An important component?...

You bet!

SettingThe time, place, and environment where

a story occurs.

Time- Where the story takes placePlace- When the story takes placeEnvironment- Everything that surrounds the

character. The place described in detail.

SettingSetting helps readers share what the characters

see, smell, hear, and touch, as well as makes the characters’ values, actions, and conflicts

more understandable.

Purpose of Setting…A setting can serve several different purposes.  It

may create a mood, act as an antagonist, establish historical background, or supply

symbolic meaning.

Setting is valuableSetting does impact a story in a much bigger way than

one might think. The author’s ability to

establish setting, usually early in the book and

continuing throughout the story, helps the reader

create a “movie” in his/her mind