TITLE OF THE PAPER

Student’s Name
Class Information
Date
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Begin typing your introduction here. Please note that no separate heading

(“Introduction”) is necessary. The introduction of a paper should end with a strong, debatable

thesis statement and approximately take 10% of the required word count. Please note that the

title page, headers, reference page, abstract, and appendices are not counted towards the required

word count.

First Level Heading

Unless required in the instructions, the headers should be used only in five-or-more-page

papers. The first sentence of a paragraph is always a topic sentence. It states the main idea or

argument presented in the paragraph. Topic sentence should be followed by supporting

information from the reliable and up-to-date sources. Avoid plagiarism using direct and/or

indirect citations followed by a footnote.1 Please note that footnote 1 comprises a complete

bibliographic “note” citation for a book, which corresponds to a slightly modified bibliography

entry. Subsequent note citations should be shortened to the author’s last name and a “keyword”

version of the work’s title in four or fewer words and be used from the first note forward.2 Note

that a page number is required in all short-form citations, even if it is the same as the previous

entry. Every paragraph should end with a transition sentence serving as a bridge between two

adjacent paragraphs.

Second Level Heading

Use second level heading to specify the subpoints contributing to the topic of the

previous header. Regular paragraph indentation is required in this case. Please note that one

paragraph should at least contain 3 sentences and should not exceed 200 words. Try to avoid
1
Jessica Kirschner "Book Review: The Chicago Manual of Style." Journal of Electronic

Publishing 21, no. 1 (2018), n.p.

2
Kirschner, “The Chicago Manual”, n.p.
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generic and vague information, be specific and always refer to the thesis, i.e. the core argument

of an essay.

Conclusion

Please note that there is no page brake before the conclusion, i.e. it should not be

presented on a separate page. It should restate the thesis statement, summarize the key ideas

presented in the paper, contain no new or outside information, and approximately take 10% of

the required word count.

For more information concerning in-text citations of sources containing more than two

authors, other types of references, as well as detailed Chicago formatting style requirements

please visit:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formattin

g_and_style_guide/cmos_nb_sample_paper.html
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Bibliography

Last Name, First Name. "Title of the article." Name of the Journal 21, no. 1 (2018).