Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Excerpts from Historical Fiction Essays

Beginning of introduction from KayDee D. [Notice the indent at the beginning of the paragraph.]

      I have read historical fiction novels about the Civil War many times, and I have always had several questions come to my mind.  . . .

Beginning of first body paragraph and an informal citation from KayDee D. [Notice that she uses a transition word to begin the paragraph]

      First, let's focus on the question of whether Captain Wirtz was real.  According to the "Confederate General and Captain Timeline" on Wikipedia, as well as the "What's Real" chapter in the back of the book, the answer to this is yes, he is a real person. . . .