Tuesday, December 15, 2009

What is a footnote as a literary term?

I read somewhere that footnotes can be used as a stylistic thing in writing. I need a definition with a source please!What is a footnote as a literary term?
Def: an ancillary (meaning necessary support) piece of information added at the bottom of a page. A thing that is additional or less important. (source-widget dictionary)





Stylistically, it would mean that you have a reason to add additional information that you didn't want to put into the body of the paper or work.

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