- Essay should be typed and double-spaced. Cite all quotations and paraphrases. Writing is NOT a series of continuous quotations. Make it clear to the reader that you read the text carefully.
Write a thesis statement (central argument) in your introduction, then develop the thesis and provide historical evidence (body of your essay), and end with a closing paragraph.
Use Chicago Manual of Style.
Example, Footnote or End note :
Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs with Related Texts (Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, 2006), 71.
Based on the readings (fictional narrative) by Azuela and Related Texts (selections by John Reed):
Analyze the leadership role of fictional character Demetrio Macias and compare him to the historical leaders of the revolution such as Francisco (Pancho) Villa and Venustiano Carranza (focus on the “Related Texts” selections at the end of the text).
Use evidence [facts and examples] from Azuela and “selections” to support the arguments.
