Short stories and

novels that make

you feel like you
are getting to
know real people
dealing with
believable
situations can be
considered realistic

Realistic fictionis a
genre consisting of
stories that could have
actually occurred to
people or animals in a
believable setting.
These stories resemble
real life, and fictional
characters within these
stories react similarly to

5 IMPORTANT
ELEMENTS OF A
SHORT STORY

1. Realistic fiction stories tend to take

place in the present or recent past.

2. Characters are involved in

events that could happen.

3. Characters live in places that could be

or are real.

4. The characters seem like real people with real issues solved in a realistic way. (So
say goodbye to stories containing vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, dragons, zombies,
etc.)

5. The events portrayed in realistic fiction conjure

questions that a reader could face in his/her life.