explanatory matter
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Connecting Links.—In all these stories, the reader should note, sufficient explanatory matter has been included to connect the incidents readily with the events of the preceding days.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)
All recognized authorities are represented in the notes and explanatory matter, among them being Dyce, Coleridge, Dowden, Johnson, Malone, White and Hudson.
From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various
Some of these methods of arranging explanatory matter were used several times.
From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence
It seems probable that the Abhidhamma books of all schools consisted almost entirely of explanatory matter and added very little to the doctrine laid down in the suttas.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
The increased length is due chiefly to the liberal incorporation of concrete illustrative and explanatory matter.
From Community Civics and Rural Life by Dunn, Arthur William
