Question

Which sentence from the story best shows the setting?

A. "He looked down to see the nametag in his lap."
B. "Of course, it was a Saturday, and Noah was usually not awake until noon."
C. "He sang along for a few minutes, thinking about his interview the week before."
D. "He remembered what the teacher in his career class had said about the responsibility of a first job."

Answer 1

Sentence B explicitly mentions it's a Saturday, suggesting the temporal setting, but without more content from the story, we can't definitively select the sentence that best shows the setting.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage that best shows the setting is the one that provides the most contextual details about time, place, or environment surrounding the characters. Sentence B, "Of course, it was a Saturday, and Noah was usually not awake until noon," directly references a specific day of the week, giving us a temporal setting, but doesn't tell us much about the location or environment. In contrast, sentence A, sentence C, and sentence D don't offer clear environmental or temporal details. The excerpts provided from various stories all include descriptive sentences, but they don't necessarily correspond to the sentences labeled A to D in the original question. Thus, without additional context from the specific story in question, it would be difficult to definitively select the sentence that best shows the setting.