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Setting and Mood

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Time Time of day—morning or evening? Day of the week—Tuesday or Saturday? Month—December or June? Year—1492 or 2011? Geographical Location Baltimore? Japan? Nigeria? Spatial Location An abandoned building? A train station? The grocery store? Weather Freezing rain? A hurricane? Scorching heat? Historical Context and Customs Colonial America? World War II? Civil Rights Movement?

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Page 1: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

Setting and Mood

Page 2: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

What is Setting? What is Mood?Definition of Setting

A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place.

Setting establishes the main backdrop and mood for a story.

Definition of MoodA story’s mood, or atmosphere, affects the way

we feel as we read.Mood is created by an author’s word choice and

by details of setting.

Page 3: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

TimeTime of day—morning or evening?Day of the week—Tuesday or Saturday?Month—December or June?Year—1492 or 2011?

Geographical LocationBaltimore? Japan? Nigeria?

Spatial LocationAn abandoned building? A train station? The

grocery store?Weather

Freezing rain? A hurricane? Scorching heat?Historical Context and Customs

Colonial America? World War II? Civil Rights Movement?

Considerations of Setting

Page 4: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

Determining MoodA story’s mood is determined by the type of setting in which the story occurs. Below are a few examples of settings and possible moods they might convey:at a haunted house

spooky, scaryat a funeral

mournful, sorrowfulat a party

celebratory, happy

Page 5: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

Determining MoodNow you try! Describe the mood for the following:

at the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2015

on the Titanic just after it struck the iceberg

in Memphis the night Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated

Page 6: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

Alexandre Antigna’s The Fire (France, 1851)

Page 7: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

How can you recognize setting and mood in art?

Page 8: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

Identify the subject of the painting. An artist centers a painting around a focal point, or the most dramatic point of interest.

Page 9: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

How does Antigna portray the setting in this painting? Support your answer with details from the scene.

Page 10: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

Evaluate the importance of setting in the painting. Is the setting simply part of the background, or does it take on a more dominant role?

Page 11: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

Notice the flames outside the door. What mood does this setting detail convey?

Page 12: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

Notice that the children are with their mother and not their father. How does this detail contribute to the mood of the painting and foreshadow future events? Explain.

Page 13: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

Intro to “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

Page 14: Definition of Setting A story’s setting is the time period and place in which the action of the story takes place. Setting establishes the main backdrop

• This is Jackson’s most famous short story.

• Its initial publication in 1948 was extremely controversial.

• Jackson’s response to the widespread criticism was simple: “It’s just a story.”

The Lottery