Setting and Mood

• Setting: time and place of the story

• Writers create setting through:– Details that suggest time of day, year,

season, historical period– Descriptions of characters, clothing,

buildings, weather, and landscapes

Setting and Mood

• Mood: feeling or atmosphere writer creates for readers– Developed through use of imagery, word

choice, and details

• Setting details can help establish a mood

Setting and Mood

• In some stories, setting is crucial to meaning• Let’s brainstorm a list of stories or films in which

setting is very important:• For example: Titanic, Hunger Games

SettingStory Title The Setting Effect on Story

Element

Star Wars

Sponge bob

The future in space

Under the sea

The whole story is about wars in space

He is a sponge

Setting and Mood

• Now take that same chart and list the mood.

Setting MoodStory Title The Setting Effect on Story

ElementWhat created the mood

Effect on Story

Sponge bob Under the sea about a sponge

The characters, under the ocean

Happy, goofy

Now turn to page 29

• Ethan Frome

Plot

• The elements of a story (series of scenes)

• What happens• Conflict: struggle b/t opposing forces• Internal: Taking place within the mind of

a character• External: Taking place between a

character and an outside source (another charcter, society, nature, etc.)

5 Stages of Plot

1. Exposition: Intro. of setting, characters, mood

2. Rising action: Conflict established, characters respond

3. Climax: Turning point, decision is made

4. Falling action: Shows results of decision

5. Resolution: final outcome

Think, Pair, Share…

• Your first crush…– Who was it (come up with a fake name if

you need to)?– When was it?– How did you act around them?– Does love make you do crazy things?

“The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant”

By W.D. Wetherell

Turn to page 31

Conflict: a struggle between two opposing forcesThere are two kinds:

• internal man vs. himself—the struggle takes

place in the character’s mind or heart

• external man vs. an outside force—the struggle is

against another man, nature, the environment, the supernatural, society

Allusion:

a brief reference to a well-known person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art.

• Allusions are drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion.

Allusion: In this short story, there are allusions to two historical figures:

• Jackie Onassis

• Ann-Margret

Jackie Kennedy Onassis

Wife of JFK; famous first lady noted for her fashion sense & the pillbox hat; married Greek millionaire after assassination of JFK; led life of wealthy recluse.

From President’s Widow to Millionaire’s Wife

Ann-MargretA popular actress in the ’60s

1960’s Version of Megan Fox

Background Info: When the narrator mentions the Dartmouth Heavyweight Crew, he is talking about sculling.

Vocabulary to Understand:Denizens—inhabitantsPensive—dreamily thoughtfulDubious—doubtfulAntipathy—strong dislikeFilial—pertaining to a son or daughterSurreptitiously—sneakilyConspicuous—obvious or very easy to seeConcussion—powerful shock or impactLuminous—glowing or giving off lightQuizzical—puzzled or questioning

Agree or Disagree?

• Teenage boys often fall for older girls.

• Teenagers often do silly things for love.

• Boys are more self-centered than girls.

• Bad decisions often “haunt” the decision maker.

Plot, Setting, Mood

• Identify Plot, Setting, and Mood using LAWS (Literary Analysis Worksheet)