The term magical realism was first used by:

Read the excerpt from the odyssey then his chores being all dispatched she caught another brace of man to make his breakfast and whisk away his great door slab to let his sheep go through but he behind reset the stones as one would cap a quiver what two things are being compared in this epic simile

Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference.the author’s purpose in this excerpt is to

American history (is, are) studying the american colonies.