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-'''Illiterature''' is a any question that attempts to fill the required literature distribution of a packet with things that aren't literature. It may also describe any attempt to perform such action.
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-Examples would include subverting ACF's 1/1 British Literature by submitting a Harry Potter tossup and a bonus on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. According to the government of Brazil and [[Jonathan Magin]], Machado de Assis is literature but Paulo Coelho is not.
-In high school, this can also refer to using stupid language arts questions about spelling, grammar, or vocabulary in place of real literature. [[Questions Galore]] and other [[bad quizbowl]] question writing companies are notorious for this, in no small part due to the distributions of several bad state organizations. [[NAQT]] is also somewhat fond of the occasional illiterature question in their sets.
-See also [[CLOOS]] and [[SCIENCE!]].
-[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]][[Category:Bad quizbowl]]
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