NARRATIVE ELEMENTS

Setting

Think About It…

◦ If you were writing about this classroom, how would you describe the setting?

What is Setting?

◦ Setting is the time and place of a story. ◦ It also includes the general environment to give a background (imagery, customs, etc.)

What is Setting?

◦The setting can be specific…◦ Sterling, Virginia; 2000

◦ The setting can also be vague◦ Outer space; sometime in the future

Why Does Setting Matter?

◦ Knowing when and where a story takes place will help you to understand it better ◦ It will help draw you into a story

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Setting + Mood and Tone

◦ Setting creates the mood and shows the tone.

◦ This can affect the way we feel about characters.

Mood & Tone

◦These involve feelings while reading a book

Mood◦The way a story makes you, the reader, feel is called mood. ◦ Examples: cheerful, hopeful, silly, painful, suspenseful

How does this story make you feel?

◦During the holidays, my mother's house glittered with decorations and hummed with preparations. We ate cookies and drank cider while we helped her wrap bright packages and trim the tree. We felt warm and excited, listening to Christmas carols and even singing along sometimes. We would tease each other about our terrible voices and then sing even louder.

Tone

◦The narrator’s attitude (maybe the author’s attitude) throughout the story or piece of writing◦Examples: casual, formal, friendly, stern, tragic

Think About It…

◦Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins◦Time – Sometime in the future◦Place – On the land that was previously the United

States◦Social Environment – War of rebels vs. government

◦Would The Hunger Games be the same story if it was set anywhere but a dystopian future facing such hardships?

Think About It…

◦Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling◦Time – Sometime in the 1990s◦Place – England; Hogwarts and other magical

locales ◦Social Environment – Growing up; Harry vs.

Voldemort

◦Would the Harry Potter series be the same story if it was set anywhere but a magical version of Europe?

Setting, Tone and Mood in Movies◦ Elf Clip

◦ Tell Tale Heart Clip

◦Tell me what the setting is

◦Then list the mood

◦What elements in each clip helped you determine the tone and mood?