Notes with In-Text Citations

Question #1:How do authors hook and hold readers?

• Realistic fiction authors usually make something happen in their books that the readers could relate to

• “The characters in these books are dealing with life's up's and down's and things that could actually happen.” Makes it all seem real. ("Realistic Fiction Sherwood Public Library.“)

• Realistic fiction deal with real social, world and personal problems. (K. Bucher)

• ‘If you show the world through someone unusual it keeps people reading like 'the curious incident of the dog in the night time‘’ (National Novel Writing Month." )

Question #2:How do writes persuade their readers?

• Realistic fiction writers persuade their readers by tying in real life situations.

• Authors can make their book known to the public by talking about it online and telling friends. ("Realistic Fiction - Young Adult Literature)

• Realistic fiction helps teenagers “solve a problem similar to their own” making it so they would want to read the genre. (Francine Morrissette, Online Magazine)

• Draws “teens into reading because teens make connections with the contemporary issues” ("Realistic Fiction - Young Adult Literature )

Question 3: What is the relationship between _and truth?

• Realistic fiction books are based on true feelings and places

• “Realistic fiction" means fiction that is realistic or lifelike ("Realistic Fiction must be more real than reality.“)

• The things said in the book is real and the way people react to certain situations are based on truths

• The character isn’t usually a real person ("popular realistic-fiction books.")

• “The books are based on today’s world and have plot`s.” ("Realistic Fiction — Sherwood Public Library.")

Question 5:What kind of research does the author have to do?

• Realistic fiction has “characters dealing with real life problems” so the author would need to research how people of that age group would react to certain situations. ("popular realistic-fiction books.")

• Realistic fiction has to do with “real life” situations, so the author needs to research different events that could happen to their character ("popular realistic-fiction books." ).

Question 6: How do authors get people to make them want to read their

book?

• Authors know “teens love realistic fiction because it allows them to try on different roles” so they write books about people teens look up to ("Realistic Teen Fiction” )

• Authors “tell everyone about it” and leave them hanging so the person wants to read it to find out what happens

• Authors “link their books on blogs and websites” telling people about it ("Encourage people to read your book.").

Question 7:Is everything the author write true?

• “Realistic fiction features believable teen characters in

true-to-life situations”

• Not every thing written in a realistic fiction book is true

("Realistic Teen Fiction”). • The characters “have real feelings” and “do things that

some people have done”

Question 8:Does the literary elements all need to be real?

• “Characters encounter modern day difficulties” ("Literary Genres.“)

• have plots which are possible • The setting takes place in recent time (Elizabeth Sky-

McIlvain)• The characters all have real feelings and face real life

situations