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Which option(s) best identifies the use of exposition in literature?
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To show a contrast
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To express conflicting ideas
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To reveal background information
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To remove unwanted information
Option C: An exposition is 'a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory'.
In what forms may exposition be used in a story?
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Through dialogue
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Through narration of facts
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Through a prologue
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All the above
An exposition can be used in various forms:
What kind of literary device is the following:
"A long time ago, in a kingdom far far away, there lived a king and queen who wished for a child."
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Satire
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Imagery
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Exposition
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Personification
An exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information or a backstory of a character or plot.
Identify the best way to reveal the given information in an exposition:
He is respected by all.
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There was no-one who did not acknowledge him with a nod or a bow of the head as he walked by.
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Everyone respected him.
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"I know him. He is a well-respected man."
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Once upon a time, there was a man who was respected by everyone.
An exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information or a backstory of a character or plot.
Choose the best option to complete the sentence:
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only use dialogue
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use short phrases and sentences
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use a single sentence
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'show' instead of 'telling'
An exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information or a backstory of a character or plot.
What kind of literary device is the following:
Once upon a time, there were three bears. There was a Daddy Bear, who was very big, a Mama Bear, who was middle-sized, and a Baby Bear, who was very small.
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Exposition
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Euphemism
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Metaphor
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Anecdote
An exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information about a character, an event or a setting.
Which of the following passages from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is an example of exposition?
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And then the chair was facing Frank, and he saw what was sitting in it. His walking stick fell to the floor with a clatter. He opened his mouth and let out a scream. He was screaming so loudly that he never heard the words the thing in the chair spoke as it raised a wand. There was a flash of green light, a rushing sound, and Frank Bryce crumpled. He was dead before he hit the floor.
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Harry was used to getting onto platform nine and three-quarters by now. It was a simple matter of walking straight through the apparently solid barrier dividing platforms nine and ten. The only tricky part was doing this in an unobtrusive way, so as to avoid attracting Muggle attention. They did it in groups today; Harry, Ron, and Hermione went first; they leaned casually against the barrier, chatting unconcernedly, and slide sideways through it and as they did so, platform nine and three-quarters materialized in front of them.
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There were rocks littering the lake bottom. He dived and snatched up a particularly jagged one and returned to the statue. He began to hack at the ropes binding Ron, and after several minutes hard work, they broke apart. Ron floated, unconscious, a few inches above the lake bottom, drifting a little in the ebb of the water.
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All of the above
An exposition introduces background information about events, settings and characters in a story.
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:
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Who did it?
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What happened?
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What went wrong?
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How do you do this?
A narrative is a spoken or written account of connected events. It gives us a vivid description of the formation and execution of the points that join events together. Rest of the information we need to decipher from the narrative. So, Option B is correct. The other options are incorrect as the readers or the audience tend to find the answers from the narrative themselves.
What does 'characters' of a story mean?
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Theme
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Events
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People
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Moral
Characters are the people involved in a story. Sequence of Events is called the Plot. Moral is the inherent message contained in a story. Theme is the genre in which a story is placed. Hence, Option C is correct.
What is the plot of a story?
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sequence of events
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people
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headline
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structure
Plot of a story is the sequence of events in which the story is framed. The People are the Characters. Headline is the Title. The framework of a story is called its Structure. Hence, option A is correct.