The real-life setting and surrounding circumstances of a story is called its
historical context
biographical context
civil context
symbolic context

The correct answer is A. Historical context

Explanation:

In literature including novels, poems, plays and stories, the historical context refers to the events including the social, cultural, political and economic conditions during which the story of a literary work is created or during which a story occurs and that influence multiple elements on it including the characters' behaviors and values, the theme, the development of the plot and the setting of the story itself. Additionally, this type of context differs from other types because it is based on real-life, which means the writer does not create the historical context but use real-life events and circumstances for the story. Thus, the real-life setting and surrounding circumstances of a story is the historical context.

- a.) the man dies after he is unable to keep a fire lit.

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