An afterword is a
literary device that is often found at the end of a piece of
literature. It generally covers the story of how the book came into being, or of how the idea for the book was developed.
An afterword may be written by someone other than the
author of the book to provide enriching comment, such as discussing the work's historical or cultural context (especially if the work is being reissued many years after its original publication).
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Conclusion
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Epilogue
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Foreword
A foreword is a (usually short) piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the ...
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Postface
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Postscript
PostScript (PS) is a page description language in the electronic publishing and desktop publishing realm. It is a dynamically typed, concatenative programming language. It was created at Adobe Systems by John Warnock, Charles Geschke, Doug Br ...
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