headings
Names for chapters
Headings are titles or labels that introduce sections of text, indicating what follows.
In documents, headings create hierarchy—main headings for major sections, subheadings for divisions within them: The report used clear headings to organize its findings.
In navigation, a heading is the direction in which a vehicle is pointed: The ship maintained a heading of due north.
Names of creative works
- subtitlesOn-screen dialogue text
- subheadingsSecondary titles in documents
- chaptersMain divisions of text
- sectionsDivided portions of something
paragraphs · subsections · divisions · segments · articles · clauses · appendix · table of contents
Formal discussion list
- subjectsAreas of study
- themesMain ideas throughout
- issuesMatters requiring attention
- categoriesGroups of related things
items · matters · topics · talking points · bullet points · key points · meeting agenda · syllabus
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- coursePlanned path forward
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
vector · orientation · navigation · waypoint · coordinates · degrees · cardinal · north
titles
Names of creative works
- subtitlesOn-screen dialogue text
- subheadingsSecondary titles in documents
- chaptersMain divisions of text
sections · paragraphs · subsections · divisions · segments · articles · clauses · appendix · table of contents · outline
agenda
Formal discussion list
categories · items · matters · topics · talking points · bullet points · key points · meeting agenda · syllabus · curriculum
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- coursePlanned path forward
- trajectoryPath of moving object
azimuth · vector · orientation · navigation · waypoint · coordinates · degrees · cardinal · north · south
- language artsreading comprehension, grammar rules, vocabulary building, phonics, spelling bees
- location termsGPS, coordinates, latitude, longitude, mapping
- note-takingnotes, jot, notation, write down, note down
- visual designgraphic design, typography, color, layout, visual hierarchy
- document formattingmargins, headers, footers, subheadings, page numbers
- indexesbook index, subject index, alphabetical order, cross-referencing, concordance
headingselaboration
Development through detail
substance · narrative · exposition · details · discussion
headingsconclusions
Judgments reached through reasoning
endings · closings · sign-offs · summaries · afterwords
- heading outStarting to leave
- heading offIntercepting or departing
- heading home
- heading southMoving toward the equator
- heading back
- heading north