ENG2614
ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE DATE: 4 MAY 2026
, ENG2614 ASSIGNMENT 1 2026
DUE DATE: 4 MAY 2026
Question 1
Read the extract from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll and
then answer the questions that follow: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting
by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped
into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it,
“and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”
Question 1.1
1.1 What kind of literature does this story belong to? Is it fiction or non-
fiction? - fantasy or realism? - and prose, poetry or drama? Give at least three
reasons from the passage for your answers. You may quote or paraphrase.
Answer in a single paragraph.
It is fiction.
Because the events described are invented and impossible in reality for example,
a rabbit that talks, wears a waistcoat‑pocket and carries a watch.
It is fantasy rather than realism because the story creates an imaginary world with
its own rules, as seen when Alice falls down a rabbit‑hole and finds “cupboards
and book‑shelves” and “maps and pictures” on the walls of the well (Tutorial Letter
501, p. 3).
A prose piece because the text is organised into sentences and paragraphs, not
into verse lines or dramatic dialogue; the narrative flows continuously, as in “In
another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world
she was to get out again” (Tutorial Letter 501, p. 3).
ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE DATE: 4 MAY 2026
, ENG2614 ASSIGNMENT 1 2026
DUE DATE: 4 MAY 2026
Question 1
Read the extract from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll and
then answer the questions that follow: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting
by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped
into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it,
“and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”
Question 1.1
1.1 What kind of literature does this story belong to? Is it fiction or non-
fiction? - fantasy or realism? - and prose, poetry or drama? Give at least three
reasons from the passage for your answers. You may quote or paraphrase.
Answer in a single paragraph.
It is fiction.
Because the events described are invented and impossible in reality for example,
a rabbit that talks, wears a waistcoat‑pocket and carries a watch.
It is fantasy rather than realism because the story creates an imaginary world with
its own rules, as seen when Alice falls down a rabbit‑hole and finds “cupboards
and book‑shelves” and “maps and pictures” on the walls of the well (Tutorial Letter
501, p. 3).
A prose piece because the text is organised into sentences and paragraphs, not
into verse lines or dramatic dialogue; the narrative flows continuously, as in “In
another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world
she was to get out again” (Tutorial Letter 501, p. 3).
