Fantasy Genre

A characteristic of a fantasy is

• Events occur that could REALLY happen.

• Events occur that could NOT really happen.

If a story has a normal school with normal students, but who can secretly fly, that story is probably  

• fantasy

• realistic

Characters such as Harry Potter who are the heroes of fantasy stories are known as the:

• Agonist

• Synergist

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

Sammy Shark makes fun of Timmy Turtle because he swims too slow. Timmy Turtle asks his friend Donna Dolphin to teach him how to swim fast. He practices and practices. He challenges Sammy Shark to a race. "Ready, set, go!" Cries Franky Fish. Timmy Turtle swims as fast as he can. He gets to the finish line before Sammy Shark! He wins!

• This story is fantasy because the animals talk, work together, have feelings and would not happen in real life.

• This story is fantasy because it takes place in the ocean.

• This story is real because it has ocean animals in it.

A fiction story including elements that are impossible

• Fantasy

• Autobiography

• Poetry

• Fable

Stories set in an imaginary universe.

• Fable

• Biography

• Realistic fiction

• Fantasy

A fiction story including elements that are outside the realm of possibility

• Fantasy

• Autobiography

• Poetry

• Fable

A fantasy might include

• Animals that can speak, think and feel like humans.

• Nothing that isn't "normal".

The villain in a fantasy story, such as Voldemort, is known as the:

• Agonist

• Synergist

• Antagonist

• Prtagonist

Which of the following is NOT a typical fantasy character? 

• Lawyer

• Warlock

• Goblin

• Dragon