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Resolutions and Themes Assessment
Narrative Writing Prompt:Historical fiction takes a reader to another time and place and, as accurately as possible, reflects the language, traditions, beliefs, and practices of the setting. Select a period from history and write a narrative based on actual people or events. Your narrative may represent imagined characters and their conflicts in a historical period from the past. It should include a well-developed plot structure, an established setting, a clear conflict, a theme, and two narrative techniques that develop multiple perspectives.
Step 1: The Final Draft
Include the final draft of your historical fiction narrative below. Use this checklist to be sure you have included all required elements:
• a well-organized plot that provides artistic unity
• an exposition that introduces a protagonist and a setting
• rising action that introduces the conflict and two events that develop the conflict
• a climax in which the protagonist decides how to resolve their conflict
• falling action that reveals what happens after the protagonist's decision
• a resolution that reveals a universal theme
• a development ofmultiple perspectives through the use ofat least threenarrative techniques (description, dialogue, flashback, foreshadowing, juxtaposition, pacing, or stream of consciousness)
Step 2: Reflection
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
Reflection Question
Explain why your narrative qualifies as historical fiction. Reference the characters, conflict, and setting.
Which three narrative techniques (dialogue, flashback, foreshadowing, juxtaposition, pacing, or stream of consciousness) did you use? How did they develop multiple perspectives?
What is the universal theme of your narrative? How was it developed from the exposition to the resolution?