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Tips To Write A Glossary

Published Aug 12, 2022
3 mins read
588 words

Glossary: 

  • A small dictionary of words and terms.
  • A list of words and terms that is traditionally listed in the end of an academic paper. 
  • The collection of words that is used to be appear at the end of a book, of an article and in a thesis. 
  • An systematic collection of words and terms that is listed in an alphabetical order.
  • In a glossary pairs of words that ranges from A to Z. 
  • Glossary is a collection of small piece of definitions of a particular subject, text or dialect that is listed in an alphabetical format.

Following are the Five major tips and tricks that helps you to make a list of glossary:

  1. Read and Identify the technical and unfamiliar terms: 
  •  Focuss on those words and terms which are unfamiliar and does contain a brief information.
  • Indentify the meaning of technical terms which has not been given in detail manner.
  • By preparing for writing a glossary you have latest comand of knowledge over the content.
  • You should able to work with an experience editor, author or writer in terms of understanding key terms.
  • Ask your editor to identify the key terms of your glossary if you find any kind of issue in order to understand the key terms.

2.    Collect the terms for your glossary: 

  • In order to prepare your glossary you should first hand knowledge of understanding the words and terms.
  • Once you have understood that words and terms properly with the help of your editor.
  • Your editor suggest you to listed the words and terms in broader sense. 
  • You should serially write the words and terms in a single document.
  • Make sure that your words should be broad and easy to understand by the reader.
  • The words should not be excessive that demolish the interest of the readers. 
  • Try out of maximum number of terms should you provide in a minimum number of five to six pages.
  • Avoid using too many terms in terms of making a glossary. 

3.   Making  short piece of definitions and concepts: 

  •   You have to create meaningful definitions and small concepts of terms.
  • You should have to keep the definitions simple and readable so that reader can easily understood terms.
  • You have to write definitions of each terms in your own works.
  • Avoid copy paste from other external sources of book.
  • You should clearly express the meaning of both technical and unfamiliar terms in a simplest form.
  • All terms should be described in context of main texts. 
  • Avoid using abbreviation in your glossary within the terms.
  • For abbreviation you should make another seperate list of it.

4.     Formatting of your glossary:

  • In terms of formatting you should have to the keys and terms in a proper alphabetical order.
  • Arrange and summarised your terms from A to Z form.
  • Your arrangement of terms and words should describe in a specific way. 
  • Arrange your terms by using bullet points.
  • All terms and definitions should be separated with bullet points.
  • Words should be separated by inserting two columns in a single document.
  • Fronts of the terms should in black colour and bold italic. 

5.     Setting up your glossary: 

  • After the formatting is done you should have to placed your glossary either before or after the main text.
  •  You should give an appropriate title of Glossary before or after the main text. 
  • It should like a table of contents including various types of terms of words.
  • Table of Glossary must be listed to the end of every academic or research paper.

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smiling_bird 8/12/22, 11:37 AM
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Very informative and helpful.
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hp905934 8/12/22, 1:02 PM
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One correction...in the 3 rd point that is not difinitions it's definitions correct it ok. Good one. Keep going. Read mine too.
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nii99_99 8/22/22, 1:01 AM
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Thanks for the tips to write glossary!
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manishamanisha 2/25/24, 11:27 AM
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