Setting: Time, Place, Culture
When does the story take place?
Where does the story take place?
Can you picture it in your mind?
What words did the author use to create the picture?
How did the people live?
What did they believe in?
How did they act?
What made them act that way?
Setting helps us understand the characters in the story, how they think and and act.
Characters act because of where they are and what they believe in.