Now write your paper. Introduce your topic and thesis. Consistently and carefully develop your thesis with supporting evidence gathered in your research. Present your conclusions. The paper should be 2500 words not including your title page, revised abstract, illustrations or bibliography). It should use 1 margins, 11 pt. Times New Roman or Calibri, and have numbered pages. Attach the Paper Evaluation Criteria form (p. 6 of this guide) to the end of your paper.
Use complete, grammatically-correct sentences. Make sure to proof-read your work for content, grammar, and spelling (or have a friend read it).
Include relevant illustrations. Number these (Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.). You must cite the source of the illustration(s) as you would textual sources. Put the illustrations at the end of your paper, not interspersed throughout the body of the paper. Please identify the artist and title and date of the work.
Provide a complete bibliography. Only sources cited in the paper are to be included in the final bibliography. Review #3 under the Paper Proposal (above). See the Style Sheet on the next page for the bibliography format.
Evaluation criteria: You will be evaluated on the quality & depth of your research (be thorough — make sure you have carefully & thoughtfully integrated the required minimum sources into your paper); the development and consistent support of your thesis; the accuracy & organization of your evidence; the clarity of your writing; & the effort you put into this project. See p. 6 of this guide.
Style Sheet:
Bibliography: The items in your bibliography should be listed alphabetically, by authors last name. Do not number your citations.
Use the author-date system of citations. For information beyond this summary, see The Chicago Manual of Style, <http://www.press.uchicago.edu/misc/chicago/cmosfaq/tools.html>. If you find contradictions between style sources, this sheet takes precedence.
Foreign terms/words: Italicize or underline foreign words or abbreviations, unless they are regularly used in English. For example: ad infinitum, pro bono, bona fide. But not: tapa, etc., ikat, champagne, ibid., caf.
Citations. Authors names and dates of publication are to be given in the text of your paper, usually in parentheses, and keyed to the sources listed on your Works Cited page, which is placed at the end of your paper (see below). The basic reference in the author-date system consists of the last name of an author and the year of publication of the work, with no punctuation between them: (Jones 1996). Specific page numbers are cited as follows: (Jones 1996: 3-15). When the reference is to both volume and page of the authors work, a colon will distinguish between the two: (Jones 1985, 2: 50).
For works of multiple authorship use names for two or three authors: e.g., (Jones and Smith 2004: 254-268) or (Jones, Smith, and White 1988: 14). For more than three authors use the name of the first followed by et al.. Thus, for a book by Barnum, Collins, Forrest, and White: (Barnum et al. 2000: 79).
If the author is named in your paper, the citation may exclude her or his name: Smith argues that the sky is blue (1997: 8).
For repeated citations in the same paragraph, provide a complete citation at the first usage and then use ibid. (from Latin ibidem, in the same place) + the page number(s) in all following citations: Fred Collins argues that grass is green (2009: 56). Later he suggests that frogs are also green (ibid.: 92). He then goes on to name many objects which are normally identified with particular colors (ibid.: 92-110). Placement of citations. Parenthetical citations are placed in the text of your paper, usually at the ends of sentences (as above) and before the closing punctuation (i.e., comma, period). Substantive Notes. When more than a simple source citation is called for, an endnote
will solve the problem. Endnotes should be used sparingly, however. When used, notes should be numbered consecutively, beginning with 1. Note numbers in the text are in superscript and are placed at the end of the relevant sentence after all punctuation marks. The notes themselves are placed in a section entitled Endnotes and located following the text, but preceding the Works Cited page and any illustrations or figures.
Bibliography. The list of works cited is placed after the text of the paper and any endnotes, but before the illustrations or figures. The list is arranged alphabetically and bears the title Works Cited. Arrange references alphabetically by authors last names. The dates of publication are placed immediately after the authors names. Titles of books and journals appear in italics; titles of articles and book chapters appear in quotation marks. Single-space individual references; double-space between references. Refer to the following examples: Single-authored book: Smith, Julia. 2003. Book Title. City: Publisher. Multiple-authored book: Hall, David, and Ann Smith. 1995. Book Title. City: Publisher. Edited Book: Fowler, Carol, ed. 2005. Book Title. City:
Publisher. Translated Book: Smith, Julia. 2003. Book Title. Trans. John Deer. City: Publisher. Book Chapter: McKeon, Richard. 1947. Chapter Title. In Book Title, ed. Tessa Turtle, 33-51. City: Publisher . Journal Article: West, Donna. 1996. Article Title. Journal Title 8(3): 3-44. [volume # (issue #): pages of the article] Webpage: Authors or organizations name, <URL>, date accessed.
