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

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Which of the following is most likely historical fiction?

• a short story about prince and a talking frog

• a novel about a girl and her best friend

• a novel that takes place during the the Civil War

• a short story about creatures on the planet Jupiter

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Historical Fiction

• Sets characters against historical events

• Traditional story involving gods, goddesses, and heroes

• Is based on history and actual heroes

• Deals with a crime or puzzle to solve

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Which is an example of historical fiction?

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

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Historical Fiction genre includes stories that:

• are about real people in the past and their real lives

• are about real events from the past, but with fictional characters and some real people

• are completely all made up

• are fictional and usually include fairy tale characters

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After he became President, Lincoln told his Secretary of State the following story of the first dollar he ever had for his own:

“Seward,” he said, “Did you ever hear how I earned my first dollar?” “No,” replied Seward. “Well, I was about eighteen years of age… and had constructed a flatboat…A steamer was going down the river. We have, you know, no docks on the western streams, and the custom was if passengers were at any of the landings they had to go out in a boat, the steamer stopping and taking them on board. I was contemplating my new boat, and wondering whether I could make it stronger or improve it in any part when two men with trunks came down to the shore in carriages, and looking at the different boats, singled out mine, and asked: ‘Who owns this?’”

I answered modestly, ‘I do.’

‘Will you,’ said one of them, ‘take us and our trunks out to the steamer?’

‘Certainly,’ said I. I was very glad to have a chance for earning something, and supposed that they would give me a couple of ‘bits.’ The trunks were put in my boat, the passengers seated themselves on them, and I sculled them out to the steamer. They got on board, and I lifted the trunks and put them on deck. The steamer was moving away when I called out:

‘You have forgotten to pay me!’

Each of them took from his pocket a silver half-dollar and threw it on the bottom of my boat. I could scarcely believe my eyes as I picked up the money. You may think it was a very little thing, and these days it seems to make like a trifle, but it was the most important incident in my life at that time. I could scarcely credit that I, a poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day—that by honest work I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

Which of the following is the best character trait to describe President Lincoln?

• rude

• grateful

• lazy

• ungrateful

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Historical fiction tells how a character dealt with the challenges presented in the events.

• True.

• False.

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All but which of the following titles sound like they could be historical fiction novels?

• Tagging along on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• A Better World: Life in the year 2080
• Zac and Ted Survive the Pearl Harbor Attack
• All are possible titles

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What is conflict in a story?

• A struggle or problem in the story.

• Two characters having a conversation

• How the story is resolved.

• The background information in the story.

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What is a Minor Character?

• A young character

• A character who does not speak

• A character that helps support the main character

• A character that does not matter

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