Reality

and
Fantasy
 Real
world

Realism Existing

Fact REALITY Real life

Physical
Actual
existence

Truth
 imagination
sword
and creativity
sorcery

wishful
fancy
thinking

FANTASY

daydreaming
invention
/ reverie

make-
originality
believe
vision/
speculation
 myth
Escapism legend

Enchanted fable

FANTASY

impossible fairy tale

sci-fi, horror romance

science
fiction
Reality and Fantasy
REALITY
•the world or the state of things as they actually
exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea
of them
•a thing that exists in fact, having previously only
existed in one's mind

FANTASY
•the faculty or activity of imagining things, especi
ally things that are impossible or improbable
•a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic an
d adventure, especially in a setting other than the
real world
 Identify if the statements show reality
or fantasy.

1. It’s important to be
in school on time.

Reality
2. The man jumped
over the moon.

Fantasy
3. There are eleven
planets that we could
go in the future.

Fantasy
4. A lot of people are
not able to eat three
times a day because of
poverty.
Reality
5. All natural resources
are unlimited.

Fantasy
Draw similarities and differences between reality and
fantasy using the Venn diagram.

FANTASY REALITY
Explain how important
reality and fantasy in
our life are.
Why is it important to
distinguish fantasy
from reality?
“People are inclined to write off fantasy as
escapism, but in fact it's a roundabout way
of engaging with genuine problems.”

-(Webb, 2007)
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