Aspecial design element, called draws the reader’s attention to the beginning of an article.

A drop cap

Explanation:

A drop cap is an element designed to catch the attention of the reader and show him where the text starts, this is often used in ancient books and nowadays is rarely seen but it is done by enlarging the firt capital letter of any text, into almost the same size of the whole paragraph, that is a drop cap.

answer: they arrived in new york.

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