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  2. Prologue - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Movie prologue - Wikipedia

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    A movie prologue or prolog was a short live vaudeville show, performed at the start of film showings in movie theaters in the United States, especially at the end of the silent film era in the 1920s and early 1930s.

  4. Monarchian Prologues - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Works of Demosthenes - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Outline of books - Wikipedia

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    Chapters may also have titles, and in a few cases an epigraph or prefatory quotation. Back matter – also known as end matter is the final section of the book it can contain a number of items Epilogue – a piece of writing at the end of the a book which brings closure to the work.

  7. Up opening sequence - Wikipedia

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    The opening sequence to the 2009 Disney-Pixar film Up (sometimes referred to as "Married Life" after the accompanying instrumental piece, [1] the Up montage, or including the rest of the prologue The First 10 Minutes of Up) has become known as a cultural milestone and a key element to the film's success.

  8. Book excerpt: "Source Code: My Beginnings" by Bill Gates - AOL

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    In Bill Gates' new autobiography, "Source Code: My Beginnings" (published February 4 by Knopf), the computer pioneer and philanthropist writes of his formative years, and the experiences that led ...

  9. Epilogue - Wikipedia

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    In Middle English and Middle French the term "epilogue" was used. In Latin they used epilogus, from Greek epilogos, and then epilegein. [5] The first citation of the word epilogue in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1564: "Now at length you are come to the Epilogue (as it were) or full conclusion of your worke."