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  2. Exposition (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Narrative exposition, now often simply exposition, is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative. This information can be about the setting , characters' backstories , prior plot events, historical context, etc. [ 1 ] In literature, exposition appears in the form of expository writing embedded within the narrative.

  3. Prometheus (software) - Wikipedia

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    Prometheus is a free software application used for event monitoring and alerting. [2] It records metrics in a time series database (allowing for high dimensionality) built using an HTTP pull model, with flexible queries and real-time alerting.

  4. Foil (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Don Quixote and his sidekick Sancho Panza, as illustrated by Gustave Doré: the characters' contrasting qualities [1] are reflected here even in their physical appearances. In any narrative, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character, typically, a character who contrasts with the protagonist, in order to better highlight or differentiate certain qualities of the protagonist.

  5. In medias res - Wikipedia

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    For example, Hamlet begins after the death of Hamlet's father, which is later discovered to have been a murder. Characters make reference to King Hamlet's death without the plot's first establishment of this fact. Since the play is about Hamlet and the revenge more so than the motivation, Shakespeare uses in medias res to bypass superfluous ...

  6. Is Alabama whining too much about missing the playoff? Yes ...

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    Disappointed with the outcome and felt we were one of the 12 best teams in the country. We had an extremely challenging schedule and recognize there were two games in particular that we did not ...

  7. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle's proscriptive analysis of tragedy, for example, as expressed in his Rhetoric and Poetics, saw it as having 6 parts (music, diction, plot, character, thought, and spectacle) working together in particular ways. Thus, Aristotle established one of the earliest delineations of the elements that define genre.

  8. The semifinals of the 12-team College Football Playoff are set, and no conference champions remain. All four of the teams still alive in the playoff hosted games in the first round of the playoff.

  9. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Wednesday, December 11

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    If you've been having trouble with any of the connections or words in Wednesday's puzzle, you're not alone and these hints should definitely help you out. Plus, I'll reveal the answers further ...