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The prologue removed his hat and wore no makeup. He may have carried a book, scroll, or placard displaying the title of the play. [1]: 24 He was introduced by three short trumpet calls, on the third of which he entered and took a position downstage. He made three bows in the current fashion of the court, and then addressed the audience.
Titles in quotation marks that include (or in unusual cases consist of) something that requires italicization for some other reason than being a title, e.g. a genus and species name, or a non-English phrase, or the name of a larger work being referred to, also use the needed italicization, inside the quotation marks: "Ferromagnetic Material in ...
The prologues provide background on the traditional authors (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and their theological purposes. [1] [2] Since Luke and John were also credited with the Acts of the Apostles and the Book of Revelation, respectively, information contained in their prologues was eventually spun out into separate prologues to Acts and ...
Bestseller – a book that is included on a list of top-selling or frequently-borrowed titles; Blook – a printed book that contains or is based on content from a blog; Board book – a type of book printed on thick paperboard generally for children; Book-and-record set – a set consisting of a picture storybook and an accompanying recording
For example, "Stop!" has the punctuation inside the quotation marks because the word "stop" is said with emphasis. However, when using "scare quotes", the comma goes outside. Other examples: Arthur said the situation was "deplorable". (The full stop (period) is not part of the quotation.)
Often the series title will be obvious and derived from the title of one of the books/films (e.g., Twilight based on the Twilight novel, The Hunger Games based on The Hunger Games novel, Star Trek based on the original Star Trek TV series, Star Wars based on the Star Wars film and various other films in the series) or from a common part of the ...
Fifty-six passages bearing the collective title prooimia (or prooimia dēmēgorika) — (demegoric) prologues or preambles, also Exordia — are extant. These were openings of Demosthenes' speeches, collected by Callimachus for the Library of Alexandria, and preserved in several of the manuscripts that contain Demosthenes' speeches. [16]
Novels published before the nineteenth century typically did not have visually standardized covers, but a reproduction of the title page can be a good alternative. These title pages can often be found in the Internet Archive. Once you have found a suitable image: Save it to your hard drive as a JPEG or PNG file. See preparing images for upload.