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Setting includes:

• The problem in a story
• Only place
• Only time
• Time and place

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The setting of the story is— 

• a rainy night in Harlem 
• early morning in a southern city 
• a blues club in the 1940s  
• afternoon in the school gymnasium

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How are Miguel and Esperanza different in Mexico?

• They are different personalities. He is more easy going and easy to get along with. She often has strong opinions
• Miguel is a Zapotec Indian and works as a servant
  Esperanza is the daughter of a wealthy hacienda owner and of European descent
   

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 What degree of importance does the setting have in the development of the plot?

• It is crucial because the weather helps create the conflict.
• It is unimportant because the story would not change if the setting were changed.
• It is somewhat important because Venus is very similar to earth.
• It is a minor detail because the setting is only important to the story

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What was going on in England when Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol?

• the industrial revolution
• the majority of the population had stopped celebrating Christmas
• one third of the population lived in poverty
• The Rich Law of 1834 was passed

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Setting tells you where and when a story occurs. Setting includes two things: time and place. Time includes the time period. It can also include elapsed time, or how much time passes for the characters. The place is where a story happens, including details about what that space looks, sounds or smells like or what it is like to live there.

Read the following passage from Alice in Wonderland: 

Once in the wood, she was anxious to get back to her right size again, and then to get into that lovely garden. But how? Peeping over a mushroom, she beheld a large blue caterpillar sitting on the top with its arms folded...

Which detail from the text provides a clue to the place where this passage takes place?

• “Once in the wood…"
• “A large blue caterpillar..”
• “...get back to her right size again...”
• “...with its arms folded”

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Setting can also affect the plot, or the events that make up the story or novel. Some plots can take place only in certain times and places.

Which option describes a plot that can only take place in a specific setting?

• A selfish child tries to be a better person.
• A young woman falls in love with her family’s enemy.
• A ship’s captain chases a whale across the sea.
  
• A poor, hardworking woman becomes a successful chef.
  

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Setting can also affect the plot, or the events that make up the story or novel. Some plots can take place only in certain times and places.

Which option describes a plot that can only take place in a specific setting?

• A selfish child tries to be a better person.
• A young woman falls in love with her family’s enemy.
• A ship’s captain chases a whale across the sea.
  
• A poor, hardworking woman becomes a successful chef.
  

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Setting can symbolize, or stand for, other elements of a story. For example, when setting changes, a character might change. Setting can also symbolize what a character is feeling in a particular scene. Setting can also help us understand the choices that characters make.

Read the following passage:
Gilberto had been excited to go to the beach but when he got there and saw how crowded it was, he became annoyed. The sun twinkled in the sky, a warm yellow globe. The sound of the ocean drummed in his ears and the sand itched his ankles and feet. Beside him, his sister slurped loudly on an ice cream cone. “Could you not?” Gilberto asked.

Which detail about the setting tells us that Gilberto is annoyed?

• “The sound of the ocean drummed in his ears and the sand itched his ankles and feet.”
• “The sun twinkled in the sky, a warm yellow globe.”
• “Beside him, his sister slurped loudly on an ice cream cone.”
  
• “Gilberto had been excited to go to the beach...”
  

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Which detail about the story's setting leads the plot to its resolution?

• An hour passes.

• It starts raining again.

• The children go back inside.

• The children let Margot out of the closet.

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