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Find the setting

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Emily was scared she looked in the window and saw a huge flood it was as high as her first floor if she could open her window she could touch it (𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣)

a)

Her house

b)

her front yard

c)

her aunts

d)

disneyland

2.

Wanda was sitting down playing with her baby doll with her bonnet on and her mother said honey remenber we are going to the diner soon 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣

a)

today

b)

past

3.

harry was walking and grabbed some soap and some microwave chicken then he went to the cashier and the cashier said that would be 18.12 (where is harry use text evidence)

(a)  

4.
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?

a)
“Once in the wood…"
b)
“A large blue caterpillar..”
c)
“...get back to her right size again...”
d)
“...with its arms folded”
5.

What is the setting in a story

a)

The plot

b)

Stuff that describes a character

c)

The main idea

d)

The place where the story is taken at.

6.
How do you know what the setting of a story is? Sometimes, a narrator will tell you where and when the story occurs right away. Often, though, you’ll have to look for clues to determine the setting. Try to find words or phrases that tell you what it looks like or sounds like where the characters are. Characters can also give clues about the setting. Be sure that your inferences about the setting are backed up by evidence from the text.

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?
a)
“Above her, the cold, silent skyscrapers of the city loomed.”
b)
“Maribelle had only moved here a few months before.”
c)
“But right now, she was frightened.”
d)
“She came because she wanted to be a singer.”
7.
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)
A selfish child tries to be a better person.
b)
A young woman falls in love with her family’s enemy.
c)
A ship’s captain chases a whale across the sea.
d)
A poor, hardworking woman becomes a successful chef.
8.
Setting can often be connected to theme. A theme is a universal message of a story or novel. Themes are about big topics, like exploration, freedom, love and loss. Themes can include morals or lessons. So how is setting connected to theme? Certain times and places lead to explorations of certain big topics. If a novel is set during a war, for example, it might have themes about freedom and loyalty.

Which option is the most likely setting for a story with the theme “humans vs nature?”
a)
A nursing home
b)
A middle school
c)
A forest
d)
A lawyer’s office
9.

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

a)

a frog and a witch

b)

happy and loving

c)

a high school in 1956

d)

love is stronger than fear

10.

Jake found his seat with the other trumpet players. He had

just enough time to get his trumpet assembled before Mr. Ashley, the band teacher, called them to attention.

Which of these things would you be likely to see in this setting?

a)

baseball bat

b)

a toothbrush

c)

a piano

d)

a jar of jam

11.

Mrs. Craig stood in the long line tapping her foot impatiently. She had a package to mail to her aunt across the country and she wanted to buy some stamps too. Where does this take place?

a)

at the hospital

b)

in the mall

c)

in the airport

d)

at the post office