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  2. Foreword - Wikipedia

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    A foreword is a (usually short) piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the writer of the foreword and the book's primary author or the story the book tells.

  3. Preface - Wikipedia

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    Preface to the poem Milton by William Blake. A preface (/ ˈ p r ɛ f ə s /) or proem (/ ˈ p r oʊ ɛ m /) is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. An introductory essay written by a different person is a foreword [contradictory] and precedes an author's preface.

  4. Prologue - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 2 Ben Jonson has often been noted as using the prologue to remind the audience of the complexities between themselves and all aspects of the performance. [2] The actor reciting the prologue would appear dressed in black, a stark contrast to the elaborate costumes used during the play. [3] The prologue removed his hat and wore no makeup.

  5. Night Shift (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    Night Shift is the first book for which King wrote a foreword. The introduction was written by one of King's favorite authors, John D. MacDonald. MacDonald writes that "Stephen King is a far, far better writer at thirty than I was at thirty, or at forty. I am entitled to hate him a little bit for this."

  6. Taylor Swift sends a message in her 12-paragraph '1989 ... - AOL

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    For example, whereas the foreword for "1989" (2014) starts with Swift listing out when and where she was born — Dec. 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania, if you're curious — the prologue for ...

  7. Introduction (writing) - Wikipedia

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    In a book of technical writing, the introduction may include one or more standard subsections: abstract or summary, preface, acknowledgments, and foreword.Alternatively, the section labeled introduction itself may be a brief section found along with abstract, foreword, etc. (rather than containing them).

  8. Lead paragraph - Wikipedia

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    A foreword is a piece of writing sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature, written by someone other than the author to honour or bring credibility to the work, unlike the preface, written by the author, which includes the purpose and scope of the work. [5]

  9. Epigraph (literature) - Wikipedia

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    The epigraph may serve as a preface to the work; as a summary; as a counter-example; or as a link from the work to a wider literary canon, [2] with the purpose of either inviting comparison or enlisting a conventional context. [3] A book may have an overall epigraph that is part of the front matter, or one for each chapter.