Compare Settings and Plots by Same Author or Series

3rd Grade English practice: Story 1 is about a cat in a big city park. Story 2 is about a cat in a quiet farm field. How are the settings different. Part of extension: analyzing complex texts (Extension: Analyzing Complex Texts).

~12 min

Even if stories are by the same author, their settings (where/when) and plots (what happens) can be alike or different.

Defining Setting and Plot

Story Elements

Characters

  • Protagonist

Setting

A sunny forest in the morning

Events

  • The character finds a magic map
  • The character solves a puzzle

The setting is the time and place where a story happens, while the plot tells you what happens during the tale.

💡 Think of setting as the 'where' and plot as the 'what'.