NAME: ________ ____________ ____ DATE: CLASS:

Identifying Setting Components

A thin crescent moon, high in the sky, shed faint white light over
Dimwood Forest. Stars glowed. Breezes full of ripe summer fragrance
floated over nearby meadow and hill. Dimwood itself, veiled in
darkness, lay utterly still. At the very edge of the forest stood an old
charred oak on which sat a great horned owl. The owl’s name was
Mr. Ocax, and he looked like death himself.
excerpt from Poppy by Avi

Identify the descriptive elements used in the setting above (some words may be more than
one color):

 Highlight the TIME (time of day or year) descriptive words in pink.

 Highlight the ENVIRONMENT (words that help you to see, hear, smell, feel, taste)
descriptive words in green

 Highlight the PLACE (location or setting) descriptive words in blue.

 Highlight the CHARACTERS (who is in the story) descriptive words in orange.

What type of mood do you think the author is attempting to create?

[type your answer here]