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Is Anthony in "It's a Good Life" good or bad? Support your argument by referring to concrete examples from the storyThe Term Test will consist of 5 content questions worth 5 marks, 5 short answer questions (no more than 1 page) worth 5 marks each, and 1 longer essay questions (2-4 pages), worth 20 marks.
Name five conventions of an SF story, and give an example of each one from the assigned readings.'''Shorter Questions'''
Is "It's a Good Life" Name five conventions of an SF story? Support your argument by referring to concrete examples , and give an example of each one from the storyassigned readings.
Names and the use of names are important in Is "The Cold EquationsIt's a Good Life"an SF story? Support your argument by referring to concrete examples from the story. What is the author trying to say?
Names and the use of names are important in "The Cold Equations". What is the author trying to say? '''Longer Questions'''  Is Anthony in "It's a Good Life" good or bad? Support your argument by referring to concrete examples from the story.  What views do each of the main characters in "Nightfall" represent? Why are each of their views important to the understanding of the concept of the story?  Science fiction stories often have to deliver a lot of information to the reader, but don't want to deliver it in a tedious way (i.e. as a dry lecture). Describe and illustrate the techniques used to do this in four of the assigned readings.  Briefly describe the   Ideas often take precedence over characterization in SF stories. Illustrate this using two of the assigned readings.
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