marginal note
Comment beside text
A marginal note is writing in the margin of a page—comments, corrections, or references added alongside the main text.
Scholars leave marginal notes in books they're studying; editors mark manuscripts with them.
Medieval scribes' marginal notes sometimes became part of later copies.
His marginal notes were more interesting than the book itself.
Shine or annotation
- jottingWriting briefly
- scribbleWrite without care
- commentBrief stated opinion
- remarkSpoken comment or note
observation · insight · explication · exegesis · elucidation · interpretation · analysis · critique
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- endnoteBack-of-book citation
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
- sourcePoint of origin
bibliography · ibid · documentation · appendix · index · page number · scholarly apparatus · asterisk
Brief internal message
- to-doCommotion or fuss
- bookmarkLocation saver for pages
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- highlightMost notable part
underline · mnemonic · prompt · cue · post-it · jotting · aide-mémoire · placeholder
Detailed evaluative analysis
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
gloss
Shine or annotation
remark · observation · insight · explication · exegesis · elucidation · interpretation · analysis · critique · apostil
citation
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- endnoteBack-of-book citation
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
source · bibliography · ibid · documentation · appendix · index · page number · scholarly apparatus · asterisk · dagger
memo
Brief internal message
highlight · underline · mnemonic · prompt · cue · post-it · jotting · aide-mémoire · placeholder · page marker
critique
Detailed evaluative analysis
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- written remarkscomment, remark, remarks, notes, footnote
- annotationsfootnote, annotations, endnote, footnotes, endnotes
- Bible studystudy Bible, study guides, study guide, study notes, scripture reading
- textual criticismcritical apparatus, collation, emendation, recension, variant
marginal notebody text
Document's main prose
body copy · headline · title · thesis statement · centerpiece
note, margin, marginal, margins, notation, annotation, marginalize, margined, marginality