The setting provides context for the story by describing the time of day, weather, and location. It brings the story to life by engaging the reader's senses through descriptive details about what can be seen, heard, tasted, smelled, and touched. The setting also helps establish the atmosphere by using adjectives that can make an ordinary place seem scary, fun, or silly. For example, describing a dark and cold kitchen creates a scary atmosphere rather than an ordinary one.

1. Settings Story Elements

2. What is the Setting? The setting is an element authors use influence the reader’s imagination. It tells us… what time of day it is. what the weather is like. where the story is located.

3. Settings use detail to bring the story alive – these details are based on the 5 senses. Why use these details? Because the reader can imagine the story’s world if they can… … hear it … see it … taste it … smell it … touch it

4. The setting can also help create a certain atmosphere. Y ou can use words to describe a very ordinary place and make it seem scary, fun, silly, etc. For example: We felt a cold breeze as we walked through the dark kitchen. Dark and cold are adjectives that describe the atmosphere therefore changing the kitchen from ordinary to scary.