Unit 3: Characterization and Setting Vocab

Setting is defined as

• how a character is described

• the major events in a novel/book

• where and when a story takes place

• none of the above

The physical setting can also be considered ____________.

• insightful

• allegorical

• symbolic

Setting helps to establish

• theme

• tone

• mood

• conflict

Vivid description appealing to the senses

• imagery

• insightful

• allegorical

• symbolic

Of Mice and Men is set in what time period?

• 1900s

• 1960s

• 1940s

• 1930s

Setting can include utilizing your five senses.

• True

• False

What is a theme?

• a story line

• the topic/subject

• universal truth about life and people

• the time and place of an event

Setting affects the following:

• mood

• character's values and beliefs

• plot

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

What can you use to figure out what a character's traits are? Choose all that apply.

• what the character says

• what the character thinks

• what the character looks like

• the way the character is named

Where do you find the clues about the character's motivation in the above example?

• appearance

• speech

• thoughts

• the narrator tells us