How is footnote text formatted?

Answer 1

If you are writing a paper and need to list your sources or give additional information, you can do this using footnotes. An example of footnotes would be if I wrote "skaters are people who skateboard*" in a paper. At the bottom of the page I would then give my source, "*according to urbandictionary.com". The important thing about footnotes is that you put a number or * at the end of a sentence in the paper; then you farther explain the sentense or give your source at the bottom of the page by STARTING this sentense with the same number or * that you ENDED the other sentense with. Example: REPORT Skaters are people who skateboard (1). Another subculture is goth (2). FOOTNOTES (1) This information came from urbandictionary.com. (2) A goth is defined as a person who likes darkness.

Answer 2

Footnote text is typically formatted with a smaller font size than the main text and placed at the bottom of the page. It is usually preceded by a superscript number or symbol that corresponds to the reference in the main text. The formatting may vary depending on the style guide or publication's preferences.

Answer 3

It depends on the type of writing you are doing. If you are in school, your teacher has given you instructions on what a footnote should look like and what it should contain. The same is true if you are in college. Then you either have instructions from your professor or you should have a style manual to follow. If you are writing for a professional publication, you would get instructions from the publishing house. That said, the purpose of the footnote is to give information that a reader might want to know but would clutter your text. You might have, Washington Said, "I am..." And then use a footnote. The first element would be the name of the Author. Title. Publisher. Place. Date. Page. Then depending on your purpose, you could also add a comment in your footnote about the book that is not particularly related to your main point but relevant to your source.

Answer 4

7 Marvin Harris, "The Cultural Ecology of India's Sacred Cattle," Current Anthropology 1992, 7:51-66, qtd. in Stacy McGrath, "Ecological Anthropology," Anthropological Theories: A Guide Prepared by Students for Students 19 Oct. 2001, U. of Alabama, 18 Jan. 2005 .