exposition


 * Exposition**- comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory

Examples: ~ "//It was a gloomy, dark city. That’s the way it has always been."//

In this example, it is displaying the setting. It says the town is a sad place to live in. The setting is a big part of the exposition because it explains where the story takes place.

~ //"The little girl’s name was Anna, she was sad and living in fear, in her depressing town."//

In this example, it is introducing some of the characters. Anna, from this passage, is a distraught girl living in her sad town. This is a big part of the exposition because it shows who the characters are in the story.

Hayley Allred