Directions: Read each passage and look for clues that reveal the setting.
Remember the setting is the time and place where a story happens.solos
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.
1. Where is this story taking place?
2. When is this story taking place?
The party stopped at a small brook. The woman who was leading the party
whispered, "Ok, if anybody's thirsty, this be a good time to drink. We keep moving
from here to the next station." This wind blew through the thick trees. A young boy
in the back of the party looked up at an older man and asked, "Is we really going to
be free?" The old man sighed, as if he could not believe it himself. "You see that star
up there? that's the North Star. We keep following that, and Miss Tubman up
there," he said gesturing to the woman leading the party. He continued, "We'll be
free alright." The boy smiled, and then something else occurred to him. He looked
up at the old man and said, "Well, what if we run into them slave catchers?" The
old man scratched his head and said, "Don't let them catch you."
3. Where is this story taking place?
4. When is this story taking place?
Remember the setting is the time and place where a story happens.solos
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.
1. Where is this story taking place?
2. When is this story taking place?
The party stopped at a small brook. The woman who was leading the party
whispered, "Ok, if anybody's thirsty, this be a good time to drink. We keep moving
from here to the next station." This wind blew through the thick trees. A young boy
in the back of the party looked up at an older man and asked, "Is we really going to
be free?" The old man sighed, as if he could not believe it himself. "You see that star
up there? that's the North Star. We keep following that, and Miss Tubman up
there," he said gesturing to the woman leading the party. He continued, "We'll be
free alright." The boy smiled, and then something else occurred to him. He looked
up at the old man and said, "Well, what if we run into them slave catchers?" The
old man scratched his head and said, "Don't let them catch you."
3. Where is this story taking place?
4. When is this story taking place?
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1. The time and location in which a story takes place is called the setting.
2. Use this phrase to describe the setting of a movie, book, TV show, play, etc. The phrasal verb “take place” means to “happen”, so the sentence describes where and when the story happens. You can follow “take place” with either a time, a location, or both: It takes place in the 1930’s.
3. What is Setting? Setting is the time and place (or when and where) of the story. It’s a literary element of literature used in novels, short stories, plays, films, etc., and usually introduced during the exposition (beginning) of the story, along with the characters.
4. The story takes place in the winter season
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