Setting Exam

The time and place where a story happens is the:

• plot

• Conflict

• Setting

• Characters

Choose the sentence that seems most related to setting:

• The main character is kind, strong, and beautiful.

• The conflict is a physical man vs. man conflict.

• The plot is a mystery that takes place in an old house that is said to be haunted.

• The main character has an enemy who is acting like his friend.

"At Jane's school, it was against the rules to have your phone on you. Phones were to be kept off and in your locker." Which words give us clues the the setting is the present time?

• Jane's school

• Locker

• Phones were to be kept off

• against the rules

"Jacob had to walk three miles to school each day. It wasn't fair that Mr. Lander's kids had horses to ride." Which words give clues about the setting?

• walk three

• It wasn't fair

• Mr. Lander's kids had horses to ride to school.

• Jacob

Sometimes a story's setting creates the story's conflict. Which of these settings is most likely to create conflict?

• a beach house

• a shopping mall

• a school lunch room

• a forest where a wild fire has begun

In some stories, a change of setting gets the plot moving. Choose the setting change that would make the best story:

• the character goes from school to home

• the character goes home to his grandmother's house

• the character moves from the country to a big city

• the character goes from his house to his best friend's house

When you talk about how two things are alike, you are:

• comparing

• contrasting

• Previewing

• describing

When you talk about how two things are different, you are:

• comparing

• contrasting

• Previewing

• Describing

Words that help readers to use their senses to imagine a story are called:

• metaphors

• similes

• Vocabulary

• Sensory details

Choose the answer that correctly punctuates the title of a short story:

• Thank You, M'am

• thank you m'am

• thank you, m'am

• “Thank You, M'am"