How are realistic fiction and historical fiction alike?

Answer 1

Just wow...Anyway, in a way historical fiction can be viewed as a sub category of realistic fiction. Both take place around events that could actually happen; such as an historical writer might right their novel about a romance during the Civil War, while a realistic writer might write about a clique in high school. Both use things that are confirmed as real, and everybody knows about. I.E. Once you throw a real unicorn into your realistic novel, you're crossing into fantasy literature .