Back matter

How it is used

Used in publishing and academic formatting. It refers to the final supporting sections, not the central argument or analysis chapters.

Example sentences

1. The university template places the glossary in the back matter, after the appendices and before the final index.

   Here, the term means the end sections of the document where supplementary material is organized after the main chapters.

2. During formatting, I discovered that the page numbering rules change when the thesis moves from the main text to the back matter.

   In this sentence, the term marks a structural division of the thesis that can affect layout and formatting conventions.

Common collocations

• back matter sections
• place in the back matter
• format the back matter

Related terms

• thesisA long piece of original research written for a university degree; also the main idea or position that an essay or article argues for.
• dissertationA long, formal piece of research writing completed for a degree; in the US usually a doctoral thesis, in the UK often a final project for a bachelor's or master's.

More terms: Thesis and Article Structure

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• paper
• conclusion
• discussion
• draft
• limitation
• proofread
• IMRaD
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