1. On a separate piece of paper write your name at the top
What comes to mind when you hear the word fantasy?
What are some current or modern examples?
Now think of what your fantasy world would look like: what sort of people and animals are in this world; what is the food like; are things the same color in this world; do people have special powers?
Keep these questions in mind and write about your fantasy world.
You have 10 minutes

3. Defined:
Characterization is the way in which authors convey information about their characters.
Characterization can be direct, as when an author tells readers what a character is like
"George was cunning and greedy."
Or indirect, as when an author shows what a character is like by portraying his or her actions, speech, or thoughts
"On the crowded subway, George slipped his hand into the man's coat pocket and withdrew the wallet, undetected."
Descriptions of a character's appearance, behavior, interests, way of speaking, and other mannerisms are all part of characterization.

4. Characters can have special powers
Animals act like people (anamorphic)

5. Defined:
The time, place, and conditions in which the action of a book, movie, etc., takes place

6. Place is imaginary or of another world or universe
Time is anytime or no time
Fantasy time (once upon a time… happily ever after)
Any time or any place, timeless or placeless, or long ago
Time travel is possible

7. Defined:
The events that make up a story or the main part of a story

8. Varied, but usually surprising twists or developments
Involving situations not possible in our realistic world
Full of action and follows specific and simple patterns
Plot starts right out with fast moving action that grabs the listeners interest and keeps it
Conflicts are usually resolved with great deeds or acts of human kindness related to good and evil

9. Defined:
 a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly

10. Uses magic or other ideas to achieve the extremely impossible
Problems of young adults
Good triumphant over evil
Security
Right and wrong
Fear of leaving home
Justice and injustice
Fear of not having children
Happiness, kindness, friendship, loyalty
Fear of not being loved or giving love
Love and loyalty
Reflection of basic values and concerns
Love and loyalty can transform
Discuss basic values of people
Good and evil

11. Defined:
The way a writer writes and it is the technique which an individual author uses in his writing
Varies from author to author and depends upon one’s syntax, word choice, and tone
Can also be described as a voice that readers listen to when they read the work of a writer

12. Use of magic or possibly powers that have no scientific bases yet verified by repeatable evidence
Use of mental powers or technologies that are not yet possible or not yet discovered

13. The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
Defined:
The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
Generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject
Formal
Informal
Serious
Cheerful
Sarcastic
Sad

14. Feel that in a magical world the story is plausible
Despite the availability of magic the struggle of the characters seems authentic and failure an option

15. Defined:
The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense

16. Foreshadow what will happen in the novel
Maintain inner consistency of reality