Setting and Character

What is a setting in a story?

• lesson being taught

• where and when the story occurs

• the events happening in the story

A story about knights and castles probably takes place in the

• future.

• present.

• evening.

• past.

We rode our bikes outside.

What is the setting?

• Bikes

• Outside

My sister and I went to the movies.

Who is a character?

• sister

• movies

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

Mr. Pig sang so loud at school.

Which word is the character?

• school

• sang

• Mr. Pig

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.

• winter in a train station of a busy city

• a hospital in the future

• a summer morning in a castle

• a grocery store in the 1980s

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

The children played in the water. The waves were crashing. The dolphin jumped. What is the setting?

• lake

• pond

• ocean

• river

Mrs. Nelson got her marker. She wrote on the board. She turned around and checked on the sick patient. What is the setting?

• school

• hospital

• church

• home

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Maria looked around the store. She saw chocolate, glazed, and sprinkled baked goodies. What is the setting?

• home

• bakery

• candy box

• school