ANNEXES: MEANING, TYPES AND EXAMPLES - LITERATURE - 2024

The annexes are additions to a work that we can include at the end of the document, placing them before the bibliography. The annexes are not mandatory, they are only added when it is believed that they can contribute something extra and elaborate more deeply in the study.

Attachments are generally self-contained documents and provide additional information contained in the main document. Unlike the appendix, the annexes are not written by the original authors, but are written or made by third parties.

Example of annex, which are presented at the end of works, investigations or documents

Annexes are included separately from the main document due to their nature or due to their length. The idea behind them is that they can elaborate on the main topic and that they can offer more perspectives on it, but that they are not mandatory or necessary to understand the document.

They should mainly enrich the main document. Thanks to them, you can have a better perspective on the original topic so that it can be understood in a more complete way. It is a document, different types of annexes can be included.

Types of annexes with examples

- Photographs, illustrations and documents

One of the most common types of attachments are photographs and illustrations. Generally, photographs or illustrations are included that can add something extra to the investigation.

Photography can play an important role in an investigation. They can help in the observation area. They also serve to record behaviors in situational contexts, allowing reflection, coding, and use of the behavior or situation for illustration.

In addition to behavioral analysis, visual methods can also be used for the purpose of environmental analysis.

Photographs can reveal new ideas on the interpretive side of the equation. Visual information can be qualitative, achieving a naturalistic and descriptive perspective that provides rich data.

Additionally it can be used to measure circumstances or quantitative events.

Example

The work on the Tulane expedition to Uxmal, Yucatán includes an important selection of drawings and photographs of the 1930 expedition. This expedition produced drawings and photographs for the 1933 Progress of the Century Exhibition in Chicago, USA.

All photographs were taken by David Leyrer, a well-known photographer and member of the expedition team. The images were scanned from 35mm slides that were taken from the original photographs and drawings.

In this case, the drawings and photographs help to have a more exhaustive knowledge about the expedition.

Detail of «Casa de Palomas, Main Pyramid, and South West Temple»

- Maps

A map is a symbolic representation that emphasizes the relationships between elements of the same space, such as objects, regions, or themes.

Although most maps are commonly used to represent geography, maps can also represent any space, real or imagined, without any concern for context or scale.

Generally, maps are common in historical books or documents. In this way, you can get a better idea about the relationships described in the text. Maps are very helpful in providing context for the main idea.

Example

Usually, the editions of the book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George RR Martin include as an annex maps that locate the relevant locations and the houses of the protagonists mentioned in the books.

Generally a map is used, since this world is quite complex; it includes three fictional continents, with numerous islands and archipelagos. One or more maps are included so that readers can have a better understanding of the story and / or characters.

- Boards

A table or graph is a graphical representation of information; Data is represented by symbols, such as bars on a bar chart, lines on a graph, or pieces on a pie chart.

A table can represent numeric tabular information, functions, or any kind of qualitative structure that can provide different information.

Tables are often used to aid in understanding large amounts of information and to understand the relationship between parts and information.

They can be read faster than raw information and are popularly used in theses or research projects.

Example

- Glossary

A glossary is an alphabetical list of terms that refer to a particular knowledge area with the definitions of those terms.

Traditionally, the glossary appears as an annex at the end of a book and includes terms within the document that have just been introduced, are not common, or are highly specialized.

Most glossaries are commonly associated with nonfiction books, but in many cases they can be included in documents that have many terms unfamiliar to the general public.

In a general sense, a glossary should contain explanations of concepts relevant to a certain field, study or action. In this sense the term is related to the notion of ontology.

A glossary should be included if you have multiple readers with multiple levels of knowledge; although some readers will understand the terminology, others will not.

However, if the terms are defined every time they are used, two problems will occur: it will insult the most educated readers on the subject and it will delay the audience as the text is read. That is why a glossary should be included as an annex.

A glossary will also be needed if the document includes many foreign words or technical terms and phrases that may be largely unfamiliar.

All terms that have a special meaning in the text must be defined, at the same time that they are placed in alphabetical order.

Example

A glossary is included in the book Manual of Historic Phonology of Spanish by Ariza Viguera, written in 1989. This glossary is in charge of defining the linguistic terms that are mentioned throughout the manual.

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