Question

select the correct answers.
in what two ways does setting contribute to the plot of a novel?

• it highlights themes.
• it describes the characters’ environment.
• it creates tone and mood.
• it resolves the main conflict of a story.

Explanation:

• Setting establishes the characters' surrounding environment, which directly shapes plot possibilities and constraints.
• Setting also creates a specific tone and mood that influences how plot events unfold and are perceived, driving narrative tension or context.
• Highlighting themes is a thematic, not direct plot contribution, and resolving conflict is the role of the climax/denouement, not setting.

Answer:

It describes the characters' environment.
It creates tone and mood.