Setting in Literature

Which is important to setting?

• WHERE a story takes place

• WHEN a story takes place

• Both where AND when

Which sentence IS about the setting?

• Sarah could not remember her name.

• Sarah could barely see in the fog.

• Sarah wanted to get home.

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch

• happy and loving 

• a high school in 1956

• love is stronger than fear

What is the setting of the passage below?
One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of the morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion. 

• winter in a train station of a busy city

• a hospital in the future

• a summer morning in a castle

• a grocery store in the 1980's

Setting

• A character or force in conflict with the main character

• A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

• The time and place of a story

• Placement of two things closely together in order to compare or contrast

The setting can affect a character's mood in a story.

• True

• False

Setting is defined as the _______and _______ of the story.

• tone and place

• tone and plot

• time and place

• time and plot

Which sentence is NOT about the setting?

• John entered a dark room.

• John shivered in the cold.

• John was very frightened.

Which is NOT important to setting?

• Time period

• Events that happen

• Describing the location

Which one of these is NOT an element of setting

• Time

• Place

• Conflict

• Mood