
occurrence. Takes place in the real world.
What is magic realism? - Accurate Answers✔✔✔ Magic realism takes a
fantasy element and treats it as part of the norm. Blending of fantasy and
reality.
Name 2 examples of how Ness blends fantasy and reality in AMC. -
Accurate Answers✔✔✔ 1. Whether or not the monster is real or
imaginary is ambiguous.
2. The monster is fantastical, but it helps Conor face reality. The monster
shares truths that help Conor work through his emotions.
Name 2 characteristics of magic realism. - Accurate Answers✔✔✔ 1.
Offers juxtaposition between the "marvelous" and the "monstrous"
2. Often blends myth and reality (ex/ references to Celtic mythology in
AMC)
, What is a frame story? What is the effect or frame stories? - Accurate
Answers✔✔✔ A frame narrative is a narrative that frames another story
or a set of stories. The frame reveals the narrator, the implied audience,
and the occasion for telling the story.
Frame stories encourage readers to see the content in a new way.
What is the frame narrative in AMC? - Accurate Answers✔✔✔ The 1st
frame story is Conor's situation (the acceptance of his emotions around
his mother's death). The 2nd frame story is Conor's everyday life.
What is the effect of 1st person POV? What is the effect of 3rd person
POV? - Accurate Answers✔✔✔ 1st person brings the reader closer to
the narrator.
3rd person distances the reader from the narrator.
What is the effect of 2nd person POV? Name 2. - Accurate
Answers✔✔✔ 2nd person can create suspense and distance the reader
from the narrator.
What is nested narration? - Accurate Answers✔✔✔ Nested narration is
when stories are placed within other stories.
Name an example of nested narration in a monster calls. - Accurate
Answers✔✔✔ The story of the queen is within the story of the monster,
which is within the story of Conor's ordinary life.
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