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PROLOGUE = (from the Greek – 'before speech'): the opening section of a work; a kind of introduction which is part of the work and not prefatory. It was common in drama in the 17^th and 18^th c., when it was often in verse. Occasionally found in novels. In plays the prologue is usually a chorus. The most famous example in English literature is Chaucer's General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales.

_{Source: Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J.A.Cuddon, 1976, 3^rd edition.}