Title: The Chicago Manual Writing Style Workshop as presented in Kate Turabians Manual for Writers Sixth Ed
1The Chicago Manual Writing Style Workshop as
presented in Kate Turabians Manual for Writers
Sixth EditionPart 1
- Presented By Melissa Thomas
- Written By Rhonda Wilkins
2Outline of Part 1
- Tips on using the Turabian Manual (TM)
- Overview of the Turabian Manual
- How to Prepare the Paper Manuscript
- Chicago Editorial Style
- Practice Activity
3Tips on How to use the TM Manual
- Tab pages you refer to often.
- Use the Index. (p. 287)
- Refer to Samples. (14.18-14.42)
4Overview of the Turabian
- Preface
- Ch.1 The Parts of the Paper
- Ch. 2 Abbreviations and Numbers
- Ch. 3 Spelling and Punctuation
- Ch. 4 Capitalization, Italics, and Quotation
Marks
5Overview of the Turabian, cont.
- Ch.5 Quotations
- Ch.6 Tables
- Ch.7 Illustrations
- Ch.8 Notes
- Ch.9 Bibliographies
- Ch.10 Parenthetical References and Reference
List (MLA Style)
6Overview of the Turabian, cont.
- Ch. 11 Comparing the Two Documentation Systems
- Ch. 12 Public Documents
- Ch. 13 Preparing the Manuscript
- Ch. 14 Formats and Sample Layouts
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
7General Instructions for Preparing the Paper
Manuscript
- Paper 8 ½ x 11 in. (13.35)
- Typeface 12-pt Times Roman/Courier (13.27)
- Double Spacing (14.5)
- Margins 1 in. all sides (14.2-3) leave enough
space on left margin to account for binding. - Page Numbers upper right-hand corner (14.6-9)
- Paragraphs and Indentation (use tab key)
8General Instructions, cont.
- Title Page (1.7, Sample, 14.18)
- Name of the university centered near top of title
page - Full title of paper
- Course department and number
- Date
- Writers name
9Chicago Editorial Style
- Period (3.55-59)
- Use to end a complete sentence.
- Also used in abbreviations, quotations, numbers,
and references. - Use two spaces after a period, not one.
10Commas (3.65-83)
- Use in series of three or more items.
- The height, width, or depth
- Use to set off nonessential clauses.
- Switch A, which was on a panel
- DO NOT USE before an essential clause.
- The rifle shot that started the battle also
started the war.
11Commas, cont.
- Use to separate two independent clauses joined by
a conjunction. - Cedar shavings covered the floor, and paper was
available - DO NOT USE between parts of a compound predicate.
- The results contradicted Smiths hypothesis and
indicated that the effect
12Semicolon (3.84-88)
- Use to separate two independent clauses that are
not joined by a conjunction. - The participants in the first study were paid
those in the second study were unpaid. - Use to separate elements in a series that already
contain commas. - The color order was red, yellow, blue blue,
yellow, red or yellow, red, blue.
13Colon (3.88-90)
- Use between a complete introductory clause and a
final phrase. (If the clause following the colon
is a complete sentence, it begins with a capital
letter.) - Roosevelt spoke of four freedoms the freedom
from want, the freedom from fear - Rule of thumb If you can use the phrase such
as, then you can use a colon. - DO NOT USE after an introduction that is not a
complete sentence. - The reasons for the Great Depression include the
stock market crash, the extended drought
14Quotation Marks (5.11-17)
- Use with direct quotations other than block
quotations. - Use to indicate the title of an article or
chapter in a book when used in text. - DO NOT USE to cite a, word, phrase, letter or
sentence as a linguistic example. (Instead,
italicize them.) - He clarified the difference between farther and
further. - DO NOT USE to introduce a technical or key term.
(Instead, italicize them.) - The term zero-base budgeting appeared
15Punctuation with quotation marks (5.17)
- Periods and commas placed inside quotation marks.
- Semicolons and colons go outside.
- Question marks and exclamation points placed
outside unless part of quotation.
16Ellipsis points (3.59, 3.111, 5.18-29, 5.33-34)
- Use to indicate any omission of words, phrases or
paragraphs in quoted material. - Place a space before the first dot and a space
after the last. - Always place within quotation marks.
- If ellipsis points precede or follow quotation
marks, do not leave a space between first
ellipsis dot and quotation marks. - Do NOT use before or after a clearly incomplete
sentence. - Do NOT use before a block quotation or after a
block quotation ending in a complete sentence.
17Parentheses (3.98)
- Use to introduce abbreviations.
- The World Health Organization (WHO)
- Use to set off structurally independent elements.
- The patterns were significant (see Map 5).
18Brackets (3.99)
- Use to enclose material inserted in a quotation
by some person other than the original writer. - when his own and others conclusions were
studied
19Spelling (3.1-53, 8.58)
- Use spell check.
- For reference, use Websters Third New
International Dictionary or Merriam-Websters
Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition. - For further reference, use Websters New
Biographical Dictionary or Websters New
Geographical Dictionary.
20Capitalization (4.1-13)
- Capitalize major words in titles and headings
within body of paper. - Capitalize the first word after a colon or dash
in a title, if a complete sentence. - Capitalize proper nouns and trade names.
21Capitalization in quotations (5.26)
- If quotation is set off from text by comma,
period, or colon, capitalize the first word, even
if it is not capitalized in the original text. - The journalist replied, No one can foresee the
future affects. - If quotation is joined with writers introductory
words, the first word is not capitalized, even if
it was capitalized in original text. - The committee believed that they had done their
job admirably.
22Capitalization, cont.
- DO NOT CAPITALIZE names of laws, theories,
models, or hypotheses. - But retain capitalization of personal names.
- Brady or gun control law
23Italics (4.14-33)
- Use for titles of books, periodicals, and
microfilm publications. - Use sparingly for emphasis.
- Use to introduce a new, technical, or key term or
label (only the first time.) - Use for letters, words, or phrases cited as a
linguistic example. - Words such as big and little
24Abbreviations (2.1-28)
- Use sparingly.
- Do not use etc., explain what you mean.
25Lists (1.2, 3.57, 3.89, 8.4)
- Lists may be single-spaced within double-spaced
text. - Tables, outlines, lists, and letters not
immediately relevant to the text should be placed
in an appendix and referred to by a footnote.
26Numbers
- The general rule in Chicago Style Spell out
numbers through one hundred and any whole number
followed by hundred, thousand, or million. - The population is close to twenty million.
- Spell out any number that begins a sentence or
title. - Use numerals for all other numbers.
- At least 879 people voted at the precinct.
27Numbers, cont.
- Use numerals to express all numbers expressing
scientific or statistical material. - Except when beginning a sentence, never spell out
the number preceding percent or . - Use a zero before decimal point when numbers are
less than 1. - 0.23 cm, 0.48 s
- DO NOT USE a zero before a decimal fraction when
the number cannot be greater than one (e.g.
correlations, proportions, and levels of
statistical significance.) - r(24) -.43, p lt .05