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Historical Fiction. Ms. Lippert Ms. Murphy. Historical Fiction: A Paradox. History Elements occur during a real time in the past Setting Dates Characters Momentous events Fiction Some elements of work are made up Characters Places Plot sequences. Setting. Set in the past
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Historical Fiction Ms. Lippert Ms. Murphy
Historical Fiction: A Paradox • History • Elements occur during a real time in the past • Setting • Dates • Characters • Momentous events • Fiction • Some elements of work are made up • Characters • Places • Plot sequences
Setting • Set in the past • Definite time period in history • Real place in history • Accuracy and/or authenticity important • Information about time period, place, people, and culture The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien • takes place in Middle Earth Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi • takes place in 14th century England
Historical Events • About important events that occurred in the past • Usually events greatly impacted people living during that time Moby Dick by Herman Melville • Shark attacks by Moby Dick Amelia’s War by Ann Rinaldi • Civil War
Characters • Can be actual, historical figures • Can be fictitious people • live in a real, historical time and place • Behave in realistic ways Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll • the Caterpillar, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat So Far From Home by Barry Denenberg • Mary Driscoll, fourteen year-old girl
Language and Slang • Modern voice, but • Slang • Accents/dialects • Vocabulary (jargon of a particular culture/geographic region) Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse -“Ma” page 10 -“local song plugger” page 10 -“a rattler” page 5 -“speed-writing test” page 10
Cultural Artifacts • Objects from the specific time period • Makes setting believable • Clothing, hairstyles, appliances, machines, inventions, TV shows or movies, pieces of literature, music/artistic references… Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse • “wearing my straw hat” page 8 • “speed writing-test” page 8 • “the memory book” page 8