#textual_matter__textualmatter__text  the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"
  supertype:  #matter  written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
  part:  #word_order  #book.section  #chapter  #foreword  #paragraph  #passage.section
  part of:  #publication
  subtype:  #stanza  a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
     subtype:  #couplet  a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
        subtype:  #closed_couplet  a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unit
        subtype:  #heroic_couplet  a couplet written in an elevated style
     subtype:  #octave.stanza  a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
     subtype:  #sestet  a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
     subtype:  #envoy__envoi  a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
     subtype:  #quatrain  a stanza of four lines
        subtype:  #elegiac_stanza__elegiacstanza  a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme
        subtype:  #heroic_stanza  a quatrain written in elevated style; the rhyme scheme is abab
     subtype:  #Spenserian_stanza  a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c; "the spenserian stanza was introduced by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene"
     subtype:  #strophe  one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama
     subtype:  #antistrophe  the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
     subtype:  #rhyme_royal__rhymeroyal  a stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer
     subtype:  #ottava_rima  a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc
  subtype:  #electronic_text  text that is in a form that a computer can store and display on a computer screen
     subtype:  #machine-displayable_text__machinedisplayabletext  electronic text that is stored and used in the form of a digital image
     subtype:  #machine-readable_text  electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats
        subtype:  #hypertext  machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected; "Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper"--Ted Nelson
  subtype:  #written_matter__writtenmatter__copy  matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
     subtype:  #dump  (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
        subtype:  #core_dump  (computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU
     subtype:  #fair_copy  a clean copy of a corrected draft
     subtype:  #filler.written_matter  copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper
  subtype:  #draft_copy__draftcopy__draft  preliminary version of a written work
  subtype:  #hard_copy  text that is typed or printed on paper; "he ran off a hard copy of the report"
  subtype:  #installment.textual_matter__instalment  a part of a published serial
     subtype:  #fascicle__fascicule  an installment of a printed work
  subtype:  #missive__letter  a written message addressed to a person or organization; "wrote an indignant letter to the editor"
     subtype:  #business_letter  a letter dealing with business
     subtype:  #covering_letter__cover_letter__coverletter  a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information
     subtype:  #crank_letter__crankletter  a hostile (usually anonymous) letter
     subtype:  #encyclical_letter__encyclical  a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
     subtype:  #personal_letter  a letter dealing with personal affairs
        subtype:  #short_letter__shortletter__note__line  a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
        subtype:  #love_letter__billet_doux  a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection
     subtype:  #form_letter  a letter that is printed in multiple copies and mailed to a list of recipients
     subtype:  #open_letter  a letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended for the general public
     subtype:  #chain_letter__chainletter  a letter that is sent successively to several people
     subtype:  #pastoral.missive  a letter from a pastor to the congregation
     subtype:  #round_robin  a letter signed by a number of people
     subtype:  #airmail_letter__airmailletter__air_letter__airletter__aerogram__aerogramme  a letter sent by air mail
     subtype:  #epistle  especially a long, formal letter
     subtype:  #dead_letter  a letter that can neither be delivered nor returned
     subtype:  #letter_of_intent  any letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action
        subtype:  #investment_letter  a letter of intent saying that a letter security is being bought for investment and not for resale; avoids need for SEC registration
  subtype:  #line.textual_matter  text consisting of a row of words written across a page or column or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"
     subtype:  #opening_line__openingline  the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story)
     subtype:  #heading__head  a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
        subtype:  #crossheading__crosshead  a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
        subtype:  #newspaper_headline__newspaperheadline__headline  the heading or caption of a newspaper article
           subtype:  #dropline__drop_line__stepped_line__steppedline__staggerhead__staggeredhead__stephead  a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right
           subtype:  #screamer.newspaper_headline  a sensational newspaper headline
           subtype:  #streamer.newspaper_headline__banner  a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
        subtype:  #lemma.heading  the head of an annotation or gloss
        subtype:  #rubric.heading  a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type
        subtype:  #running_head__runninghead__running_headline__runningheadline  a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book
           subtype:  #running_title__runningtitle  the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head
        subtype:  #subheading__subhead  a heading of a subdivision of a text
           subtype:  #title.subheading  a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles"
              subtype:  #credit.title  an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
              subtype:  #caption__legend  brief description accompanying an illustration
              subtype:  #subhead__subtitle  secondary or explanatory title
        subtype:  #statute_title__statutetitle__title__rubric  a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools"
     subtype:  #line_of_poetry__line_of_verse  a single line of words in a poem
        subtype:  #Alexandrine  a line of verse that has six iambic feet
     subtype:  #by-line__credit_line  a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article
     subtype:  #dateline  a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch
     subtype:  #verse_line__verseline__verse  a line of metrical text
        subtype:  #iambic  a verse line consisting of iambs
        subtype:  #Adonic_line__Adonic  a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; used in laments by Adonis
        subtype:  #tetrameter  a verse line having four metrical feet
        subtype:  #pentameter  a verse line having five metrical feet
        subtype:  #hexameter  a verse line having six metrical feet
        subtype:  #octameter  a verse line having eight metrical feet
        subtype:  #octosyllable  a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
        subtype:  #decasyllable  a verse line having ten syllables
     subtype:  #punch_line__punchline__laugh_line__laughline__gag_line__gagline__tagline  the point of a joke or humorous story
     subtype:  #actor's_line__actor'sline__speech__words__word  words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his lines"
        subtype:  #aside  a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
        subtype:  #cue  an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
           subtype:  #prompt__prompting  a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting"
        subtype:  #monologue  a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
        subtype:  #soliloquy  a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections
        subtype:  #throwaway  words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
     subtype:  #spiel__patter__line_of_gab  plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
     subtype:  #sound_bite__soundbite  a very short speech; usually on radio or television
     subtype:  #bottom_line.line__bottomline  the last line in an audit; the line that shows profit or loss
  subtype:  #lyric__words__word__language  the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
     subtype:  #love_lyric  the lyric of a lovesong

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