Section (typography)

{{Short description|Subdivision of a chapter}}

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File:Section_break_01_by_Pengo.jpg, showing an ornate section break on the lower left page created from asterisks. It is used to signal a pause for the reader and a transition in the narrative.]]

In books and documents, a section is a subdivision, especially of a chapter.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-27 |title=Definition of SECTION |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/section |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Section Definition & Meaning {{!}} Britannica Dictionary |url=https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/section |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en-US}}

In fiction, sections often represent scenes, and accordingly the space separating them is sometimes also called a scene break.{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=Jill |title=Section Breaks vs. Scene Breaks {{!}} Go Teen Writers |url=https://goteenwriters.com/2012/10/02/section-breaks-vs-scene-breaks/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |language=en-US}} Scene breaks represent gaps in story time that do not correspond to discourse time, and thus reveal the story-discourse distinction.{{Cite journal |last=Shen |first=Dan |date=2003 |title=What Do Temporal Antinomies Do to the Story-Discourse Distinction?: A Reply to Brian Richardson's Response |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/42268 |journal=Narrative |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=237–241 |issn=1538-974X}}