explanatory matter
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The increased length is due chiefly to the liberal incorporation of concrete illustrative and explanatory matter.
From Community Civics and Rural Life by Arthur William Dunn
The explanatory matter is made clear by the use of simple language, by the elimination of unnecessary technical terms, and by the frequent introduction of illustrative sentences.
From Health Lessons Book 1 by Alvin Davison
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 M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
Some of these methods of arranging explanatory matter were used several times.
From Public Speaking by Clarence Stratton
But at the time of which we are treating these collections had not been reduced to writing: they were of considerable extent compared with the Bible or Koran and they admitted later explanatory matter.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
