Historical Fiction

What does fiction mean?

• It is real

• It could happen

• it is made up

• it is old\

What is Historical Fiction?

• A made up story in the past.

• A story that could happen now

• A story that takes place in the future

• A real story that happened in the past

Which is the most important element to pay attention to when reading historical fiction?

• The setting

• The problem

• The character

• The solution

What is setting?

• When the story takes place

• Where the story takes place

• When and where the story takes place

• Who is in the story.

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

Which of the following would not be in a historical fiction story?

• A frog talking to a prince.

• Abraham Lincoln as a student at Raceland Middle School

• George Washington becoming the first President of the United States

• Bella helping her Jewish friend escape the nazis

In historical fiction the setting must be accurate.

• True

• False

Historical Fiction must have characters that were REAL historical figures.

• True

• False

The plot can be centered around a documented ​ (a)   event, or an ​ (b)   storyline reflecting a past ​ (c)   period.

• historical
• imaginary
• time

Historical fiction is easy to write because it doesn't require any planning.

• True

• False