exposition
Example Sentences
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At 95 minutes, the opera is about 15 minutes too long, laden with considerable exposition and repetition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Done right, narrative exposition will tell an audience everything that they need to know about a character, while leaving just enough room for curiosity to take hold.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
And in just three minutes of exposition, Hughes and Deutch nimbly convey that Molly Ringwald’s Andie Walsh is both your conventional artsy wallflower and a singularly special young woman.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
Spencer is good company; Potts, whom I am always happy to see, is more an instrument of exposition than a full-blown character, and it feels a little unfair.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026
He needed someone to manage his firm’s ongoing work while he tended to the exposition.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing exposition
The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Vocabulary to Describe Literary Devices
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Expository Writing, List 1
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