EPIGRAPH

Epigraph

In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component. The epigraph may serve as a preface, as a summary, as a counter-example, or to link the work to a wider literary canon, either to invite comparison or to enlist a conventional context.

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epigraph

Noun

  1. an inscription, especially one on a building.
  2. a literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
  3. the set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.


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