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Science Fiction

Science Fiction. 8 th Grade Language Arts Dunn/Williams. What is Science Fiction?. Science Fiction is a genre that combines scientific principles and fiction. Science fiction may make predictions about life in the future. Science fiction can comment on important issues in society.

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Science Fiction

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  1. Science Fiction 8th Grade Language Arts Dunn/Williams

  2. What is Science Fiction? Science Fiction is a genre that combines scientific principles and fiction. Science fiction may make predictions about life in the future. Science fiction can comment on important issues in society

  3. Easy Ways to Determine Whether a Short Story or Novel is Science Fiction • Setting: time (when) and place (where) the events of a story take place • Characters- people who take part in the action of a story • Vocabulary- a set of words within a language

  4. Science Fiction Setting Time – science fiction stories are often set in the future. Place- another planet, a made up futuristic land

  5. Science Fiction Characters • Human • Human-like (humanoids) • Aliens

  6. Vocabulary Vocabulary may be unusual or made up words and phrases that represent another language Ex. In Star Trek, Klingon is the language spoken by some of the characters.

  7. Major Themes in Science Fiction • Space travel to and from other planets (ie: Star Wars, Star Trek) • Time travel to the past and future (ie: Back to the Future) • Psychological/biological changes to man brought about by scientific changes (ie: The Incredible Hulk, Spider Man)

  8. Themes • Supernormal powers/talents (ie: Superman, Spiderman, Batman) • Science applied to human relations for constructive or destructive purposes (ie: Weird Science, Frankenstein) • Battle with alien life forms (ie: Predator, The Day the Earth Stood Still, District 9) • Alternate Universe (ie: Star Wars)

  9. Trivia Did you know the first science fiction story written was Frankenstein?

  10. Why Read Science Fiction? • Entertaining • Makes the audience wonder “What If?” • Encourages creativity in writing and role-playing • Introduces students to a new literary genre • Teaches lessons about the value and dangers of advanced technology • Enhances imagination

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