Drag each tile to the correct box. Match each story element from the passage with the statement that best explains how it is influenced by the historical and
cultural setting of the text.
theme
plot
characterization
The impersonal office setting influences how
the main character does his work.
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The setting influences what the reader learns
about the story's time and place.
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The description of the setting influences how
the writer introduces the main character.

Incomes of u.s. households in the 1970s and 1980s a. grew rapidly, due to the widespread success of labor unions in pushing up wages during those decades. b. grew rapidly, due to several increases in the minimum wage during those decades. c. grew rapidly, due to government policies that discourage the importation of foreign products during those decades. d. grew slowly, due to slow growth of the output of goods and services per hour of u.s. workers' time during those decades.