Entertainment / Literature / Widow: In printing, a widow is a single short line ending a paragraph but separated from the earlier lines in that paragraph by a page break, thus appearing by itself at the top of the next page or column. Widows traditionally should be avoided in printing and in college essays. Luckily for students, writers can avoid such a faux pas by turning on 'widow/orphan control' on their word processors. The trick in Microsoft Word is to click on the 'format' option and then select 'paragraph.' Then select 'line and page breaks' to find the appropriate option. Contrast with orphan.
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