3. Setting is the time and place (or when
and where) of the story. Its literary
element of literature used in novels,
short stories, plays, films, etc., and
usually introduced during the exposition
(beginning) of the story along with the
characters.
4. The setting may also include the
environment of the story, which can
be made up of the physical location,
climate, weather, or social and
cultural surroundings.
5. Time can cover many areas, such
as the character’s time of life, the
time of day, time of year, time
period such as the past, present, or
future etc.
6. Place also covers a lot of areas, such as
a certain building, country, city beach, in
mode of transport such as a car, bus,
boat, indoors or out, etc. The setting of a
story can change throughout the plot.
7. The environment includes
geographical location such as
beach or mountains, the climate
and weather, and the social or
cultural aspects such as school,
theatre, meeting, club etc.
12. Tone is the author’s attitude
toward the writing (his characters,
the situation) and the readers. A
work of writing can have more
than one tone. The way feelings
are expressed.
13. Example of Tone:
could be both serious and
humorous. Tone is set by the
setting choice of vocabulary and
other details.
15. Mood is the general atmosphere created by
the author’s words. It is the feeling the readers
gets from reading those words. It may be the
same or it may be change from situation to
situation that you ( the reader . It is sometimes
called the atmosphere) the overall feeling of
the work. It is the emotions feel while you are
reading. Some literature makes you feel sad,
others playful, still others angry.
16. Examples of Mood:
Include suspenseful, joyful, depressing,
excited, anxious, angry sad, tense, lonely
suspicious, frightened, disgusted