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**Setting:** a work of fiction establishes its historical, geographical, and physical location.

It can be in unidentified places or used as an utmost importance, i__nfluencing__ a characters __behavior__ __**Historical Setting: **__ - A //particular// historical period can hold //specific// events and they can be very important in the story. -Most of the time you need to be familiar with the time period because readers want to be all to understand the full story. -Historical context establishes a social, cultural , economic, and political environment. These factors may determine or help explain a characters actions. - Knowing the approximate year or historical period during which a story takes place can explain forces that act on characters, help to account for their behavior, clarify circumstances that influence the story's action, and help to justify a writes use of plot devices that might otherwise seem improbable. ** EXAMPLE OF HISTORICAL SETTING: ** The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; how the use of the slaves are in this book lets you know the historical setting right away. 