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Elements   of   Setting

 

What is your personal setting?

 

Where do you live? What kind of car do you drive? How do you dress? Where do you go to school?

Our backyard...

 

There are really 2 types of settings...

 

 

Integral Setting - The fully described time and place that is central to the story.

 

Backdrop Setting - This is the vague and more general components that contribute to the story, but don't necessarily define it.

6 Elements of Setting

1 = Time

Past... Present...Future...

2 = Place

castle, cemetery, a street corner, a

forest, mountains, another galaxy

3 = Weather

 

a wintery morning, a foggy evening , a sunny day

4 = Mood/Atmosphere

Is the mood...frightening? happy? cheery? gloomy? Is there tension in the air? Something just about to happen?

5 = Social Conditions

What is going on in the culture or society around the story? Historical Events? How does the character act? What are their habits/mannerisms?

 

6 = Special Objects

a pocket watch, a cell phone, a horse and buggy, a flashy convertable, a beat up truck