3.9.M: Historical Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Jennifer Marohn 3.9.M: Historical Fiction vs. Nonfiction
What is historical nonfiction?
Stories that features real people, places, and events as close as they appeared in erality as possible.
Stories that feature imaginary people and events in a real, historical setting.
What is historical fiction?
Stories that features real people, places, and events as close as they appeared in erality as possible.
Stories that feature imaginary people and events in a real, historical setting.
Who wrote a play in 1599 entitled Julius Caesar?
Which account are more people familiar with regarding Julius Caesar?
Match the person's writing to either historical fiction or historical nonfiction.
Plutarch
historical fiction
Shakespear
historical nonfiction
Write two of the similarities between the play and the historical account.
Select the differences between the play and the account.
Select all that apply.
The senators stab Caesar until he dies
Caesar's reactions in the historical account and fictional are slightly different.
After Caesar's death, the senators run around Rome proclaiming they have brought freedom from a tyrant.
Casca is the first to act
In the historical account, other senators watch in shock, unable to help, while in the play, only the conspirators are present.
The dialogue and movement of the characters is made up by Shakespeare. We don't, historically, what each person actually said.
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