Historical Context

A historical context is....

• the time, place, when, why, and where

• an event that explained the most exciting part of the story

• a novel, short story, or play, a time and place that has its own political and economic

• a novel that has historical events that can lead to problems that the protagonist can't solve

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historical context mostly goes....

• unstated

• mysterious

• historical

• fantasy

historical context is part of the....

• Character

• Picture

• settiing

• setting

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Why is historical context important?

• it helps give the story and exciting feeling

• it helps the reader visualize and understand the story better

• it helps the reader describe and write the story

• trick question it doesn't

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Historical Context explains how the characters feel.

• True

• False

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Historical Context helps you get....

• the main conflict

• the main solution

• the main tractor

• none of the above

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Then historical context.....

• gives the reader a good sense of the physical setting

• can be horror or thriller and gives the reader a good feel of the importance of eating healthy

• all of the above

• trick question?

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Historical Context will not help us describe the setting

• True

• False

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The author of Historical Context__________________________________

• has long fingernails

• may describe the setting to indicate why he has long fingernails

• may describe the setting so the readers know what the landscape looked like

• all of the above

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Historical Context can be set in the past

• Yes

• no

• False

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