Fantasy Literature: Wizard of Oz vs. Alice in Wonderland

What is considered America's first great Fairy Tale?

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

What food does Alice eat to change her size in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

(a)  

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Match each character with their respective fantasy collections

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(a) Wizard of Oz

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(b) Alice in Wonderland

• Playing Cards

• Cowardly Lion

• Caterpillar

• Flying Monkeys

• Mad Hatter

• Gnome King

• Hungry Tiger

• Ozma

• March Hare

• Munchkins

• Humpty Dumpty

• Tweedledum

• Winkie Guards

• Jabberwocky

• Cheshire Cat

• Scarecrow

Reorder the Wizard of Oz book titles by their publication date

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

• Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz

• The Marvelous Land of Oz

• Ozma of Oz

• The Road to Oz

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Complete the quote, "We're all (a)   here!"

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Both stories​ transport their protagonists to their respective fantasy worlds. Dorothy is swept away by a ​ (a)   to the magical land of ​ (b)   ​. ​ Alice falls down a​ (c)   into (d)  

• tornado
• Oz
• rabbit hole
• Wonderland

Match the following literary elements in Lewis Caroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

• The Queen of Hearts

• Antagonist

• Wonderland

• Foil

• Alice's Sister

• Symbolism

• Growing Up

• Theme

• "Drink Me" Potion and Cake

• Setting

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Characterization: (a)   is portrayed as more sensible, trying to make sense of the world around her as she tries to make her way home. ​ (b)   is more imaginative and curious, lacking the motivation to find her way home.

• Dorothy
• Alice

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Antagonists driving motivation is to maintain control and instill fear among their subjects

• Wicked Witch of the West

• White Rabbit

• Queen of Hearts

• Wicked Witch of the East

• Glinda the Good Witch

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Match the protagonist to their respective literary work by placing each label option on the correct character

e

f

g

h

d

c

b

a

1900

Less Structured Plot

United Kingdom

1865

L. Frank Baum

Linear Plot Structure

Lewis Carroll

United States of America

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