Summary
In books and documents, a section is a subdivision, especially of a chapter.[1][2]
In fiction, sections often represent scenes, and accordingly the space separating them is sometimes also called a scene break.[3] Scene breaks represent gaps in story time that do not correspond to discourse time, and thus reveal the story-discourse distinction.[4]
Section form and numbering
editSome documents, especially legal documents, may have numbered sections, such as Section Two of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or Internal Revenue Code section 183. Section identifiers may have both uppercase and lowercase letters.[5]
The dotted-decimal section-numbering scheme commonly used in scientific and technical documents[6] is defined by International Standard ISO 2145.[7]
Flourished section breaks
editThe <section> tag may be used in semantic HTML to mark part of a webpage as a section.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Definition of SECTION". www.merriam-webster.com. 2024-10-27. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ "Section Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Williamson, Jill. "Section Breaks vs. Scene Breaks | Go Teen Writers". Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Shen, Dan (2003). "What Do Temporal Antinomies Do to the Story-Discourse Distinction?: A Reply to Brian Richardson's Response". Narrative. 11 (2): 237–241. ISSN 1538-974X.
- ^ Bruce, Thomas Robert (2008-08-29). "Section identifiers (LII)". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Kowalski, E. (3 June 2008). "Peano paragraphing". blogs.ethz.ch. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "International Standard ISO 2145:1978, Documentation – Numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents". Geneva: International Organization for Standardization. (paywalled)
- ^ ": The Generic Section element - HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN". developer.mozilla.org. 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2024-11-03.