Setting Review

What is the definition of setting?

• the time and place of a story

• where and how the events take place in the story

• when and to what extent the events take place in a story

• the motives behind a character's actions in a story

Why is setting important to a story?

• It explains the conflict of the story.

• It sets the mood and gives the context for the characters' actions in the story.

• It helps predict the ending of the story.

• It resolves the conflict between the characters.

Which of these would NOT make sense as the place of a setting for a story about a surfboarding competition?

• Hawaii

• Australia

• California

• Germany

Which of these would be a good TIME period for the setting of a story that included George Washington?

• World War I

• World War II

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

When identifying the setting of a story, you should be naming two parts. Which of these would be an INCOMPLETE setting?

• Los Angeles, California

• Philadelphia, the 1950s

• London, England, Present Day

• Ethiopia, the 1800s

Visually descriptive language, using the five senses, is called what?

• setting

• imagery

• genre

• picturesque

Which of these would be a setting for a science fiction story?

• New York City, the 1980s

• Amazon rainforest; 1500 AD

• Mars colony; year 3024

• Iceland; present day

What is the setting of this passage?

Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap. Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks. Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically. The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made. Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door. He held his head down low.

• mansion, future

• library, present day

• school, past

• coffee shop

What is the setting of this passage?

Vance Powers grabbed the control stick. Until now he had been a prisoner on this spaceship, but even the captain knew that Vance was the only one who could navigate through an asteroid belt. "Quick! Take these laser cuffs off!"

The captain and the guard looked at one another hesitantly. Boom! The ship skidded off a large asteroid.

"Now! Take the cuffs off! There's no time!" Vance shouted.

The captain gave the guard a slight nod. The guard waved the magnetic key over the laser cuffs on Vance's wrists. The cuffs powered down and fell off of Vance's wrists...

• spaceship; future

• asteroid, future

• prison; future

• guard, past

What is the setting of this passage?

Sir Anders frowned at his squire, Toby, who was eager to please Sir Anders but didn't know how. "Well, Toby, do you want me to put the saddle on myself?"

A bolt of realization struck Toby. He began apologizing, "Why of course not, Sir Anders. What was I thinking?" Toby awkwardly tried to get the saddle on Sir Ander's white stallion. "Let me just grab the belt here and uh... Ah!" Sir Ander's horse turned and knocked Toby into a pile of hay.

Sir Anders could not help but crack a slight smile at this scene. "He knows that you're scared, Toby. Help me remove my armor, and I'll show you how it's done."

• a marketplace; future

• a stable; Middle Ages

• a courtroom of a castle; Middle Ages

• a church house; present day