"Historical fiction includes all the elements of fiction: character, setting, plot, and theme. Writers of historical fiction weave historical facts, actual events, and imaginary details into stories. Their purposes for writing are to entertain and to inform." Students in sixth grade will be reviewing these details from The Language of Literature book.
Historical fiction includes real characters from history as well as made up ones. The characters often face problems that real people faced at that time in history. the dialogue, thoughts, and feeling of the characters are usually made up.
Writers use their imaginations to describe settings, bey they try to be accurate in the way they show daily life, details about technology and transportation, and people's thoughts and feeling.
In historical fiction, plot is often strongly influenced by the setting. this i because characters are influenced buy the events of their time.
The Language of Literature, p. 698
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