How_setting_affects_the_plot_powerpoint.ppt

How settings affects the plot

2. What is setting?
-the time and place in which a story happens.
The season and weather are a part of the
setting, too.
Place
State/country
Specific location
Time
Time of day
Time of year
Year

3. 1.Figure out the setting.
2.Think about the TIME. What things are
you going to see? What things are you
not going to see?
3.Think about the PLACE. What things
are you going to see? What things are
you not going to see?

4. The setting affects the theme in a
major way. It contributes to the plot
and the characters of a story so much
that without a setting, there will be no
plot for the story to be held.

5. Lets start with change in place
-If story takes place in Florida
and is about natural disasters
it would be about hurricanes.If
it took place in California it
would be about earthquakes.

6. Change in time- what year is it?
-If the story took place in the past, there
would be no cars which makes a big
difference in stories.
-The past also had a lot of diseases that we
now have cures for.
-The future might have flying cars and even
more cures for diseases.

7. Change in time of year
-If the story takes place in the winter,
characters might have to deal with snow
and ice and winter clothes.
-If the story takes place in the summer,
the characters would deal with the heat.
-If it is fall then leaves might be a factor.
-If it is spring there would be a lot of rain.

8. Any change in time or
place can have a
dramatic affect on the
plot or what happens in
the story.

9. Example:
Sue was driving her car in the
middle of winter. There was ice on
the ground and her car started to
slide. She tried to get control but
couldn’t and crashed into a tree.
What might have happened if it was
summer?

10. Example:
-The year is 1885. There is no running
water so you have to go to the nearby
river to fill a bucket so you can have
water to drink. You also have to cook
breakfast on a woodstove.
What would probably happen in the
story if the story took place now?

11. Example:
-It is early in the morning. Johnny and
his dad were camping and woke up
to see the sunrise. They look at its
beautiful colors and eat breakfast.
What would the story probably be like
if it took place at night?

12. Example:
-In England, there is a Parliamentary
Monarch
which means a king or queen makes all
the laws.
If the story took place in the United States
how do you think it would change?