Polygons are 2D shapes with multiple straight sides and angles. They are closed figures made of n line segments connected at their endpoints. Key parts of polygons include vertices (where lines meet), edges (the line segments), interior angles, and exterior angles. There are different types of polygons categorized by the number of sides, such as triangles (3 sides), quadrilaterals (4 sides), pentagons (5 sides), and polygons with 6 or more sides. Special polygons have names corresponding to their number of sides, such as triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, etc. Triangles specifically are three-sided polygons where the sum of the interior angles is always 180 degrees.