ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What elements are included in setting?
A
Only the description of the scene.
B
How the characters act during a scene.
C
The time and location a story takes place.
D
The figurative language used to create imagery.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A setting can be a real time period and geographical location or a fictional world and unfamiliar time period. Setting also includes the physical landscape, climate, weather, and the societal and cultural surroundings that serve as a backdrop for the action. Setting is revealed through the exposition of a story.

Detailed explanation-2: -Setting is the “where and when” of a story. It is the time and place during which the story takes place.

Detailed explanation-3: -The elements of setting – time, place, mood, social and cultural context – help to make a novel feel real and alive.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The time anchors your story in place, and starting from this anchor you weave the chain of events that follows. The opening sentence or paragraph also might locate the events geographically, and in logical order answer four questions already in the mind of the reader: Who? What? When?

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