Science Fiction & Fantasy

Some popular elements of Science Fiction may be all of the following except:

• finding a world of fairies and giants

• being the last person on Earth

• finding a lost civilization

• having an alien encounter

Genre where you might read about magical creatures.

• Realistic Fiction
• Science Fiction
• Fantasy
• Biography

Genre that may contain advanced technologies like human-like robots.

• Adventure
• Science Fiction
• Fantasy
• Realistic Fiction

You might read about a world in a galaxy far, far away.

• Legend
• Historical Fiction
• Science Fiction
• Folklore

Genre that may contain talking animals.

• Science Fiction
• Realistic Fiction
• Fantasy
• Historical Fiction

Science Fiction can sometimes include time travel.

• False
• True

Science Fiction could have advance technology in the text.

• True

• False

The BEST definition of Science Fiction is?

• A genre just like Fantasy, except based on technology.

• A genre focused on the imagination of what COULD possibly exist in the future.

• Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances, and/or major social or environmental changes, and frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.

• Fiction based on the future of Science.

How is the genre of Science Fiction BEST related to the genre of Fantasy?

• It's not. They are two totally different genres.

• Fantasy and Science Fiction are essentially the same thing. The only reason they are separate genres is because Fantasy doesn't generally include science, and Fantasy can be set in the past as well as the future.

• Advanced technology, magic potions, alternative worlds, and flying broomsticks are all a part of both the Science Fiction and the Fantasy genres.

• Fantasy involves things that can NEVER happen, like talking animals in Charlotte's Web, while Science Fiction is made possible based on things that could POSSIBLY happen in the future, like cloning in The House of the Scorpion.

How could you reimagine a cell phone (a current science FACT) to create something that is a futuristic invention (science FICTION)?

• Take a telephone and enable it to be attached to a wall for the entire family to use.

• Take a cell phone and create a way to teleport yourself to the destination in your Google Maps app.

• Take an Xbox and create a way for it to play Fortnight with other kids from all over the world.

• Teach your dog to do your homework and sign your reading logs in order to do better and work less.