Historical Fiction

True or false?  Historical Fiction is always set in the past.

• True
• False

Name the genre: Toby stepped forward, "Excuse me President Lincoln. Can I ask you a question?"

• Fantasy

• Science fiction

• Historical fiction

• Realistic fiction

The characters in Historical Fiction books are:

• All real.
• A combination of real and invented.
• All invented.

Name the genre: Tom was excited to be traveling to America with his parents. He had never been away from Germany. At first he was nervous about the sea voyage, but his father assured him that the "Titantic" was mankind's triumph over the ocean. "This boat," his father said, "is virtually unsinkable."

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• historical fiction

True or false?  Harry Potter is an example of Historical Fiction. 

• True
• False

Name the genre: Often includes real people who have lived in the past.

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• fantasy

Name the genre: Anne's father burst through the door. "We're going west! To California! Gold! They've found gold! We are going to move to California to get rich!"

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• science fiction

• historical fiction

Name the genre: Set in the past with a historical person or event.

• fantasy

• science fiction

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

Historical Fiction books take place:

• modern times.

• the future.

• in a fake location.

• Usually in a real location in a definite time period.

Dialogue in Historical Fiction 

• very realistic for modern times.
• reflects the knowledge of people in that time period.
• is full of made up words.