exposition
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After a century’s worth of Dracula pictures, the exposition seems a bit superfluous, and Mr. Waltz, a two-time Oscar winner, can’t do much with his dialogue, which sounds like guidance from “Vampire Stalking for Dummies.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 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
Around 2,000 people watched the action inside Bern's Festhalle exposition hall.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
His scores, with their inherent rigor and overt religiosity, seemingly simple structure and patient exposition, conjure a world both foundational and unbound.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
Emeline took her cousins on a tour of Holmes’s building and told them of his effort to transform it into a hotel for exposition guests.
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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