The setting is the place, location, time and etc. The setting could influence the characters to be a specific way. It's a key detail, and changing that detail could change the way the characters see, feel, or act. Often times, if the setting is changed, the entire story would be different. The plot also depends on the setting. Let's say you're in two different environments. A festive party, and a gloomy cemetery. Which one would you more likely hear laughter in? Which one with jokes? Sad weeping? Spooky noises? Which one would likely be a mystery about the death of a person? These are influenced by the setting.
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A. The author enjoys the sights and sounds of the swamp. The descriptions gives this one away.
There is no indication that the author lives here, nor is there any mention of tourists. That takes out B and D. And while there is many sentences describing the birds, there is just as much description about other species, so we do not know C to be true. A is the best choice.
B. She refuses to let him pity himself
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As time goes by. and water goes through the water cycle again and again. The amount of water on Earth stays the same. However one could argue with this due to global warming since our icebergs/glaciers are melting adding to sea-level rise.
Blue because Gases and particles in Earth's atmosphere scatter sunlight in all directions. Blue light is scattered more than other colors it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time.