The Chicago Manual Writing Style Workshop as presented in Kate Turabians Manual for Writers Sixth Ed

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The Chicago Manual Writing Style Workshop as
presented in Kate Turabians Manual for Writers
Sixth EditionPart 1

• Presented By Melissa Thomas
• Written By Rhonda Wilkins

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Outline 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

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Tips 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)

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Overview 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

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Overview 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)

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Overview 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

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General 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)

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General 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

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Chicago 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.

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Commas (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.

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Commas, 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

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Semicolon (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.

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Colon (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

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Quotation 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

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Punctuation 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.

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Ellipsis 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.

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Parentheses (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).

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Brackets (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

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Spelling (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.

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Capitalization (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.

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Capitalization 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.

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Capitalization, cont.

• DO NOT CAPITALIZE names of laws, theories,
  models, or hypotheses.
• But retain capitalization of personal names.
• Brady or gun control law

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Italics (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

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Abbreviations (2.1-28)

• Use sparingly.
• Do not use etc., explain what you mean.

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Lists (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.

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Numbers

• 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.

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Numbers, 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