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Identify the mood created by the following elements of setting:
Weather: cold and snowy
Climate: winter
Time of day: late afternoon
Locale: quiet neighborhood, a room in a small house
Lighting: dim 

story and its elements writing english

  1. Celebratory

  2. Calm

  3. Exciting

  4. Melancholy

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Options A and C requires a setting of a lively, joyous and bright environment with vibrant colours and happy moods; and option D is suited in the elements like gloomy, dark and sad environment.

The mood of cold, snowy winter in the late afternoon, when there is still dim lighting from the setting sun in a quiet neighbourhood suggests a calm and peaceful setting. Therefore option B is the correct answer. 

Which of the following can be used to describe the setting of a hospital?

story and its elements writing english

  1. Dark rooms, musky smell

  2. Smell of burning wood, forest

  3. White sheets, smell of disinfectant

  4. Dining table, smell of food cooking

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The setting of a hospital is always accompanied by the smell of disinfectants and a place where white sheets are used to keep the surroundings hygienic. Therefore option C is the correct answer.

Options A, B and D are incorrect because dark, musky rooms, the forest or dining tables are not associated with hospitals in any way. Therefore, these options are incorrect. 

You are writing a story. You plan to create characters who are poor yet happy. 
Which of the following would be a suitable setting for your story?

story and its elements writing english

  1. A farm

  2. A seaside villa

  3. A forest

  4. An island

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Correct Option: A

The type of setting which influences the plot, characters or theme of the story is called a/an _________ setting. 

story and its elements writing english

  1. integral

  2. backdrop

  3. background

  4. Setting cannot affect the theme

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not an element of the setting?

story and its elements writing english

  1. Weather and climate

  2. Time of year

  3. Time of war

  4. Language spoken by characters

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The setting of a story is the time, environment and geographical location within the narrative. Therefore, Options A, B and C are vital elements of the setting for a story.

Option D is the correct answer as the language spoken by characters is not connected to the time, environment or location of a story. Hence option D is not an element of the setting. 

Which of the following does not help create a setting with an 'angry' mood?

story and its elements writing english

  1. Soft music

  2. Fire

  3. strong winds

  4. thunder and lightning

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Angry mood is always associated with fire, rage gushes of winds, thunder lightning and an unsettling or unstable setting. Option B,C and D provide the angry mood but option A is associated with calm, peaceful, serene mood . Therefore option A is the correct answer.

You are writing a story. You plan to create characters who are strict, reserved, and highly educated.
Which of the following would be a suitable setting for your story?

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  1. A castle in the 17th century.

  2. A railway station

  3. An old mansion

  4. A factory warehouse

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following can be used to hint that the setting is a supermarket?

story and its elements writing english

  1. Glittering shoes and purses behind the glass window

  2. Lines of cereal boxes stacked on the shelves

  3. Small wooden chairs and tables in a row

  4. Leaves strewn across the dark, moist soil

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Correct Option: B

Select the best exposition to introduce the given character:

Henry is a very silent child and does not have any friends. 

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  1. Henry was a very silent child and did not have any friends.

  2. Once upon a time, there was a boy named Henry who was quiet and did not have any friends.

  3. Say hello to Henry. He is a quiet boy without any friends.

  4. Henry was not fond of people, and people seemed to leave him alone too.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
An exposition is a form of background information given to a character, plot or story, to provide more insight into that character or plot.
Option D: This option introduces the character by saying that 'Henry is a silent child and does not have any friends', without using the exact words again. So, the reader is able to understand the character better, by concluding that Henry does not like people, hence he does not have friends.
So, option D is correct.
Options A, B and C simply state the same words about the character again 'Henry was silent', 'without friends'. These words do not introduce the character 'Henry' or give more information about it. Hence options A, B and C are wrong.

While writing an exposition, one must be careful not to do which of the following?

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  1. Use complex sentences

  2. Reveal the plot of the story

  3. Write briefly

  4. Provide useful information

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information or a backstory of a character or plot.

Option B: An exposition describes a scene, character or plot and hence reveals more information about it.
But, it does not reveal the entire plot of the story. The function of an exposition is to help the reader understand the plot/character better, and not reveal the story itself. Hence option B is correct.
Option A: An exposition can use complex sentences.
Options C and D: An exposition should preferably be brief, and it should provide information useful to the story.
Hence options A, C and D are wrong.