Setting Spotlight Quiz

If a story takes place in Paterson, NJ, what part of the setting is that?

• Geographical location

• Time Period

• Socio-Economic conditions

• Specific Rooms or buildings

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Setting is important because

• It provides background for the story

• It helps establish mood

• It creates a connection between the characters of a story and the context in which they are placed.

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If an author creates a setting that purposefully is devoid of color and light, you can infer that the mood is:

• Uplifting

• Dreary

• Peaceful

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Setting can include the following:

• Geographical location

• Time Period

• Socio-Economic conditions

• Specific Rooms or buildings

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True or False:

Characters are directly influenced by the setting of a story

• True

• False

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True or False:

When an author includes more details related to setting, readers are able to envision what life is like for the characters in the story.

• True

• False

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When an author includes details in the setting that readers can hear, see, and smell, the author is tapping into their readers:

• Emotions

• Background Knowledge

• Senses

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What senses are engaged when reading this passage from The Scarlet Ibis?

“The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox… The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of the dead.”

• Sight

• Smell

• Sound

• Taste

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The emotion created in the reader by part or all of a story.

• Empathy

• Tone

• Mood

• Sensory Details

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