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  2. Prologue - Wikipedia

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    A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prólogos, from πρό pró, "before" and λόγος lógos, "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.

  3. Epigraph (literature) - Wikipedia

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    Prologue, an opening to a story that establishes context and may give background; Keynote, the first non-specific talk on a conference spoken by an invited (and usually famous) speaker in order to sum up the main theme of the conference.

  4. What's past is prologue - Wikipedia

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    "What is past is prologue", inscribed on Present (1935, Robert Aitken) located on the northeast corner of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC "What's past is prologue" is a quotation of William Shakespeare from his play The Tempest. In contemporary use, the phrase stands for the idea that history sets the context for the present.

  5. Foreword - Wikipedia

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    The foreword to Men I Have Painted, by John McLure Hamilton; 1921 Foreword, to a 1900 book in German. A foreword is a (usually short) piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature.

  6. 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).

  7. What Can We Learn From Prologue S.A.’s (EPA:PROL) Investment ...

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    Today we are going to look at Prologue S.A. (EPA:PROL) to see whether it might be an attractive investment prospect. Specifically, we're going to calculate its Return On Capital Employed Read More...

  8. 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.

  9. Epilogue - Wikipedia

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    The opposite is a prologue—a piece of writing at the beginning of a work of literature or drama, usually used to open the story and capture interest. [2] Some genres, for example television programs and video games, call the epilogue an "outro" patterned on the use of "intro" for "introduction".