postscripts
Added letter thoughts
Postscripts are additions written after the main body of a letter or document, typically following the signature.
The abbreviation P.S. introduces them: P.S. I forgot to mention the party is Saturday.
Figuratively, a postscript is any afterthought or supplementary remark: The final chapter serves as a postscript to the author's career.
Addition after signing
- afterwordConcluding remarks in books
- sign-offFormal ending gesture
- farewellLeave-taking expression
- closingFinal stage of something
valediction · correspondence · handwritten · intimate · informal · last-minute · postmark · envelope
Supplementary section after main text
- supplementSomething added to complete
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- annexSupplementary building or seizure
- codicilWill modification document
enclosure · insert · addition · extension · expansion · add-on · corrigendum · errata
Citation at page bottom
- endnoteBack-of-book citation
- notationSystem of written symbols
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- citationMention of a source
gloss · commentary · marginalia · clarification · explanation · note · remark · aside
Renewed evaluation of something
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- hindsightRecognition after the fact
- retrospectionContemplating past events
- belatedArriving after expected
forgotten · overlooked · last-minute · additional · supplementary · parenthetical · incidental · tangential
P.S.
Addition after signing
closing · valediction · correspondence · handwritten · intimate · informal · last-minute · postmark · envelope · penmanship
appendix
Supplementary section after main text
- supplementSomething added to complete
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- annexSupplementary building or seizure
codicil · enclosure · insert · addition · extension · expansion · add-on · corrigendum · errata · amendment
footnote
Citation at page bottom
citation · gloss · commentary · marginalia · clarification · explanation · note · remark · aside · elucidation
reconsideration
Renewed evaluation of something
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- hindsightRecognition after the fact
- retrospectionContemplating past events
belated · forgotten · overlooked · last-minute · additional · supplementary · parenthetical · incidental · tangential · digression
- bookendsprefaces, afterwords, forewords, introductions, conclusions
- Minor workssketches, drafts, fragments, notes, vignettes
- lettersa, d, e, h, q
- correspondenceletters, letter, handwritten letters, family letters, missives
postscriptspreambles
Introductory sections of documents
introductions · prefaces · forewords · headers · prologues
postscriptsbody text
Document's main prose
body · substance · thesis · main points · heart of the matter