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Prologue

The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

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Introduction 76% connected

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

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Act noun · 78% connection

A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the act…

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Anacreontic noun · 78% connection

A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

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Ballad noun · 78% connection

A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic po…

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Cantata noun · 78% connection

A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; origi…

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Canvas noun · 78% connection

the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas o…

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Canvass noun · 78% connection

the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas o…

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Com- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…

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Criticism noun · 78% connection

The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties an…

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Diction noun · 78% connection

Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clea…

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Drama noun · 78% connection

Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

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Dramatic play noun · 78% connection

a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"

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Duan noun · 78% connection

A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.

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Exordium noun · 78% connection

A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for…

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Fable noun · 78% connection

The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

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For conj. · 78% connection

Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an act…

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Idyl noun · 78% connection

A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem…

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Induction noun · 78% connection

An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue.

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Lecture noun · 78% connection

A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, i…

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