Setting

Setting can often be connected to theme. A theme is a universal message of a story or novel. Themes are about big topics, like exploration, freedom, love and loss. Themes can include morals or lessons. So how is setting connected to theme? Certain times and places lead to explorations of certain big topics. If a novel is set during a war, for example, it might have themes about freedom and loyalty. Which option is the most likely setting for a story with the theme "humans often have divisions between them."

• a nice library on a college campus

• A middle school with a football field

• A railroad track separating two parts of town

• a home with several similar houses close to it

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Setting is defined as the _______and _______ of the story.

• tone and place

• tone and plot

• time and place

• time and plot

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Setting can give clues about a story's _____. 

• plot

• conflict

• mood

• all of the above

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What is a setting in a story?

• lesson being taught

• where and when the story occurs

• the events happening in the story

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Why is the setting important in a story?

• Because my teacher said it was important

• It tells us the ending.

• It helps us visualize what the land and characters look like in a story.

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

• True

• False

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Read the sentence below. Choose the best answer(s) that is/are an element of setting.“The moon was shining brightly as the fox slowly crept toward the chicken coop.”

• Fox slowly crept

• Chicken coop

• Moon was shining brightly

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What is the setting of 'Dracula'?

• The jungle

• A castle

• The desert

• Australia

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What is the setting of 'The Little Mermaid'?

• The desert

• Someone's house

• A school

• The ocean

What is the setting of 'Aladdin'?

• A palace and a town in a modern country

• A palace and a city in a desert, now

• A palace and a city in a desert, a long time ago

• The desert, a long time ago