Epigraph and Line

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Epigraph noun - A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing.

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Line and epigraph are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Line" instead a noun "Epigraph".

Nearby Words: epigram, epigraphy

Line noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.

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Epigraph and line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Epigraph" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart famously takes its title from William Butler Yeats' "The Second Coming;" the stanza containing the "things fall apart" line is quoted as the epigraph.

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An epigraph is the quotation of a line, excerpt or poetry done at the beginning or (more rarely) at the ending of a work, segment or chapter.

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It even doubles as the Theme Song and the Epigraphthe line is from the original book!

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