What is Historical Fiction?

What does FICTION mean?

• It is real

• It is old

• It is made up

• It is boring

What is HISTORICAL FICTION?

• A made up story set in the past

• A story that takes place in today's world but could actually happen

• A story that takes place in the future

• A true story that happened in the past

What is the MOST important element to pay attention to when reading or writing historical fiction?

• The conflict

• The setting

• The main 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 (may contain some real people from that time period)

• are about made up events from the past (a fictional war or time period) but with characters that are based off real people in history

• are fictional and usual include fairy tale characters

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

• A made-up frog talking to a prince

• A made-up teenager helping her Jewish friend escape the nazis

• A made-up solider fighting in the battle of Trenton

• A made-up woman living in Victorian times

In historical fiction, the setting must be accurate

• True

• False

Historical fiction must have characters that were REAL historical figures

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

What planning is most important when writing historical fiction

• Advanced development of the characters

• Advanced knowledge of the historical event or time period

• Advanced knowledge of conflict/resp;itopm

• Advanced development of symbolism weaved throughout the story