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Lead paragraph

A lead paragraph (sometimes shortened to lead; in the United States sometimes spelled lede) is the opening paragraph of an article, book chapter, or other written work that summarizes its main ideas. Styles vary widely among the different types and genres of publications, from journalistic news-style leads to a more encyclopedic variety.

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Types of leads

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Lead paragraph

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples7
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Lead paragraph

Top relations

related to Types of leads · 7
Lead paragraph → Encyclopedic, Features, In, Journalistic, Leads, Most, United Kingdom

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

lead leads journalism lede paragraph sometimes journalistic spelling types book encyclopedic story first writing line united spelled opening article written

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Lead paragraphrelated to Types of leadsJournalistic0.60section
Lead paragraphrelated to Types of leadsIn0.60section
Lead paragraphrelated to Types of leadsMost0.60section
Lead paragraphrelated to Types of leadsUnited Kingdom0.60section
Lead paragraphrelated to Types of leadsEncyclopedic0.60section
Lead paragraphrelated to Types of leadsFeatures0.60section
Lead paragraphrelated to Types of leadsLeads0.60section

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