Origins and History
This century is when realistic fiction first emerged.
What is the 19th Century?
This author created Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Jeff Kinney
This series follows Greg Heffley through middle school.
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
This type of character is believable and acts like a real person.
Realistic fiction was created as a response to this type of storytelling.
What is romantic/fantastical literature?
This author wrote Dork Diaries.
Who is Rachel Renee Russell?
Nikki Maxwell is the main character of this series.
What is Dork Diaries?
These are problems characters face that relate to real-life situations.
What are personal dilemmas?
This social change helped the rise of realistic fiction (name one).
What is industrialization, urbanization, or growth of the middle class?
This Jamaican-American author wrote Everything, Everything.
Who is Nicola Yoon?
This book features a girl who cannot leave her house due to illness.
What is Everything, Everything?
This type of dialogue sounds like real conversations people have.
What is natural dialogue?
Realistic fiction focuses on the lives of these types of people.
What are ordinary/everyday people?
This author is known for Junie B. Jones.
Who is Barbara Park?
This character refuses to ride the school bus on her first day.
Who is Junie B. Jones?
These are settings that exist in real life or could realistically exist.
What are real life enviorments?
This author is considered a pioneer of realistic literature.
Who is Honoré de Balzac?
This author introduced social context into realistic fiction.
Who is Honoré de Balzac?
This phrase is a famous warning from Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
What is “Do not get the cheese touch”?
These are events that commonly happen in everyday life.