Historical Fiction

True or False: The main characters in historical fiction stories are REAL.

• True- the characters really existed
• False- the characters are made up by the author's imagination

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Conversation between characters in a story

• A. Sensory language

• B. Dialogue

• C. Historical fiction

• D. Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which best describes what historical fiction is?

• a story set in the future with made up characters
• a story that contains a mystery to be solved with lots of suspense
• a story set in the past with made up characters
• a story with ghosts in it

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What are some examples of historical fiction?

• Charlie Brown
• I survived the "Sinking of the Titanic-1912"
• Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham
• Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does a context clue help you find?

• A summary of the passage
• The main idea of the sentence
• The problem in the story
• The meaning of an unknown word

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which point of view is the following:
"There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, the day my mother cuts my hair."
_{from Divergent by Veronica Roth}

• second
• first
• third person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What point of view is the following:
Cathy leaned into her computer screen with big eyes. She couldn't believe it- she had finally gotten a 100 on her math test! She knew her parents would be proud of her.

• First person
• Third person 

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Name the red part of the sentence.
Jessica had a stomachache because she ate too many peanut butter cookies.

• Cause
• Effect

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Winning the lottery sure made Marcus feel ___________________________.

• excluded
• reverent
• jubliant
• solemn

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of historical fiction?  

• To let the reader experience the thoughts and feelings of people in the past. 
• To teach the reader about the time period in which the story is taking place.
• To persuade the reader that the time period in which the story takes place is more exciting that the present.
• To help the reader "escape" into adventures from the past. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9