Portoviejo is a large commercial center for the province, where there are two shopping malls, one with a large hypermarket, 8 movie theaters, food court, and other stores. From Wikipedia
The Exposition in the Short Story Studying the short story. The exposition in the short story usually occurs at the beginning of the story and contains essential and sufficient information to act as the foundation upon which the writer constructs/develops the story. It is the place where we, as readers, are drawn into the fictional world that the writer is creating.
The exposition is the beginning of the story. The establishment of a setting and characters occurs at this point. The inciting incident introduces the central conflict (the problem faced by the characters) and leads to the rising action . The rising action leads up to the climax . The climax is the culmination of events in the story and is the highest part of the story. The falling action is the events leading to the solving of the storyâs problems. The resolution tells how events and problems of the story are solved.