Setting

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Which option describes a plot that can only take place in a specific setting? Options: A selfish child tries to be a better person, A young woman falls in love with her family’s enemy, A ship’s captain chases a whale across the sea, A poor, hardworking woman becomes a successful chef.

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A ship’s captain chases a whale across the sea.

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Which setting suggests a tense and nervous mood? Options: A city playground full of laughing, playing children and parents; A long line of people waiting for a few concert tickets; A stream running through a quiet, isolated forest; An empty mall parking lot early on a Sunday morning.

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A long line of people waiting for a few concert tickets.

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Which questions about a story will the setting answer?

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Where and when does the story take place?

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Setting can give clues about a story’s ________. Options: plot, conflict, mood, all of the above.

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all of the above

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What might describe the setting of a story?

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a high school in 1956

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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 morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

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a summer morning in a castle

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What can you infer about Randolph using clues from the setting?

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

Options: Randolph is a mean person, Randolph is a prince or king, Randolph has an older sister, The setting doesn’t give us any clues about Randolph.

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Randolph is a prince or king.

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If the passage below were set at Lena’s birthday party, what could you infer? Lena laughed loudly. “I can’t believe you did that!” she said, smiling.

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Lena might have received an unexpected present.

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If the passage below were set in a snowy park where children were playing, what could you infer? Lena laughed loudly. “I can’t believe you did that!” she said, smiling.

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Lena might have been gently hit by a snowball.

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Which description of a setting would best create a mood of loneliness for a story?

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“The sky was gray that cool November afternoon in the empty playground. The swings were rusted. The wood was rotted. There was silence except for the wind blowing through the dead leaves.”