Setting Review

Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.

• tone and place
• time and place
• tone and plot
• time and plot

In the passage below, what can you infer about the setting?

One day, Prince Randolph slept alone in his room. The warm light of the morning sun seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

• The setting is in a castle on a summer day.

• Randolph is a prince or king.

• This story takes place in the past.

• The setting is at Randolph's house in January.

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch
• happy and loving 
• a high school in 1956
• love is stronger than fear

In the passage below, what can you infer about the setting of the story?

When the men reached Oregon, they stepped out of their wagons and embraced. The journey was long and dangerous, but they made it. Soon, their families would follow their trail in their own wagons, leaving their homes in the East to meet them in this brand new land: the West.

• The story might take place on a different planet.

• The story might take place in the past.

• The story might take place in a desert.

• We can't make any inferences about the setting from this passage.

Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap.  Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks.  Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically.  The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.  Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door.  He held his head down low.
Which of the following choices is evidence that the setting is a library?

• He held his head down low.
• Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap
• Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically. 
• The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.

Where does this story take place?

After they bought popcorn and soda, Jacob and Lauren found seats near the front. Lauren was excited, but Jacob was a little nervous. He had heard that this one was really

scary.

• at school

• in the living the room

• at the movies

• at a basketball game

Read the following passage:

As Maribelle hurried down the street, the wind swept the snow along the sidewalk and hid her footsteps, so that it looked as if no one had passed. Above her, the cold, silent skyscrapers of the city loomed. The whole block was eerily silent in the snowstorm, and she pulled her coat tightly around her. Maribelle had only moved here a few months before. She came because she wanted to be a singer. But right now, she was frightened.

Which detail from the passage indicate the setting?

• “Above her, the cold, silent skyscrapers of the city loomed.”

• “But right now, she was frightened.”

• “Maribelle had only moved here a few months before.”

• “She came because she wanted to be a singer.”

Why is the setting important to a story's plot?

• It provides a background image for the cover of the book.

• It determines the weather conditions of the story.

• It influences the actions and behaviors of characters.

• It is not important; only characters affect the plot.

What might happen to a story if the main character is changed from a young boy to an old man?

• The plot would remain exactly the same.

• The character's experiences and decisions might change, affecting the plot.

• The setting would automatically change.

• The title of the story would change.

How could a story set on a deserted island be different if it was set in a busy city instead?

• The characters would have more technology.

• The characters would have the same challenges and adventures.

• The plot would not change at all.

• The characters would interact with more people.