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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
Setting and Mood
• Now take that same chart and list the mood.
Setting MoodStory Title The Setting Effect on
Story Element
What created the mood
Effect on Story
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?
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 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.
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.