FTCE Reading K-12 Practice Exam

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What type of fiction is set in a specific time period in the past?

Historical fiction
Autobiographical fiction
Contemporary fiction
Fantasy fiction

The correct answer is: Historical fiction

The correct answer is historical fiction because this genre is specifically defined by its setting in a particular time period in the past. Historical fiction incorporates real historical events, figures, and settings, allowing readers to engage with the past through imagined characters and plots. This merging of fact and fiction helps illuminate the historical context and enhances the experience of that era for the reader. Other genres listed, such as autobiographical fiction, which reflects personal life in a fictional narrative, contemporary fiction, set in the modern day, and fantasy fiction, which often involves magical elements and imaginary worlds, do not align with the requirement of being firmly situated in a specific historical time period.