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Question 1
1. Read the extract from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll and then
answer the questions that follow:
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.
Based on the tutorial letter (ENG2614/501/0/2024), the extract from Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland belongs to fiction, specifically the fantasy sub-genre, and is written as prose.
Three reasons from the passage support this classification:
Fiction vs. non-fiction: The events are invented, not factual. The presence of a talking rabbit
with a waistcoat-pocket and a watch (“when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its
waistcoat-pocket”) is imaginary, which aligns with the definition of fiction as “invented
stories” (ENG2614, 501. Page 24).
Fantasy vs. realism: The story is not based on the real world but on a world governed by magic
and extraordinary occurrences. The White Rabbit speaking (“Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!”)
and Alice falling down a deep well filled with cupboards and bookshelves (“the sides of the
well… were filled with cupboards and book-shelves”) are elements of fantasy, which “is a
genre of literature that is not based in the real world but rather in a world that is governed by
magic” (ENG2614, 501. Page 13).
Prose vs. poetry or drama: The extract is written in ordinary sentences and paragraphs, without
verse, metre, or stage directions. This matches the definition of prose as “ordinary writing
which includes sentences and paragraphs” (ENG2614, 501. Page 113).
Question 1
1. Read the extract from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll and then
answer the questions that follow:
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.
Based on the tutorial letter (ENG2614/501/0/2024), the extract from Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland belongs to fiction, specifically the fantasy sub-genre, and is written as prose.
Three reasons from the passage support this classification:
Fiction vs. non-fiction: The events are invented, not factual. The presence of a talking rabbit
with a waistcoat-pocket and a watch (“when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its
waistcoat-pocket”) is imaginary, which aligns with the definition of fiction as “invented
stories” (ENG2614, 501. Page 24).
Fantasy vs. realism: The story is not based on the real world but on a world governed by magic
and extraordinary occurrences. The White Rabbit speaking (“Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!”)
and Alice falling down a deep well filled with cupboards and bookshelves (“the sides of the
well… were filled with cupboards and book-shelves”) are elements of fantasy, which “is a
genre of literature that is not based in the real world but rather in a world that is governed by
magic” (ENG2614, 501. Page 13).
Prose vs. poetry or drama: The extract is written in ordinary sentences and paragraphs, without
verse, metre, or stage directions. This matches the definition of prose as “ordinary writing
which includes sentences and paragraphs” (ENG2614, 501. Page 113).
