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HR 2 (sem 1)

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  • What is the difference between low fantasy and magic realism?
    MR - magic is taken for granted. Low fantasy - magic is not ok for ordinary people
  • Name types of graphic stories
    Comic strips, comic books, graphic novels
  • Define fantasy genre (features). What is high and low fantasy?
    High - fully imagined world, low - our world with magic
  • Name the time period of modernism?
    ~1890s-1940s
  • Name features of modernism
  • What is the technique highlighted in red?
    End-stop
  • What is oxymoron? Give an example
    Two words or phrases used together that have opposite meanings. "Living death", "perverse madonna"
  • What is vernacular language?
    A kind of social dialect, typically spoken by a lower-status group, which is treated as “non-standard”
  • Define the genre of Magic realism. Name its features
  • Define the genre of Science fiction (features)
  • What is graphic fiction?
    Sequential ert to tell a story
  • What is irony? Name its types
    Contrast between what is expected and what happens. Situational, dramatic, verbal
  • Define Psychological realism. Name its timeperiod & features
  • What is Harlem Renaissance? What is its timeperiod?
    1920s
  • What is juxtaposition? Give examples from the texts
    An author places two things side by side as a way of highlighting their differences. "The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways."
  • What is the technique highlighted in green?
    Enjambment
  • What is synecdoche? Give an example
    A part of something is usedto refer to its whole. Eliot’s poem "feet", "hand" - people
  • What is onomatopoeia? Provide examples
    is a figure of speech in which words evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe. “tick tock”, “ding dong”
  • What are the possible elements of a poem?
    Rhyme (+_), rythm (+_), line, stanza, end-stop, enjambment
  • What are the differences between fantasy and sci-fi?
    Fantasy - past or present; basis: myths, folklore. Sci-fi - future, scientific basis
  • How is dystopia different from utopia?
    Dystopia - bad world. Utopian - perfect world
  • What are the similiraties between fantasy and sci-fi?
  • What is urban myth?
    A story about an unusual or humorous event that many people believe to be true but that is not true.
  • Name the stories/poems that were discussed during the semester (9)
  • What is imagery?
    Vivid descriptions appealing to senses
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