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noun an introduction to a book or other literary work

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• The preface of the book provides an overview of the author's intentions and background.
• I always skip the preface of a book and jump straight into the story.
• Dude, did you even read the preface? It's got some cool stuff in there.
• The preface of life is often filled with dreams and aspirations before reality sets in.

noun the study of linguistic style, especially in literary works

• Stylometry is a method used in literary analysis to study the linguistic style of authors.
• I learned about stylometry in my English class, it's pretty interesting!
• Stylometry is like analyzing an author's writing style under a microscope.
• Stylometry is like a detective tool for uncovering the unique fingerprint of each writer's style.