The setting of a story can change throughout the plot. The environment includes geographical location such as beach or mountains, the climate and weather, and the social or cultural aspects such as a school, theatre, meeting, club, etc.

Some common synonyms of setting are background, environment, milieu, and mise-en-scène. While all these words mean “the place, time, and circumstances in which something occurs,” setting suggests looking at real-life situations in literary or dramatic terms.

What is the opposite of setting?

What is another word for setting up?

A setting (or backdrop) is the time and geographic location within a narrative, either nonfiction or fiction. The setting initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story. The setting can be referred to as story world or milieu to include a context (especially society) beyond the immediate surroundings of the story.

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

For example, when you go to bed, it is usually night time. The setting is both your room (the physical location) and nighttime (the time of day). The final part of the setting is the time period, or the moment in history, that a story takes place.

Answer. Social condition and time are two important aspects of setting.

The Fundamental Elements of Setting

• Locale. This relates to broad categories such as a country, state, region, city, and town, as well as to more specific locales, such as a neighborhood, street, house or school.
• Time of year.
• Time of day.
• Elapsed time.
• Mood and atmosphere.
• Climate.
• Geography.
• Man-made geography.

The subject is the main topic, while a theme may have deeper undercurrents or be unspoken. The setting is the time and place where the piece is set. It is the culture and society that shapes the story. The setting is important to the theme because some settings are better fitted to certain themes.

Examples. Some common themes in literature are “love,” “war,” “revenge,” “betrayal,” “patriotism,” “grace,” “isolation,” “motherhood,” “forgiveness,” “wartime loss,” “treachery,” “rich versus poor,” “appearance versus reality,” and “help from other-worldly powers.”

The main idea is the central point or thought the author wants to communicate to readers. The main idea answers the question, “What does the author want me to know about the topic?” or “What is the author teaching me?” Often the author states the main idea in a single sentence.

It is easy to identify a main idea that is directly expressed in the text. Main ideas are often found at the beginning of paragraphs. The first sentence often explains the subject being discussed in the passage. Main ideas are also found in the concluding sentences of a paragraph.

The topic is the general subject of a paragraph or essay. Topics are simple and are described with just a word or a phrase. The main idea is a complete sentence; it includes the topic and what the author wants to say about it.

The main idea is what the paragraph says. The point is why the writer says it. For instance, the point might be to prove something is true, or to make people who read it act a certain way.

As nouns the difference between topic and title is that topic is subject; theme; a category or general area of interest while title is a prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person’s name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification see also.

The main idea, sometimes referred to as the central idea, is the most important thought of a text.

A text can have many purposes. Some examples are to: entertain – to make the reader enjoy reading. persuade – to change a reader’s opinion. instruct – to tell a reader how to do something.