Abackdrop setting can be defined as:

a set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation.

a surrounding or pervading mood or environment.

a setting that is highly useful in the story.

a setting that does not provide significance to the story.

The correct answer is A surrounding or pervading mood or environment.

The backdrop setting functions mainly to describe the mood of the story because it doesn't provide great detail nor develops the plot of the story. This type of setting is nonspecific on time or places so it rather focuses on the mood of the story.

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