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public:nnels:etext:text-breaks [2020/07/23 19:53] farrah.little [Context Breaks] |
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| Context breaks denote a break in the continuity of the narrative. It represents a shift in thought, time, location, or similar in a work of fiction or non-fiction. These changes are typically represented by a large blank space between paragraphs, which sometimes including asterisms and other decorations (traditionally when the shift occurs immediately at the bottom of a print page where it might not be apparent). | Context breaks denote a break in the continuity of the narrative. It represents a shift in thought, time, location, or similar in a work of fiction or non-fiction. These changes are typically represented by a large blank space between paragraphs, which sometimes including asterisms and other decorations (traditionally when the shift occurs immediately at the bottom of a print page where it might not be apparent). | ||
| - | Often images are used to represent context breaks. Images are a suboptimal way to indicate a context change because they carry no semantic information. Alt Text could be used to indicate context change, but it doesn' | + | Often images are used to represent context breaks. Images are a suboptimal way to indicate a context change because they carry no semantic information. |
| Although not ideal, our solution is to replace context breaks with three asterisks '' | Although not ideal, our solution is to replace context breaks with three asterisks '' | ||
public/nnels/etext/text-breaks.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/09 05:04 (external edit)
