The part of a book before the story starts is typically called the front matter. This includes items like the title page, copyright page, dedication, table of contents, and any acknowledgments or foreword written by the author or others.
I believe you mean an "Introduction", "Prologue", or "Preface". Sometimes they have a Note from the Author. Prologues (or prefaces if you may) are short essays at the beginning of the book and are most commonly found in books which are in series (such as the "magic tree house collection").
I think that you are talking about a preface.
Prolugue
The part of a short story that explains the motives, conflict, and characters before the action starts to rise is called the rising action.
It's the part of the story after the beginning and before the ending. It includes most of the story
rising action is when the story is about to get good in other words the part before the action or non-action
plot
Was that In The Mouth Of Madness, by John Carpenter? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113409/
All of it.
The bulk of it starts with Genesis Chapter 17
the main part of a book or story otherwise as the main part of thebook
Its the story BOYthe second part of the story isGOING SOLO
The part of a story after the climax, usually it's the section of story where the plot starts to get wrapped up. It is also refered to as the Denouement.
There is not a song for Roran in Eragon, because in Eragon, the first book, Roran isn't that important of a part. He doesn't fight or do anything important. He's barely even brought up, other than in the beginning. The story about the guy with the hammer is about a whole different person, but that story is the reason Roran starts fighting with a hammer in the 2nd book.
Titles is a plural noun. It names a part of a book, story or song.