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Contemporary realistic fiction is a story that is realistic in every way, with its plots dealing in the everyday problems people face and how they solve them, the relationships people have with one another, and the real way the story is portrayed in the contemporary world. The characters in the stories are people without supernatural powers and animals that behave like real animals, who deal with conflicts because of themselves, other family members, society, or nature.

Contemporary realistic fiction can be used in the classroom to help students understand the relationship between cause and effect with the use of graphic organizers as well as class discussions on how to solve a problem, with the students creating a web showing the ideas they came up with for solving problems. The students can also learn about the different parts of a story, the introduction, the build up to the climax and the falling action of the conclusion using graphic organizers. Students can also use journaling when reading contemporary fiction and readers response to the story.