Setting

The setting of a piece of literature is the _______ and _____ in which the story takes place.

• Time

• Characters

• Culture

• Place

Setting can create ________ to the story

• suspense

• thriller

• Background

• excitement

Setting can help to create the ______

• Tone

• story

• exposition

• Mood

Knowing where characters are, can give ______ to their actions

• context

• information

• summary

The time of _____ or time of ____ can be important

• hour

• year

• Day

• month

Setting can give clues about a story's _____. 

• plot
• conflict
• mood
• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the passage below, what  can you infer about the setting of the story?
When the men reached Oregon, they stepped out of their wagons and embraced. The journey was long and dangerous, but they made it. Soon, their families would follow their trail in their own wagons, leaving their homes in the East to meet them in this brand new land: the West. 

• The story might take place on a different planet. 
• The story might take place in the past. 
• The story might take place in a desert. 
• We can't make any inferences about the setting from this passage. 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which is important to setting?

• WHERE a story takes place

• WHEN a story takes place

• Both where AND when

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which is NOT important to setting?

• Time period

• Events that happen

• Describing the location

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3