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The name or names given in the first sentence does not always match the article title. This page gives advice on the contents of the first sentence, not the article title. By the design of Wikipedia's software, an article can have only one title. When this title is a name, significant alternative names for the topic should be mentioned in the ...
To indicate that an article is an autobiography, i.e. a biography of a living person written by its own subject (or someone closely connected to them). Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Area affected 1 The part of the article that is an autobiography. Suggested values section subsection article Example section String optional Talk page section talk 2 ...
Beyond the first paragraph of the lead section, birth and death details should only be included after a name if there is special contextual relevance. Abbreviations like b. and d. can be used, if needed, when space is limited (e.g., in a table) and when used repetitively (e.g., in a list of people). Birthdate information can be included in ...
[2] [3] One of the most famous opening lines, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times", starts a sentence of 118 words [4] that draws the reader in by its contradiction; the first sentence of the novel, Yes even contains 477 words. Moby-Dick's "Call me Ishmael." is an example of a short opening sentence.
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.
A narrative hook (or just hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that they will keep on reading. The "opening" may consist of several paragraphs for a short story, or several pages for a novel, and may even be the opening sentence.
Ulysses S. Grant, working on his memoirs in 1885.His Personal Memoirs is considered by historians to be among the best by a U.S. president.. Many presidents of the United States have written autobiographies about their presidencies and/or (some periods of) their life before their time in office.
First Kill: A Fighter Pilot's Autobiography: 1981 William R. Dunn: Fighter Pilot: The First American Ace of World War II: 1982 Robert Mason: Chickenhawk [g] 1983 Charles R. Bond Jr. A Flying Tiger's Diary: 1984 Duke Cunningham: Fox Two: The Story of America's First Ace in Vietnam: 1984 Gerhard Neumann: Herman the German: Enemy Alien U.S. Army ...