ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
A
Conflict
B
Setting
C
Resolution
D
Exposition
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Setting is the time and place an author chooses for a literary work. A setting can be a real time period and geographical location or a fictional world and unfamiliar time period.

Detailed explanation-2: -The setting of a story is the context in a scene or story that describes the elements in which a story is taking place, including time, place, and environment. Each component in story setting helps to build the narrative’s mood, plot, and character development.

Detailed explanation-3: -The setting of a story is a literary device that establishes when and where its plot takes place. Also known as backdrop, a story setting can be drawn from imagination or based on historic events, as well as geographical locations in the real world (such as a specific city, or the house of a character).

Detailed explanation-4: -Setting: the time and place of the action in a work of fiction, poetry, or drama. The spatial setting is the place or places in which action unfolds, the temporal setting is the time; thus, the same as plot time.

Detailed explanation-5: -Check out these definitions: Plot: Plot is what happens in the story. It includes the major events of the story, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Setting: Setting includes the time and place of the story’s events.

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