Select "Yes" or "No" to show whether each statement describes a work of historical fiction.

Question

Yes:
No:

A. An author writes about a real-life scientist and how he discovered penicillin by accident in the 1920s.
B. An author writes about two fictional brothers who go to California during the Gold Rush in the 1800s.
C. An author writes about a scientist who invents a time travel device and goes to prehistoric times.
D. An author writes about two sisters who work together to create a brand-new social media platform.

Answer 1

Yes:
A. An author writes about a real-life scientist and how he discovered penicillin by accident in the 1920s.

No:
B. An author writes about two fictional brothers who go to California during the Gold Rush in the 1800s.
C. An author writes about a scientist who invents a time travel device and goes to prehistoric times.
D. An author writes about two sisters who work together to create a brand-new social media platform.

Answer 2

Are you sure that B goes into the No category? I think that B should go into the Yes category because it's about an author who writes about two fictional brothers who go to California in the 1800s. Isn't that historical fiction? It takes place during the 1800s, making it historical fiction.

Answer 3

You are correct. The statement in B describes a scenario that takes place during a historical event (the Gold Rush in the 1800s), even though the characters are fictional. Therefore, B should indeed be classified as historical fiction.

Here is the corrected categorization:

Yes:
A. An author writes about a real-life scientist and how he discovered penicillin by accident in the 1920s.
B. An author writes about two fictional brothers who go to California during the Gold Rush in the 1800s.

No:
C. An author writes about a scientist who invents a time travel device and goes to prehistoric times.
D. An author writes about two sisters who work together to create a brand-new social media platform.

Thank you for pointing that out!