ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The EXPOSITION introduces the setting (time and place), characters and plot. It may include background information on these elements. The CONFLICT is the problem or challenge the main character has to face.

Detailed explanation-2: -The exposition is the introduction to a story, including the primary characters’ names, setting, mood, and time. The conflict is the primary problem that drives the plot of the story, often a main goal for the protagonist to achieve or overcome.

Detailed explanation-3: -Exposition sets the scene. The writer introduces the characters and setting, providing description and background. Complication, sometimes called the inciting incident, is a single event that begins the major conflict.

Detailed explanation-4: -The plot of a story answers the question, “What happens?” Plot points act as the critical milestones in a narrative that steer the main character through an inciting incident, conflict, and resolution-just three elements of plot that may equate to the simpler terms beginning, middle, and end.

Detailed explanation-5: -Exposition. Rising Action. Climax. Falling Action. Resolution.