Setting the Scene in Narrative Writing

Why do we use description in setting? Choose the best answers.

• It evokes the imagination

• It paints a vivid picture for the readers.

• Description provides the solution to the story.

• Description uses sensory details to allow the reader to experience the details of the story.

Which best describes this setting?

• Present time, 21st century

• In the future, 2025

• Prehistoric times, 66 million years ago

• The Wild Wild West, 1995

Which best describes this setting?

• Ice Age

• The Bahamas

• Hawaii

• Mount Everest

dust, cobwebs, creaking doors, cockroaches, mist, shadows would best describe which of the following settings?

• haunted house

• my neighbor's house

• a desert

• an office

sand, pebbles, rocks, and seashell fragments best describes which of the following?

• an office building

• the beach

• the park

• the backyard

The yellow paint was peeling off the wall in strips and bubbles exposing the greyish wall beneath.

Which sensory detail is used to describe this room?

• sense of smell

• sense of taste

• sense of touch

• sense of sight

The bacon sizzling in the frying pan made me so hungry.

Which sensory detail is used in this sentence?

• sense of smell

• sense of sight

• sense of sight

• sense of sound

The bacon sizzling in the frying pan.

Where is the setting taking place?

• bedroom

• office

• kitchen

• bathroom

Frempong was shivering under several, thick blankets as it was freezing cold. He dashed to the closet for a comforter and dived back in his bed.

What is the setting?

• kitchen

• bedroom

• front room

• living room

It's so hot you can fry an egg on the sidewalk! What does this figure of speech tell us about the setting of a story?

• It is summer

• It is winter

• It is spring

• It is autumn