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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

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