It was winter night like any other night. And I didn't have my chemistry done either. But the way the moon silvered the twigs and the snow-drifts, I just could not stay inside. The skating rink isn't far from our house—you can make it in five minutes if the side walks aren't slippery, so I went skating. From “Sixteen,” Maureen Daly The passage above is best viewed as a description of which element of a short story?

1. Conflict
2. Setting
3. Character
4. Theme