Question

Read the passage below. Which clues in the text help you recognize this passage as part of the exposition? The moon of midsummer climbed toward the zenith. Rising, its light made a broad causeway across the sea clear to the dark reef which lurked in the shimmering water. Suddenly, inked black against the moon-path, showed the dark shape of a canoe. All the way from Carib Island, a day and a night away, Jim Tom, who in his day had been a famous sponge-diver, had brought his grandson Jimmy Tom for a first visit to the reef.

Group of answer choices

it does not include dialogue

it introduces characters

it is written in second person

it establishes a setting

Answer 1

if it accepts two answers it is B & D ( since it asks which clues)

Step-by-step explanation:

What is Exposition?

It is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. The EXPOSITION will often have information about events that happened before the story began.

A. Sure, it doesn't have dialogue but that doesn't help set the scene.

B. This one does seem true for the second half of the paragraph.

C. It doesn't matter if it was written in the second person.

D. This one does seem true for the first half of the paragraph.