Characters and Setting

Which questions about a story will the setting answer?

• What is the author’s attitude toward 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?

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

• cat and mouse

• happy and caring

• a middle school in 2020

• treat others the way you want to be treated

What can you use to figure out what a character's traits are?

• what the character says

• what the character thinks

• how the character reacts to things

• all answers are correct

"My hamster ran away last night in my bedroom and I can't find it anywhere in my house. I wonder if I'll ever see her again..."said Lilly. What is the setting in this passage?

• Lilly's room

• Lilly's House

How could an author shows the setting of a story?

• By describing the problem a character faces.

• By describing how characters dress, talk, and live.

• By telling how old a character is.

• By telling how a character feels.

Choose from the following list examples of setttings:

• Pretty, ugly, blue

• In Puerto Rico, in the beach, yesterday, today or tomorrow

• He, she, it

• A toy, a fireman, a notebook

A story about knights and castles takes place in the...

• Present

• Future

• Past

• Evening

The character (person or animal) working against the main character

• Conflict

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Force

The main character or the character that the story revolves around

• Protagonist

• Third Person Perspective

• Characterization

• First Person

Settings are...

• Where a story takes place

• When a story takes place

• Both