1. II. Setting
A. Time - When a story
takes place
1. Can be a date – January 7,
1954
2. Can be an era – Elizabethan
England (@1560 – 1600)
3. Can be a time of day –
Morning, afternoon, evening,
noon

2. Shrek 2
Once upon a time…

3. B. Place - Where a story takes
place
1. Can be a city – San Antonio
2. Can be a region – Southwest US
3. Can be a type of place – ranchland,
the city
4. Can be a specific place – Hobby
MS, The Shops at La Cantera

4. Shrek 2
In the land Far Far Away

5. C. Sensory Details - Enhance
the setting
1.Environment – Buildings,
Landscape, Sounds, Smells
2. Characters –
Dress (clothing), Mannerisms
(gestures), Opinions

6. 3. Real People, Places,
Events - make the story
more believable or
entertaining
4. Language - Accents,
Figures of speech, Dialects

7. Shrek 2
Forest
Gingerbread House
Poison Apple Inn

8. Shrek 2
King and Queen
Fairy Tale Creatures

9. Shrek 2 Romeo Drive
Farbucks Coffee
Rodeo Drive
Starbucks Coffee
Burger Prince Burger King
Versarchery Versace
Saxxon Fifth Saks Fifth
Avenue Avenue
Old Knavery Old Navy
Gap Queen The Gap
Tower of London Tower
Records Records
Joan Rivers on Banana
Banana Kingdom
the Red Carpet Republic

10. Shrek 2
Shrek: Do you still know the Muffin Man?
Cookie: Who lives on Drury Lane?
Fairy Godmother: What in
Grimm’s name are you doing
here?