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.
Exposition refers to the opening information in a literary piece. It also refers to the introduction of the theme in a piece of literature. Basically the reader gets much needed information about the work from the exposition usually given at the beginning to set the stage for the work. After the exposition is given to the reader the rising action begins to unfold leading to the climax, or the highest point of action in a story.