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 shortest type of fiction is the short story, which ranges in length from a handful of pages to over thirty pages. The short story has its origins in fables and myths, stories that were not sprawling epics but concise tales containing only a few characters and often a single focused message.