Roderick hastily retreated from the conversation. his friends were sharing their life histories, and nobody could ever learn his. as it was, his friends believed he had moved to town from ohio. they thought he was a good math student and a decent basketball player. he scanned their brains for any suspicion, but they knew nothing of his powers. for a beat, he imagined sharing some details of his heroics, then he considered the repercussions. instead, he would keep his distance and his secrets. why is this writing considered fiction? because it tells an imagined story with unrealistic details because it explains an important historical event because it includes the author’s personal thoughts because it contains researched facts about a person’s life