exposition
Public display event
Exposition is the act of explaining or setting forth ideas clearly.
In writing and drama, exposition provides background information—character histories, settings, prior events—that audiences need to understand what follows: The first chapter is mostly exposition.
An exposition is also a large public exhibition showcasing products, industries, or achievements: the World's Fair exposition of 1893.
Space for displaying artwork
- curatorCollection overseer
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- collectionGathered set of items
- installationProcess of putting in
showcase · vernissage · retrospective · catalogue · docent · pavilion · display · viewing
Act of explaining clearly
- clarificationMaking meaning plain
- explicationDetailed interpretive analysis
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
annotation · description · definition · illustration · discourse · account · detailing · breakdown
Introductory literary section
- openingGap or start
- setupHow something is arranged
- backstoryCharacter's past narrative
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
context · premise · beginning · preamble · orientation · scene-setting · framework · foundation
Critical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- theologyStudy of the divine
homily · sermon · scripture · interpretation · preaching · lectionary · parable · doctrine
Introductory orchestral piece
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- themeCentral recurring concept
- motifRecurring thematic element
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
movement · recapitulation · statement · passage · introduction · subject · fugue
Systematic reasoning process
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
oratory · treatise · polemic · essay · monologue · lecture · presentation · declamation
gallery
Space for displaying artwork
- curatorCollection overseer
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- collectionGathered set of items
installation · showcase · vernissage · retrospective · catalogue · docent · pavilion · display · viewing · reception
elucidation
Act of explaining clearly
- clarificationMaking meaning plain
- explicationDetailed interpretive analysis
- interpretationAssigned meaning
commentary · annotation · description · definition · illustration · discourse · account · detailing · breakdown · unpacking
prologue
Introductory literary section
introduction · context · premise · beginning · preamble · orientation · scene-setting · framework · foundation · establishing
exegesis
Critical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
theology · homily · sermon · scripture · interpretation · preaching · lectionary · parable · doctrine · teaching
overture
Introductory orchestral piece
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- themeCentral recurring concept
- motifRecurring thematic element
sonata · movement · recapitulation · statement · passage · introduction · subject · fugue
argumentation
Systematic reasoning process
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
persuasion · oratory · treatise · polemic · essay · monologue · lecture · presentation · declamation · address
- writing craftcreative writing, diction, fiction writing, pacing, novel writing
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- loisirssport, lecture, cinema, musique, cuisine
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, books
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
expositionclimax
Point of greatest intensity
dénouement · resolution · conclusion · falling action · rising action
expositionconcealment
Act of hiding something
obscuration · withholding · obfuscation · disguise · suppression
expositiondramatization
Converting events to performance
showing · action · demonstration · implication · enactment
- exposition dumpGraceless narrative explanation
- exposition hallVenue for public displays
- World ExpositionInternational exhibition of nations