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Function of Setting: Fiction/Drama Practice Test
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Read the following excerpt from an original drama passage.
An old family dining room at noon. A chandelier is covered in a thin sheet, turning it into a ghostly shape. The table is set for eight, but only two plates have food; the other settings hold folded napkins like small, stiff birds. A grandfather clock in the corner ticks too loudly, though its hands are stopped at 4:17.
MRS. KLINE: Sit where you always sat.
PETER: There isn’t an “always” anymore.
MRS. KLINE (straightening a napkin-bird): Don’t be dramatic.
PETER: I’m not. The room is.
The setting details—the sheeted chandelier, unused place settings, and stopped clock—primarily function to
Read the following excerpt from an original drama passage.
An old family dining room at noon. A chandelier is covered in a thin sheet, turning it into a ghostly shape. The table is set for eight, but only two plates have food; the other settings hold folded napkins like small, stiff birds. A grandfather clock in the corner ticks too loudly, though its hands are stopped at 4:17.
MRS. KLINE: Sit where you always sat.
PETER: There isn’t an “always” anymore.
MRS. KLINE (straightening a napkin-bird): Don’t be dramatic.
PETER: I’m not. The room is.
The setting details—the sheeted chandelier, unused place settings, and stopped clock—primarily function to