Headings and Subheadings in History EE

[Julia B.]

I just need some opinions. My EE is on Robin Hood, and I'm analyzing men who might have possibly been him. I have four, but I'm not sure if I should list each under his own subheading or just group everything into a big paragraph under my main heading about possible Robin Hoods. What do you think? I feel that subheadings would make my essay cleaner, but I'm afraid it will all sound kind of broken and not connected enough.

Thanks.

[Hexa]

I would recommend putting each under it's own subheading unless you're going to try to relate the 4 to each other or compare and contrast them.

[Emmi]

It's fine to have subheadings. It's just that you don't want like 20 subheadings because not only do they add to the word count, they do make it seem a little bit unconnected as you mentioned (in my point of view). Maybe try to have four or five, and only have it for major sections. I only had 'Introduction,' 'Origins of Foreign Assistance,' 'Aid in Battle,' 'Justification of Republican Defeat,' and 'Conclusion' as my subheadings. All of those were separate sections within my essay and I felt that without them it wouldn't flow as nice. Since you're looking at 4 different men, I'm assuming you have a few paragraphs for each person analyzing who he was, what he did, and evidence for/against him being Robin Hood. If I were in your situation I'd definitely give each his own subheading. It will flow better and look more organized.

I like your topic by the way, it's really interesting!