prologues
Books' opening scenes
Prologues is the plural of prologue, an introductory section that precedes the main body of a work.
In literature and drama, a prologue sets the scene, provides background, or frames what follows: The prologues to Shakespeare's plays were often spoken directly to the audience.
By extension, any preliminary event can be a prologue to what comes after: The skirmishes were prologues to full-scale war.
Initial formal presentations
- prefacesIntroductory book sections
- openingsAvailable positions or gaps
- forewordsIntroductory book sections
- beginningsInitial stages of something
preambles · preludes · overtures · expositions · epigraphs · framing · narrators · backstory
Things preceding others
- harbingersSignals of what's ahead
- preludesIntroductory sections or movements
- forerunnersThose preceding others
- antecedentsThings coming before
beginnings · predecessors · lead-ins · foundations · groundwork · preparation · foreshadowing · prelude
Deeds or play sections
- scenesDivisions within acts
- chorusesRepeated song sections
- soliloquiesSpeeches to oneself
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
Greek · performers · stages · curtains · audiences · dramatic · spoken · recitations
Top-of-page identifiers
- initializationPreparing system for operation
- scriptsWritten texts for performances
- functionsWorks or serves purposes
- declarationsExplicit formal statements
modules · setup · configuration · code · programming · logic · statements · execution
introductions
Initial formal presentations
- prefacesIntroductory book sections
- openingsAvailable positions or gaps
- forewordsIntroductory book sections
beginnings · preambles · preludes · overtures · expositions · epigraphs · framing · narrators · backstory · setup
precursors
Things preceding others
- harbingersSignals of what's ahead
- preludesIntroductory sections or movements
- forerunnersThose preceding others
antecedents · beginnings · predecessors · lead-ins · foundations · groundwork · preparation · foreshadowing · prelude · onset
acts
Deeds or play sections
- scenesDivisions within acts
- chorusesRepeated song sections
- soliloquiesSpeeches to oneself
Shakespeare · Greek · performers · stages · curtains · audiences · dramatic · spoken · recitations · players
headers
Top-of-page identifiers
- initializationPreparing system for operation
- scriptsWritten texts for performances
- functionsWorks or serves purposes
declarations · modules · setup · configuration · code · programming · logic · statements · execution · routines
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- openersbottle opener, can opener, corkscrew, church key, churchkey
- ancient lawsCode of Hammurabi, Hammurabi, Roman law, Twelve Tables, Ten Commandments
- game narrativestory, narrative, plot, storyline, branching story
- game writingstrategy guides, walkthroughs, lore, backstory, rulebooks
- GMingworld building, campaign planning, pacing, rulings, fudging
prologuesepilogues
Concluding sections of works
afterwords · postscripts · codas · endings · conclusions
prologuesepilogues
Concluding sections of works
closing remarks · valedictions · farewells · sign-offs · curtain calls