Setting

= Setting: What is It? =

The setting of a story is where the story happens.

Setting includes the time period that the story happens: Readers should be able to answer: Does this story happen in the Past, Present or Future?

Stories can have more than one setting.

Readers learn about the setting through descriptive words.



Examples of Setting in Cinderella:

Cinderella's Home- The beginning of the story takes place at Cinderella's home. Most of the story happens here.

The Castle- A ball is thrown at the Prince's Castle near the end of the story.

Cinderella happens in the past. One of the ways we know this is because the illustrations show women dressed in clothes that were worn in the past.


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