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  2. List of catchphrases in American and British mass media

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    These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.

  3. Opening sentence - Wikipedia

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    The opening sentence or opening line stands at the beginning of a written work.The opening line is part or all of the opening sentence that may start the lead paragraph.For older texts the Latin term incipit ('it begins') is in use for the very first words of the opening sentence.

  4. Pilcrow - Wikipedia

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    In the Middle Ages, the practice of rubrication (type in red-ink) used a red pilcrow to indicate the beginning of a different train of thought within the author's narrative without paragraphs. [ 3 ] The typographic character of the pilcrow usually is drawn like a lowercase letter- q , reaching from the descender to the ascender height; the bowl ...

  5. News style - Wikipedia

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    News style, journalistic style, or news-writing style is the prose style used for news reporting in media, such as newspapers, radio, and television.. News writing attempts to answer all the basic questions about any particular event—who, what, when, where, and why (the Five Ws) and often how—at the opening of the article.

  6. Lead paragraph - Wikipedia

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    A lead paragraph (sometimes shortened to lead; in the United States sometimes spelled lede) is the opening paragraph of an article, book chapter, or other written work that summarizes its main ideas. [1] Styles vary widely among the different types and genres of publications, from journalistic news-style leads to a more encyclopaedic variety.

  7. Wikipedia:Writing better articles - Wikipedia

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    When the topic changes, a new paragraph should be started. Overly long paragraphs should be split up, as long as the cousin paragraphs keep the idea in focus. One-sentence paragraphs can be emphatic, and should be used sparingly. Some paragraphs are really tables or lists in disguise. They should be rewritten as prose or converted to their ...

  8. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Lead section

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    It is located at the beginning of the article, before the table of contents and the first heading. It is not a news-style lead or "lede" paragraph. The average Wikipedia visit is a few minutes long. [1] The lead is the first thing most people read upon arriving at an article, and may be the only portion of the article that they read.

  9. Topic sentence - Wikipedia

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    The beginning, dependent, clause probably refers to the content of a preceding paragraph that presented the ant as a community-focused worker. As suggested by the main clause, which is the second within the sentence, the new paragraph will address how the ant works to benefit herself as well. [8]