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GCSE English Literature · key term
Background information that helps an audience understand the characters and present action.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 1
Information that establishes the background needed to understand a story, such as events that happened before its opening.
Revise: Plot overviewThe past is narrated rather than acted out: Prospero's exposition brings twelve years of history into a tightly concentrated present.
Background information that helps an audience understand the characters' present situation.
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Paper 1
Information that establishes the characters, situation and earlier events needed to understand a story.
Revise: Plot overviewShakespeare places this exposition after the dramatic opening: first we experience the danger, then discover the history and planning behind it.
The presentation of background information needed to understand a story's present action.
