A short quote at the beginning of a book or chapter is called an epigram.
The name for a quotation before a book begins is an epigraph.
If the epigraph is only one line, it is called and epigram.
It's called an epigraph.
There is also an Archaeology-based epigraph.
It is not an epigram (think: witty saying) and it is not an epitaph (think: tombstone engraving).
If you mean generally there is a face page, and chapter pages.
prologue
Novelty
Why is the 9th chapter in the book frindle called chess?
A quotation at the head of a poem (or novel, or chapter of one) is called an epigraph.The quotation from Dante that opens TS Eliot's "Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock" is an example of an epigraph.
The expostition
Sometimes a book starts out with a brief passage called a foreword.
The word 'beginning' is a verb, the present participle, present tense of the verb to begin.The present participle of a verb can also function as an adjective and a gerund (a verbal noun).Examples:Junior is beginning his first year of college. (verb)The beginning chapter of the book sets up the mystery. (adjective)Geometry seemed very confusing in the beginning. (noun)
at the beginning of the book, or at the beginning of each chapter
The first chapter in the book "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen is called "The Very Beginning."
Those are called "illustrations." They can be found at the beginning of a book or chapter to provide visual context for the text.
The quote at the beginning of the movie (but not the book):"Is not general incivility the very essence of love?"
Why is the 9th chapter in the book frindle called chess?
Genesis, beginning in chapter 29.
"Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
When copying a quote that starts in the middle of a sentence, you can use an ellipsis (...) to indicate that the quote is a partial excerpt. Place the ellipsis at the beginning of the quote to signify that it doesn't start from the beginning of the sentence. This preserves the integrity of the original quote while indicating that it has been abbreviated for your specific purpose.
Citing a quote at the beginning of a paper is the same as through out. In APA style, a quote from a book is surrounded by quotations and followed by the author's name and date of publication in parenthesis. Example: (Smith, 2014).
The quote "Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand" is not from the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
A novel.
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