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ahr-structure-and-exposition
Use when organizing an American Historical Review (AHR) article so narrative and analysis work together within the roughly 8,000-word target (notes excluded). The AHR prizes articles that tell a story and argue a point at once. Shapes structure and flow; it does not generate the underlying argument or evidence.
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# Structure & Exposition (ahr-structure-and-exposition)
An AHR article must **tell a story and make an argument at the same time**, within roughly **8,000
words** of text (notes, tables, and charts excluded — verify the current figure). This skill is about
architecture: where the thesis sits, how chronology and analysis interleave, and how to keep a long
historical argument legible.
## When to trigger
- Outlining the article or reorganizing a draft that "wanders"
- The narrative and the argument feel like two separate papers
- Over the word target and unsure what to cut
- A reader said the structure is "hard to follow" or "front-loaded with background"
