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Meanings of narrative exposition in English

Russian
литературная экспозиция
Catalan
text expositiu
Spanish
exposicion

Background information within a narrative; one of four rhetorical modes.

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        литературная экспозиция
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        Examples for "exposition"
        Examples for "exposition"
        1
        The exposition went with Westinghouse, and helped change the history of electricity.
        The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
        2
        Her exposition was truncated by the entry of the type in question.
        The New Machiavelli
        3
        The volume remains the forcible exposition upon the side which it espoused.
        Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail
        4
        You certainly are a master in the difficult art of clear exposition.
        More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
        5
        He took refuge in the affectation of great agitation which prevented exposition.
        Coningsby; Or, The New Generation
        1
        Next, and (as far as date of collection goes) far less ancient, are the expository texts called the Brahmanas.
        Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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