The purpose of *Exposition* is to explain.
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Answer to P1 (details to part 2 should be in the comments soon enough)
In the story, Antigone, the protagonist, develops as a result of her statements regarding the death of her brother. She speaks to her sister about burying their brother who was dishonored by Creon, which is how the author develops and introduces the characters to the audience.
Annotating is the closest technique in the process of close reading.
Annotating the process of writing detailed notes around said paragraph. It doesn't just mean to take notes, you could also be highlighting or underlining some terms. I can't clearly describe it because you can practically do anything here.
If you do a Google search for the definition of annotation, you get...
<em>"a</em><span><em> note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram."</em></span>