The Basics (Vocabulary)
The person who tells the story in a book.
Who is the Narrator
A person who is believed to possibly have committed the crime.
What is a Suspect?
This term refers to the specific time and place where a story happens.
What is the Setting?
Historical fiction is always 100% true.
False (The setting is real, but some characters/events are invented).
This is the "opposite" of the hero; the person who fights against the main character.
Who is the Antagonist?
A word that means the main message or "big lesson" of a story.
What is the Theme?
A false lead or a "fake" clue meant to distract the detective.
What is a Red Herring?
Historical fiction is a mix of made-up characters and these types of real events.
What are Fact-based (or Historical) events?
True or False: A "Cliffhanger" usually happens at the end of a chapter to keep you reading.
True.
struggle between two opposing forces (like Man vs. Nature).
What is Conflict?
This is the sequence of events that make up a story.
What is the Plot?
Information or objects used to prove who committed a crime.
What is Evidence?
A conversation between two or more characters in a book.
What is Dialogue?
A Biography is a type of Historical Fiction.
False (A biography is Non-Fiction).
To explain the meaning of something or how you view a story
What is Interpret?
A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a Simile?
This word describes the reason a person might have committed a crime (like greed or revenge).
What is a Motive?
To write good historical fiction, authors must do a lot of this to make sure their facts are right.
What is Research?
"Protagonist" is another word for the villain of the story.
False (The protagonist is the hero/main character).
This word means a short part taken from a longer text or book.
What is an Excerpt?
The point of greatest tension or the "turning point" in a story.
What is the Climax?
A character who acts as a helper to the main detective (like Dr. Watson to Sherlock Holmes).
What is a Sidekick?
This "age-appropriate" word describes something that is no longer in use or belongs to a much earlier time.
What is Archaic?
Foreshadowing is when the author gives hints about what will happen later.
True.
When an author uses an object to represent a bigger idea (like a dove representing peace).
What is Symbolism?