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Before the climax in a work of fiction, the author often provides some exposition. This typically amounts to the introduction of background information about the characters or setting: information that we, the reader, need in order to more fully understand what is going on in the text. Think of it as having the same root as the word "expose"—to make something visible—this is what exposition does. It provides information we might not otherwise learn through the text so that we can better understand the text. There is also, often, some inciting incident, an event or happening that initiates the protagonist's most significant conflict in the work: either the protagonist vs. him/herself, the protagonist vs. nature, the protagonist vs. society, or the protagonist vs. another character. This exposition and the inciting incident usually precede the rising action, which is constituted by the development of the conflict, whichever of the four I have outlined above.
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