Which details should you look for in determining the setting of a story? check all that apply.
1) the story’s time period
2) where the author lives
3) the characters’ environment
4) how long the story is
5) where the story takes place

1) the story’s time period.

3) the characters’ environment.

5) where the story takes place.

Explanation:

The setting is the time and the place in which a story takes place. The setting can sometimes be carefully described, while other times it is only implied in a narrative. In order to establish the setting of a particular story, we need to look at both the story's time period and the place where the story takes place.  Moreover, if it is unclear what the exact elements of this are, we can also look at the character's environment.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.