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{{quote|''I don't know what to do, Sis! What? [[Repeating So the Audience Can Hear|I've never called you "Sis" before?]] You're right! It is oddly clunky and expositional. I mean, I know you're my sister, so [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall|who]] [[Lampshade Hanging|am I saying it for?]]''|'''Francine, [[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]''' }} |
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{{quote|''-- [[Let Me Get This Straight...|I can't believe]] we've lost a bet and have to spend the night in this old haunted house!''<br /> |
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''-- [[Lampshade Hanging|That's an oddly complete summary of our predicament]].''|'''[[Robot Chicken (Animation)|Robot Chicken]]''' }} |
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Exposition is a literary tool that is used to give information to the audience through [[Dialogue]], description, [[Flash Back]], or [[Narrator Tropes|narrative]]. |
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In [[Nonfiction]], exposition is commonly found in essays, directions such as recipes and instructions, encyclopedias, and [[Biography|biographies]]. Exposition in [[Nonfiction]] is usually achieved through description. |
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In [[Fiction]], exposition can be given in multiple ways. Sometimes it's as simple as a character observing a headline on a newspaper and sometimes as complex as the narrator giving an overview of the full history of the fictional world. |
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Exposition is a two-edged sword. While it is extremely useful for establishing setting, plot, and characterization, too much exposition at once can bog down a story and slow the pace to a crawl. An exposition that is overly long or wordy is known as an Information Dump (or [[Info Dump]] for short) and is very difficult to do well. |
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See [[Information Desk]] for where ''characters'' learn things; may overlap with this, considerably. |
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=== Tropes === |
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See also: |
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* [[Dialogue]] |
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* [[Narrator Tropes]] |
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* [[Aside Comment]] |
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* [[As You Know]] |
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** [[And Another Thing]] |
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** [[Recap By Audit]] |
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** [[Recap Episode]] |
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** [[Tell Me Again]] |
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* [[Before the Dark Times]] |
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* [[Captain Obvious]] |
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* [[Captain's Log]] |
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* [[Cassette Craze]] |
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* [[Combat Commentator]] |
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* [[Constantly Curious]] |
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* [[Description Porn]] |
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* [[Encyclopedia Exposita]] |
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* [[En Route Sum-Up]] |
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* [[Explaining Your Power to The Enemy]] |
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* [[Expo Label]] |
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* [[Exponential Plot Delay]] |
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* [[Exposition Beam]] |
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* [[Exposition Break]] |
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* [[Exposition Diagram]] |
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** [[The Big Board]] |
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* [[Expospeak]] |
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** [[Expospeak Gag]] |
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* [[Exposition Intuition]] |
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* [[Exposition of Immortality]] |
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* [[Exposition Party]] |
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* [[Flash Back]] |
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* [[Flavor Text]] |
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* [[Fictional Media]] |
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** [[Fictional Document]] |
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* [[Happy Flashback]] |
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* [[Haunted House Historian]] |
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* [[He Knows About Timed Hits]] |
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* [[Info Dump]] |
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** [[Intro Dump]] |
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** [[It Gets Better]] |
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** [[Theory Before Phenomenon]] |
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* [[Info Drop]] |
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* [[Inner Monologue]] |
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* [[Inner Monologue Conversation]] |
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* [[Just Between You and Me]] |
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* [[Keep Reading]] |
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* [[Lethally Expensive]] |
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* [[Lecture As Exposition]] |
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* [[Let Me Get This Straight...]] |
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* [[Little Jimmy]] |
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* [[London England Syndrome]] |
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* [[Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me]] |
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* [[Mr. Exposition]] |
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* [[Naive Newcomer]] |
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* [[Narrating the Obvious]] |
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* [[Narrator]] |
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* [[Newspaper Dating]] |
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* [[Obstacle Exposition]] |
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* [[Opening Monologue]] |
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* [[Opening Narration]] |
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* [[Opening Scroll]] |
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* [[Parrot Exposition]] |
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** [[Parrot Expowhat]] |
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* [[Postponed Question]] |
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* [[Rambling Old Man Monologue]] |
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* [[Repeating So the Audience Can Hear]] |
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* [[Sounding It Out]] |
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* [[Sounds of Science]] |
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* [[Story Breadcrumbs]] |
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* [[Talking Is a Free Action]] |
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* [[Thinking Out Loud]] |
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* [[Third-Person Flashback]] |
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* [[Troubled Backstory Flashback]] |
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* [[TV Telephone Etiquette]] |
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* [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]] |
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* [[War Was Beginning]] |
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* [[The Watson]] |
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* [[What Is Going On]]? |
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* [[What Year Is This?]] |
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* [[We Have Been Researching Phlebotinum for Years]] |
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* [[You Got Your Exposition in My Argument]] |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Index Index/Sandbox]] |
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[[Category:Dialogue]] |
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[[Category:Script Speak]] |
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[[Category:Show Don't Tell]] |
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[[Category:Lit Class Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Narrative Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Index Index]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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[[Category:Exposition]] |
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