Library of Formatting Examples:Thought Breaks/00A
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which thing came true in 1603, when King James, son of
Mary, Queen of Scots, became Monarch of both countries.
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Fourteen long years went by, and people were beginning
to forget that Thomas the Rhymer had ever been
in fairyland; but at last a day came when Scotland was
at war with England, and the Scottish army was resting
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A row of asterisks, surrounded by white space. A classic example of a Thought Break. Leave one blank line on each side of the tag.
OVERVIEW OF THOUGHT BREAKS: To quote from the Formatting Guidelines: "Sometimes two paragraphs are separated to indicate a 'thought break.' A thought break may take the form of a line of stars, hyphens, or some other character, a plain or floridly decorated horizontal line, a simple decoration, or even just an extra blank line or two. A thought break may represent a change of scene or subject, a lapse in time, or a bit of suspense." Thought breaks are challenging to detect when the only clue is additional white space: is it a thought break, a new Section, a Block Quote, or just in a book that separated every paragraph with a blank line? Usually, the answer is obvious, but sometimes you will need to make a "judgement call." Also, remember that horizontal lines sometimes are just decorative, not <tb>'s. This is particularly true in "Front Matter" (e.g., Title pages) and Advertisements.