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ADVENTURE!: Terms

ADVENTURE!: Terms. 2014-2015. Adventure : n. Unusual and exciting experience; a daring enterprise that is somewhat or very dangerous and arduous. ADVENTURE!: Terms. Classic (n.) : A. An author or a literary work of the first rank and having enduring quality.

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ADVENTURE!: Terms

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  1. ADVENTURE!: Terms 2014-2015

  2. Adventure: n. Unusual and exciting experience; a daring enterprise that is somewhat or very dangerous and arduous. ADVENTURE!: Terms

  3. Classic (n.): • A. An author or a literary work of the first rank and having enduring quality. • B. A work that is honored as definitive in its field. Classic (adj.): • A. of the first class; of acknowledged excellence. • B. Remarkably typical; outstandingly important. • C. Having enduring worth; timeless. ADVENTURE!: Terms

  4. Memorability • Theme(s)-universal/cross cultural • Style • Critical Acceptance • Timelessness. Five (5) Elements combine for a literary worK (BOOK/film/show/drama) to be a classic: ADVENTURE!: Terms

  5. Hero (n.) Usually the hero has universal appeal and may have qualities that we consider “ideal” for all people to possess. The rogue hero is someone who is unscrupulous or dishonest yet he/she is very likable. • A remarkably brave person • Somebody admired. • The main character in a fictional plot. • A person with superhuman powers. ADVENTURE!: Terms

  6. Genre (n.) Genres: a category of an artistic work, as in music, literature, or film characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. • Classic • Science Fiction: • Fantasy • Mystery • Survival ADVENTURE!: Terms

  7. Science Fiction A story based on the application of science and technology in fantastic situations. Stories that may or may not have life in the future and in other galaxies, etc. Consider it to be imaginative projections of possibilities. ADVENTURE!: Terms

  8. Fantasy • Tales of magic combined with adventure. • They often involve romance and evil wizards, etc. • These stories are more fantastical in nature with far less reliance on hard science or science of any nature. • They are often set in the past or in a different dimension or world. ADVENTURE!: Terms

  9. Mystery • a novel, shortstory, play, or film whose plot involves a crime or other event that remains puzzlingly unsettled until the very end: a mystery by Agatha Christie. • “Mystery.” Dictionary.com. 2011. 1 February 2011. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mystery. ADVENTURE!: Terms

  10. Survival • the act or fact of surviving, esp. under adverse or unusual circumstances. • a person or thing that survives or endures, especially an ancient custom, observance, belief, or the like. ADVENTURE!: Terms

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