Account and Exposition

Account

Account noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

Exposition is a synonym for account in description topic. In some cases you can use "Exposition" instead a noun "Account", when it comes to topics like explanation.

Exposition

Exposition noun - An account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse.
Usage example: we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background
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Synonyms for Exposition

Account is a synonym for exposition in explanation topic. Sometimes you can use "Account" instead a noun "Exposition", if it concerns topics such as written description.

How words are described

good good account good exposition
full full account full exposition
long long account long exposition
detailed detailed account detailed exposition
Other adjectives: brief, straight, actual, real, tragic, important, new, dramatic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Saiyuki: Journey West Exposition: Son Goku generally serves this role when it comes to the supernatural on account of being the most worldly member of the party and the one who knows the most about celestial politics.
  • Nested Story For example: The Call of Cthulhu is ostensibly a document found by the reader, collated by Thurston, made of research done by his granduncle, which contains an account of a police officer, who recounts exposition detailed by a cultist.
    Source: Nested Story
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