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Setting

Setting . More than TIME & PLACE. On the count of 3 everyone say the definition that you all know… 1 2 3!. Definition. The setting can’t exist unless there are characters and conflict that drive the action within the place A tree falls in the woods and no one sees it, did it really fall?.

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Setting

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  1. Setting More than TIME & PLACE

  2. On the count of 3 everyone say the definition that you all know… • 1 • 2 • 3! Definition

  3. The setting can’t exist unless there are characters and conflict that drive the action within the place • A tree falls in the woods and no one sees it, did it really fall? More than that

  4. The physical, social, cultural, era or realm in which a story’s characters and conflict are developed, affected, and resolved. The REAL definition is…

  5. There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before. The Great Gatsby

  6. Choose one word to describe this setting

  7. TIME: • PLACE: Based on our description, guess the time and place

  8. Time: 1920s • Place: Long Island • New York The Great Gatsby

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