Elements of Historical Fiction
Events that take place in a story
What is the plot?
Historical fiction series chronicling the Ingalls family’s covered wagon journey and homesteading life
What is Little House on the Prairie?
The way that people get from place to place
What is transportation?
Spoken words between characters that may reveal inconsistency in time period
What is dialogue?
Devices used to connect to the internet with applications, make telephone calls, and send messages
What are smart phones?
Historical time and geographical place (when and where) of a story
What is the setting?
Chatty, idealistic red-headed girl who lives in Avonlea on Prince Edward Island
Who is Anne of Green Gables?
The way that people spread news
What is information transfer?
Titles given to individuals or items consistent or inconsistent with location and time
What are names?
A person who tries lots of food often photographing it on the plate
Who is a foodi?
Ordinary people, real or imaginary who could have lived in a historical setting
Who are the characters?
Popular play that dramatizes the Salem Witch Trials of 1692
What is The Crucible?
The organization in which young people are taught
What is education?
Items present in period which are used to get a job done
What are tools?
A social media platform where individuals post short videos
What is TikTok?
The pervasive big ideas repeated throughout a story
What is theme?
A division of Shakespeare’s plays that chronicles a line of kings
What are the histories?
The way that sustenance is prepared and consumed
What is food culture?
The work that individuals engage in to provide food and shelter
What are jobs?
Largest online shopping venue in the world
Who is Amazon?
Stories based on real life historical events and set in historical time and place
What is historical fiction?
Book whose main character is Scarlett O’Hara and takes place during the Civil War
What is Gone With the Wind?
What is entertainment?
The way that people attire themselves in clothing and accessories
What is fashion?
What are drones?