WorksheetsSetting
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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?
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 below?
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 of a busy city
a hospital in the future
a summer morning in a castle
a grocery store in the 1980s
In the passage below, what can you infer about Randolph using clues from the setting?
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.
Randolph is a mean person.
Randolph is a prince or king.
Randolph has an older sister.
The setting doesn’t give us any clues about Randolph.
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 boardgame or card game.
Lena might be talking to herself.
Which description of a setting would best create a mood of loneliness for a story?
“The sun was bright, and the breeze was warm in the park. In the distance, there was the pleasant noise of children laughing.”
“The restaurant was packed. The waitress balanced three dishes on her arm and moved carefully around the large, round tables. Everyone’s plates were full.”
“At the amusement park, the ticket counter hadn’t opened yet. It was still too early. But the warm smell of hot dogs and pretzels was already filling the air with the promise of fun.”
“The sky was gray that cool November afternoon in the empty playground. The swings were rusted. The wood was rotted. There was silence except for the wind blowing through the dead leaves.”
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.
The setting can affect a character's mood in a story.
True
False
Read the sentence below. Choose the best answer(s) that is/are an element of setting.“The moon was shining brightly as the fox slowly crept toward the chicken coop.”
Fox slowly crept
Chicken coop
Moon was shining brightly
Why is the setting important in a story?
Because my teacher said it was important
It tells us the ending.
It helps us visualize what the land and characters look like in a story.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a setting?
at the beach
early morning
Ana and Elsa
Plot is the __________.
moral or lesson learned
characters in the story
beginning, middle, and the end of a story
setting
