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GCSE English Language · key term
The place and time in which a story’s events occur.
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Paper 1
The place, time and surrounding circumstances in which a story happens.
Revise: Narrative writing: the opening of a storySetting is therefore doing more than providing a backdrop: the industrial surroundings affect living creatures. The sounds of the trucks and the approaching dusk also establish an oppressive atmosphere.
Paper 1
Read the extract more than once: establish the events, characters and setting first, then look more closely at how the writing engages you.
Pay particular attention to the opening and ending, and to changes in setting, focus or mood.
Choose an idea whose actions, setting and feelings you can imagine precisely. A small event can support an effective story.
Create a free account to keep every note you open and track your progress.
The place and time in which the events of a story happen.
The setting also becomes easier to picture once you connect its parts. The inn faces the street, while the stable yard is behind it. The stable contains two stalls: one holds a horse, the other a man.
Paper 2
The time, place and surrounding circumstances in which events occur.
Revise: Reading 20th- and 21st-century literary proseA theme is an idea developed through events and reactions, not simply a description of the setting.
The place and time in which a story happens, including the surroundings that affect its characters and events.
The place and time in which a narrative happens.
Component 1
Revise: Characters, dialogue and settingCharacter, dialogue and setting work best together: each detail helps readers understand what is happening and why it matters.
