Dominique is reading a story about two employees meeting in a coffee shop to discuss a secret business plan. Dominique notes that the coffee shop isn’t critical to the plot. These employees could be conversing at one of their homes, a bar, or elsewhere. What type of setting is the coffee shop?

The coffee shop is a backdrop setting because it provides a place for the conversation but does not affect the plot in an important way. The employees could discuss the secret plan in another location without changing the story’s events. An integral setting, by contrast, would be essential to the plot.

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