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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Narrative techniques, Fiction-writing mode
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exposition  Exposition dump  Expositional Dialogue  expository  expository text
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An account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse WordNet 3.0
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plot device
literary technique
fiction
narrative
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An account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Narrative exposition, now often simply exposition, is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative. Wikipedia
An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed. Wiktionary
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We would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet