What does a "footnote" mean? Can you give an example?

Question

What does a "footnote" mean? Can you give an example?

Answer 1

A footnote is a citation that appears at the end of a page. An end note appears at the very end of the work. You can do footnotes and end notes in MS Word.



Anyway, when you read a book, check out those little numbers after words or sentences that look like exponents. The number corresponds to a particular footnote where you can find the citation for the piece of information discussed.



By the way, there's a specific format (depending on what subject you're studying) for writing a footnote. For example:



6 Smith, John. _The American Civil War_. Simon & Schuster, 1998, pgs. 13-15.



You have to know what your teacher wants--MLA, Chicago Style, etc.--and you can look up the format online.



P.S. To find footnotes on MS Word, go to Insert>Reference>Footnote. You use the footnote feature after you've written the sentence or paragraph you want to cite. You can also go back and cite after you've written your paper, but I find it's easier to keep track as you go along. You should place your footnote after a sentence, not mid-sentence.

Answer 2

A 'Footnote' is information associated with the topic in the form of reference, supporting evidence or example but is not necessary to the understanding of the topic as presented.



It's a foot note because it's at the bottom of the page. It is referenced in the text by an, *. If there are many they require an individual number or letter in sequential order.*



It can be used as a verbal clue that the topic was related but had no effect on the main issue. i.e. The failure to open the concession stands was just a footnote to an otherwise memorable event.

Answer 3

footnote is found at the bottom of a page and shows who you got a quote from. You use footnoting when writing a research paper because you have to show your sources.

Answer 4

a footnote is at the bottom of your page to show where you find your quote that you are using......if you go to tools in word then click on footnote it will automatically place it at the bottom of the page for you....then you would put where you got the quote from...the book the author and the page.....be sure to number them from your first one to the next...if you are on page 6 and you are using number three quote, the footnote will be number 3.....be sure you do this correctly because you can lose marks if it is not used properly