Setting
The setting is when and where the story takes place. What is Setting? The setting is when and where the story takes place.
Three Elements of Setting Development Place- Where does the story take place? Time- When does the story take place? Environment- How would you describe the place? What is the habitat and weather like? What plants, animals, and other objects are in the place?
The geographical location of your story. Place The geographical location of your story. The place might include such things as a city, state, country, castle, cottage, playground, ship, mountain, or stadium. For example: Cairo, London, Morehead City, USS North Carolina, the Smokey Mountains
Time The time period of your story. The time might include clues that let us know it is the afternoon, evening, the future, colonial times, or clock time. For example: 1865, during WWII, three o’clock, 2019
The characteristics of the location. Environment The characteristics of the location. The environment might include details that describe the weather, the noise level, or darkness. For example: wealthy suburbs, sunny, depression dustbowl, quiet mountains
The setting can be used to set the atmosphere for the story: “During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country.” “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
Is the Setting Important? Twilight is set in Forks, Washington, one of the rainiest and cloudiest places in the United States. This is what I am Why is the setting in Twilight important?
Is the Setting Convincing? The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is the story of a secret friendship between the young son of a Nazi officer and a young Jewish boy, who is imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. Secret Friends Does the setting of this story make sense? Could this story take place in another location?
Discuss the setting of your novel with your partner Discuss the setting of your novel with your partner. Remember to discuss the time, place, and environment. Is the setting in your novel important? Why or why not? Is the setting of your novel convincing or confusing? Why?