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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. List of English back-formations - Wikipedia

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    aerate (meaning "expose to air") probably from aeration [1] aesthete from aesthetic [2] aggress from aggression [4] air-condition from air conditioning [2] alley [1] alliterate from alliteration [1] allotrope from allotropy [1] amaze from Middle English amased [1] ambivalent from ambivalence [1] ameliorate perhaps from amelioration in some ...

  4. Afro-Surrealism - Wikipedia

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    Unlike Afro-Futurism which speculates on possibilities in the future, Afro-surrealism, as Miller describes, is about the present. "Rather than speculate on the coming of the four horseman, Afrosurrealists understand that they rode through too long ago. Through Afro-surrealism, artists expose this form of the future past that is right now." [15]

  5. Pastoral elegy - Wikipedia

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    Literary criticism on Pastoral Literature in the English Renaissance The pastoral is a literary style that presents a conventionalized picture of rural life, the naturalness and innocence of which is seen in contrast to the corruption and artificiality of city and court.

  6. The Black Witch - Wikipedia

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    Much of the review consisted of quotations from the book's prejudiced characters, including the narrator Elloren. In one example, Elloren criticizes another magical race as "hopelessly mixed" and "not a pure race like us" because "they're more accepting of intermarriage". [1] [6] She also reacts negatively when her gay brother comes out to her. [6]

  7. The Anti-Slavery Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The page for the letters K and L focuses on the mistreatment of slaves. The book is prefaced with a poem, "To Our Little Readers", that encourages readers to talk to other children and adults about ending slavery, and to refuse foods made with sugar, which was produced on plantations worked by slave labor.

  8. Exposé (group) - Wikipedia

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    Exposé recorded a 2011 version of their hit "Point Of No Return" working with dance producer Giuseppe D. and Chris Cox. The CD single was released on June 20, 2011. The group released a single for Christmas called "I Believe In Christmas (Like It Used To Be)" in December 2011 co-written by Adam Gorgoni, Jeanette Jurado and Shelly Peiken.

  9. Absurdist fiction - Wikipedia

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    Absurdist fiction is a genre of novels, plays, poems, films, or other media that focuses on the experiences of characters in situations where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life, most often represented by ultimately meaningless actions and events that call into question the certainty of existential concepts such as truth or value. [1]