What is the purpose of the exposition in a story? to provide a resolution to the conflict to increase the suspense or conflict in the story to provide an exciting turning point in the story to fill in bacjground information for the reader do not answer just to get the points

To fill in background information for the reader

Explanation:

There are mainly five stages of storytelling: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. The Exposition is the first part of a story and it is characterized for introducing important background information about the setting, the characters, the main plot, and conflicts of the story that helps the readers have an idea of what the story is about and who the main characters are.

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