The setting of a story includes all of the following except the: A. time
B. place
C. location
D. characters

D). Characters.

Explanation:

The Setting is elucidated as the place, time, circumstance in which the story is set in. It is characterized as the description of the context or background(social, political, etc.) which allows the readers to visualize the story in that particular surrounding and understand it more effectively. It also describes the surrounding which sets the mood in which the events are going to take place. Thus, it includes all the details 'time, place, geographic location' except the characters and hence, option D is the correct answer.

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