This document discusses key properties of parabolas in vertex form, including the vertex, line of symmetry, focus, directrix, and latus rectum. It provides examples of writing equations of parabolas in vertex form and extracting the vertex, axis of symmetry, and other properties. The vertex is the point (h, k) and the line of symmetry is x=h or y=k depending on the form of the equation. The focus and directrix define the parabola such that all points on the curve are equidistant from these elements.