Setting and Plot

How does the story's setting influence it's plot

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SETTING INFLUENCE THE PLOT

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HOW DOES THE STORY'S SETTING INFLUENCE THE PLOT

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HOW DOES THE STORY SETTING INFLUENCE IT'S PLOT

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WHERE DOES THE STORY TAKE PLACE?

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Which questions about a story will the setting answer?

• What is the author's attitude towards the characters.

• Where and when does the story take place.

• Who are the people the story is about.

• Why and when did the author write the story.

Setting can give clues about a story’s ________.

• Plot

• Conflict

• Mood

• All of the above.

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

What is the setting of the passage: 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 in a busy city

• a hospital in the future

• a summer morning in a castle

• a grocery store in the 1980's

If the passage below were set in a snowy park where children were playing, what could you infer?

Lena laughed loudly. “I can’t believe you did that!” she said, smiling.

• Lena might have been gently hit by a snowball

• Lena might be lost

• Lena might be playing a board game or a card game

• Lena might be talking to herself