Realistic Fiction v. Historical Fiction

Realistic fiction has characters that are true to life.

• True

• False

Characters in historical fiction can only be fictional.

• True

• False

Which one of these could be an example of dialogue in a realistic fiction text?

• "Well ma'am, I reckon I can help ya fix that."

• "Four score and seven years ago..."

• "Sup bruh."

• "Say Jim, did you catch that radio program last week? It was pretty swell!"

The most important element of historical fiction is...

The conflict in realistic fiction should be

• something that could never actually happen

• something that would only happen in the past

• realistic fiction doesn't have conflicts

• something that could happen in real life

The dialogue in historical fiction should be accurate to the time period.

• True

• False

Which one of these is NOT an example of a setting for a realistic fiction text?

• school

• the mall

• the Titanic

• Chicago

Which one of these is an example of a conflict for a historical fiction text?

• Your mom grounded you for not cleaning your room.

• Cardi B can't think of a good idea for a new song.

• You dropped your cell phone and the screen broke.

• Abraham Lincoln can't find his hat.

This genre can have characters that are real people.

• Historical fiction

• Realistic fiction

Which one of these texts is an example of historical fiction?

• "The Skin I'm In"

• "Esperanza Rising"

• "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"

• "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"