1. Location, Location, Location!
Setting
Location, Location, Location!

2. The setting gives the reader a reference point.

3. In many cases, the setting is just as important as the characters themselves.
Setting As a Character

4. For the following settings, discuss how they contribute to the story, how they enhance the main characters, and their most distinctive characteristics.
Activity

5. Hogwarts Castle

6. Gotham City

7. Metropolis

8. L O S T Island

9. The Black Pearl

10. The Death Star

11. Camelot

12. Name a setting that we haven’t discussed that is integral to a story.
Activity!

13. On a half-sheet of paper, write down the setting you would like to use for your short story. (You can ALWAYS change your mind later.)
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