Chicago style writing
The Title of Your Manuscript Here: The Chicago Style Template
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Your Name here
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EDFS 309: Scholarly Personal Narrative Writing
Dr. Robert Nash & Sydnee Viray
Date Here
(All double-spaced)
(Insert a Page Break here to maintain a separation between your title page and page one)1
The main section of your manuscript will begin on page two note that your last name and the page number is in a header, at the upper right corner. There is no page number on the title page. If you are writing a thesis then your thesis statement should appear in the first paragraph at this point, and you will use raised Arabic numerals to cite your sources in footnotes2 at the bottom of the page. This is the Chicago Style. Your word processor will insert these footnotes and format them for you.
There are more than fifteen styles extant for various disciplines, but the MLA, the APA, and the Chicago Style are the most widely used. Most of the English-speaking world uses a variant of the Chicago style because it maintains cleaner text and allows more flexible access to both sources and ancillary material, thus promoting a more critical and interactive reading of the text.3
For this class, include the word count at the bottom of the final page of the manuscript body. You may finish your manuscript with an optional separate page for the Works Cited if you wish, where you can list the sources you used in writing the manuscript.4
Use the symbol “ibid.” in your footnotes when you are referring to the same source as the previous citation, and add the page number if different. This, too, is optional, but can be a short cut. You may also simply quote the author’s name and page number in this case.
A solid, thorough handbook such as the Chicago Manual of Style Online5 tool. Shorter versions are incomplete and while you may choose any handbook to your liking, when in doubt, consult a full edition in the
(1/4 page down from top)
Your Name here
(1/2 page down from top)
EDFS 309: Scholarly Personal Narrative Writing
Dr. Robert Nash & Sydnee Viray
Date Here
(All double-spaced)
(Insert a Page Break here to maintain a separation between your title page and page one)1
The main section of your manuscript will begin on page two note that your last name and the page number is in a header, at the upper right corner. There is no page number on the title page. If you are writing a thesis then your thesis statement should appear in the first paragraph at this point, and you will use raised Arabic numerals to cite your sources in footnotes2 at the bottom of the page. This is the Chicago Style. Your word processor will insert these footnotes and format them for you.
There are more than fifteen styles extant for various disciplines, but the MLA, the APA, and the Chicago Style are the most widely used. Most of the English-speaking world uses a variant of the Chicago style because it maintains cleaner text and allows more flexible access to both sources and ancillary material, thus promoting a more critical and interactive reading of the text.3
For this class, include the word count at the bottom of the final page of the manuscript body. You may finish your manuscript with an optional separate page for the Works Cited if you wish, where you can list the sources you used in writing the manuscript.4
Use the symbol “ibid.” in your footnotes when you are referring to the same source as the previous citation, and add the page number if different. This, too, is optional, but can be a short cut. You may also simply quote the author’s name and page number in this case.
A solid, thorough handbook such as the Chicago Manual of Style Online5 tool. Shorter versions are incomplete and while you may choose any handbook to your liking, when in doubt, consult a full edition in the
Cited: if you wish, where you can list the sources you used in writing the manuscript.4 Use the symbol “ibid.” in your footnotes when you are referring to the same source as the previous citation, and add the page number if different. This, too, is optional, but can be a short cut. You may also simply quote the author’s name and page number in this case. A solid, thorough handbook such as the Chicago Manual of Style Online5 tool. Shorter versions are incomplete and while you may choose any handbook to your liking, when in doubt, consult a full edition in the library or online.